tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27911570080330590632024-03-15T18:12:49.935-07:00proseandkahnReviews and ramblings about children's and young adult literature by an absentminded middle school librarian. I keep my blog to remember what I've read and to celebrate the wonderful world of children's and young adult literature.proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2999125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-56449073488036902802023-12-31T20:30:00.552-08:002024-01-01T15:10:16.312-08:002023 Reading<p><b> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">January (21)</span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/01/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review-as.html" target="_blank">As Good as Dead</a> by Holly Jackson (1/1)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/01/middle-grade-monday-diper-overlode.html" target="_blank"> Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #17) </a>by Greg Kinney (1/4)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">3. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/02/fact-friday-leopard-diary-my-journey.html" target="_blank">A Leopard Diary: My Journey into the Hidden World of a Mother and Her Cubs </a>by Suzi Eszterhas (1/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4. Happy Sloth Day! by April Pulley Sayre (1/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5. The Adventures of Dr. Sloth: Rebecca Cliffe and Her Quest to Protect Sloths by Suzi Eszterhas (1/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">6. Rewilding: Bringing Wildlife Back Where It Belongs by David A. Steen and Chiara Fedele (1/9)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">7. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/01/middle-grade-monday-swim-team-by.html" target="_blank">Swim Team</a> by Johnnie Christmas (1/13)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">8. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/01/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review_23.html" target="_blank">Cursed</a> by Marissa Meyer (1/15)* </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">9. A Journey Under the Sea by Craig Foster (1/18)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">10. Two Degrees by Alan Gratz (1/21)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">11. To Change a Planet by Christina Soontornvat (1/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">12. I Am Ruby Bridges: How one six-year-old girl's march to school changed the world by Ruby Bridges (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">13. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett (1/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">14. The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and photographs by Chana Stifle (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">15. Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">16. We Are Here by Tami Charles (1/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">17. Holding Her Own: the exceptional life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">18. Wait and See by Helen Frost and Rick Lieder (1/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">19. True You: a gender journey by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner (1/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">20. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/02/middle-grade-monday-booked-by-kwame.html" target="_blank">Booked</a> by Kwame Alexander (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">21. The Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland (1/26)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>February (11)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">22. Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman (2/1)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">23. Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen (2/3)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">24. The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander (2/7)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">25. Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc (2/14)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">26. Lift Your Light a Little Higher by Heather Henson (2/15)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">27. This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (2/19)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">28. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/02/teen-tuesday-unraveller-by-frances.html" target="_blank">Unraveller</a> by Frances Hardinge (2/24)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">29. Flamingo by Goujing (2/24)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">30. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/02/middle-grade-monday-leon-extraordinary.html" target="_blank">Leon the Extraordinary </a>by Jamar Nicholas (2/24)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">31. A Storm of Horses: the Story of Artist Rosa Bonheur by Ruth Sanderson (2/24)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">32. Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (2/28)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>March (13)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">33. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/03/teen-tuesday-and-audio-review-this.html" target="_blank">This Woven Kingdom</a> by Tahereh Mafi (3/2)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">34. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery (Babysitters Club Graphic Novel #13 (3/3)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">35. Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimentel (3/8)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">36. The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee (3/8)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">37. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/03/middle-grade-monday-winter-blunderland.html" target="_blank">Winter Bunderland</a> by James Patterson (3/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">38.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/04/teen-tuesday-thousand-steps-into-night.html" target="_blank"> A Thousand Steps into Night </a>by Traci Chee (3/13)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">39.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/03/middle-grade-monday-flying-horse-by.html" target="_blank"> The Flying Horse</a> by Sarah Maslin Nir (3/19)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">40. Inheritance: a Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo (3/20)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">41. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/03/fact-friday-just-jerry-how-drawing.html" target="_blank">Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life</a> by Jerry Pinkney (3/22)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">42. Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (3/23)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">43. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/04/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook.html" target="_blank">The Benefits of Being an Octopus </a>by Ann Braden (3/30)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">44. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/04/fact-friday-where-have-all-birds-gone.html" target="_blank">Where Have All the Birds Gone? </a>by Rebecca E. Hirsch (3/30)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">45. Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd (3/31)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>April (8)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">46. Awe: the New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner (4/6)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">47. Dog Man Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey (4/6)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">48. Loveless by Alice Oseman (4/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">49. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/teen-tuesday-check-mate-by-ali-hazelwood.html" target="_blank">Check & Mate</a> by Ali Hazelwood (4/15)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">50. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/04/middle-grade-monday-nat-for-nothing-by.html" target="_blank">Nat for Nothing</a> by Maria Scrivan (4/16)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">51. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (4/21)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">52. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/05/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review.html" target="_blank">The Stolen Heir </a>by Holly Black (4/30)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">53. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/05/middle-grade-monday-school-trip-by.html" target="_blank">School Trip</a> by Jerry Craft (4/30)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>May (13)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">54. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/05/fact-friday-first-time-for-everything.html" target="_blank">A First Time for Everything</a> by Dan Santat (5/4)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">55. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/05/middle-grade-monday-bloom-by-kenneth.html" target="_blank">Bloom</a> by Kenneth Oppel (5/9)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">56. The Librarian of Auschwitz: the Graphic Novel adapted by Salva Rubio (5/10)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">57. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/fact-friday-sunshine-how-one-camp.html" target="_blank">Sunshine</a> by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (5/12)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">58. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/05/middle-grade-monday-captain-america.html" target="_blank">Captain America: the Ghost Army </a>by Alan Gratz (5/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">59. Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game: a Graphic Novel by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing (5/15)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">60. We are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia (5/15)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">61.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/middle-grade-monday-fire-water-and.html" target="_blank"> The Fire, the Water and Maudie McGinn</a> by Sally Pla (5/23)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">62. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review-first.html" target="_blank">The First to Die at the End</a> by Adam Silvera (5/24)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">63. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/middle-grade-monday-hands-by-torrey.html" target="_blank">Hands</a> by Torrey Maldonado (5/26)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">64. Every Body: a First Conversation about Bodies (5/29)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">65. Bomb Graphic Novel: the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin (5/31)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">66. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook.html" target="_blank">The Labors of Hercules Beal </a>by Gary D. Schmidt (5/31)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>June (10)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">67. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook_26.html" target="_blank">The Storyteller</a> by Brandon Hobson (6/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">68. An American Story by Kwame Alexander (6/6)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">69. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/middle-grade-monday-home-away-from-home.html" target="_blank">Home Away from Home</a> by Cynthia Lord (6/9)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">70. </span><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/06/fact-friday-choosing-brave-how-mamie.html" target="_blank">Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement</a> by Angela Joy (6/9)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">71.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook.html" target="_blank"> Simon Sort of Says</a> by Erin Bow (6/13)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">72. Fry Bread: a Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard (6/16)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">73. <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250877277/warriorgirlunearthed" target="_blank">Warrior Girl Unearthed </a>by Angeline Bouley (6/21)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">74. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/teen-tuesday-thieves-gambit-by-kayvion.html" target="_blank">Thieve's Gambit</a> by Kayvion Lewis (6/25)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">75.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/middle-grade-monday-when-clouds-touch.html" target="_blank"> When Clouds Touch Us </a>by Thanhhá Lai (6/28)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">76. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook_17.html" target="_blank">Just Like That</a> by Gary D. Schmidt (6/30)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>July (11)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">77. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/middle-grade-monday-order-of-things-by.html" target="_blank">The Order of Things</a> by Kaija Langley (7/2)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">78. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/arc-review-house-of-marionne-by-j-elle.html" target="_blank">The House of Marionne</a> by J. Elle (7/7)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">79. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review-dos.html" target="_blank">The Dos and Donuts of Love </a>by Adiba Jaigirdar (7/8)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">80. Spare by Prince Harry (7/16)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">81. Boobies by Nancy Vo (7/16)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">82. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/08/middle-grade-monday-and-arc-review.html" target="_blank">Barely Floating</a> by William Rivera (7/21)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">83. Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (7/23)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">84. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/07/tbt-good-bad-and-barbie-dolls-history.html" target="_blank">The Good the Bad and the Barbie</a> by Tanya Lee Stone (7/24)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">85. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/10/fact-friday-peace-is-chain-reaction-how.html" target="_blank">Peace is a Chain Reaction</a> by Tanya Lee Stone (7/26)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">86. Be the Bus: the Lost & Found Wisdom of The Pigeon by Mo Willems (7/26)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">87. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/08/middle-grade-monday-day-late.html" target="_blank">The Probability of Everything </a>by Sarah Everett (7/29)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>August (13)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">88. Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith (8/1)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">89. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (8/2)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">90. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/08/middle-grade-monday-seven-clues-to-home.html" target="_blank">Seven Clues to Home </a>by Gae Polisher and Nora Raleigh Baskin (8/3)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">91. We are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride (8/6)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">92. Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin by Tracey Baptiste (8/7)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">93. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (8/10)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">94. Shakti by SJ Sindu (8/16)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">95. Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (8/25)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">96. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (8/25)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">97.<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/09/middle-grade-monday-buzzing-written-by.html" target="_blank"> Buzzing</a> by Samuel Sattin (8/27)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">98. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/09/middle-grade-monday-white-house.html" target="_blank">White House Club House</a> by Sean O'Brien (8/28)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">99. Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz (8/28)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">100. Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge (8/30)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>September (5)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">101. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (9/6)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">102. Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (9/13)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">103. Ode to My First Car by Robin Now (9/20)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">104. Moonflower by Kacen Callender (9/24)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">105. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Fire & Fate by Serena Valentino (9/27)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>October 10</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">106. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/10/middle-grade-monday-kelcie-murphy-and.html" target="_blank">Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu </a>by Erika Lewis (10/1)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">107. Reign by Katherine McGee (10/11)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">108. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/10/teen-tuesday-yaqui-delgado-wants-to.html" target="_blank">Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: the Graphic Novel </a>by Meg Medina (10/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">109. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (10/15)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">110. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/12/middle-grade-monday-picture-day-by.html" target="_blank">Picture Day</a> by Sarah Sax (10/17)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">111. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/10/middle-grade-monday-work-in-progress-by.html" target="_blank">A Work in Progress </a>by Jarrett Lerner (10/18)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">112. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/10/middle-grade-monday-odder-by-katherine.html" target="_blank">Odder</a> by Katherine Applegate (10/20)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">113. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/11/middle-grade-monday-parachute-kids-by.html" target="_blank">Parachute Kids</a> by Betty C. Tang (10/21)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">114. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/11/middle-grade-monday-sun-and-star-nico.html" target="_blank">The Sun and the Star</a> by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro (10/26)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">115. Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt (10/29) (SLJ)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>November (8)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">116. Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino (11/2)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">117. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/11/middle-grade-monday-and-audiobook.html" target="_blank">The One and Only Ruby</a> by Katherine Applegate (11/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">118. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/12/middle-grade-monday-wild-robot-protects.html" target="_blank">The Wild Robot Protects</a> by Peter Brown (11/7)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">119. DogTown by Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Choldenko (11/9)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">120. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/11/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review-many.html" target="_blank">The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams </a>by Daniel Nayeri (11/12)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">121. Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow (11/15)*Th</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">122. <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2023/11/teen-tuesday-and-audiobook-review.html" target="_blank">The Marrow Thieves</a> by Cherie Dunakube (11/17)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">123. Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku by Sally M. Walker (11/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>December (12)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">124. The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill (12/1)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">125. Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett (12/4)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">126. How to Bird by Rasha Hamid (12/4)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">127. Everywhere Beauty is Harlem by Gary Golio (12/4)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">128. Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (12/7)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">129. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker (12/7)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">130. Rewind by Lisa Graff (12/7)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">131. The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery (12/8)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">132. Standing in the Need of a Prayer: a Modern Retelling of a the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford (12/11)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">133. No Brainer by Jeff Kinney (12/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">134. Fury of the Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda (12/16)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">135. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass (12/20)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-40209618307899485542023-12-31T20:30:00.550-08:002024-01-01T15:09:08.039-08:002023 Audio Books<p><b> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">January (4)</span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (1/1)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Cursed by Marissa Meyer (1/15)* </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">3. Two Degrees by Alan Gratz (1/21)*<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Booked by Kwame Alexander (1/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>February (3)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen (2/3)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">6. The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander (2/7)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">7. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (2/19)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>March (4)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">8. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi (3/2)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">9. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee (3/13)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">10. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (3/23)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">11. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (3/30)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>April (4)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Awe: the New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner (4/6)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">13. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Loveless by Alice Oseman (4/12)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">14. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (4/21)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">15. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (4/30)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>May (4)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">16. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bloom by Kenneth Oppel (5/9)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">17. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia (5/15)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">18. The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (5/24)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">19. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt (5/31)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>June (5)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">20. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson (6/5)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">21. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord (6/9)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">22. </span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (6/13)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">23. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Bouley (6/21)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">24. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt (6/30)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>July (5)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">25. The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (7/8)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">26. Spare by Prince Harry (7/16)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">27. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (7/22)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">28. </span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The Good the Bad and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone (7/24)*</span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">29. Peace is a Chain Reaction by Tanya Lee Stone (7/26)*</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>August (4)</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">30. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a </span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (8/2)</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">31. We are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride (8/6)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">32. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (8/10)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">33. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (8/25)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>September (5)</b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">34. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (9/6)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">35. </span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (9/13)</span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">36. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Ode to My First Car by Robin Now (9/20)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">37.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Moonflower by Kacen Callender (9/24)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">38. Fire & Fate by Serena Valentino (9/27)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">October</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">39. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Reign by Katherine McGee (10/11)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">40. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (10/15)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">41. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Odder by Katherine Applegate (10/20)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">42. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>November (6)</b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">43. Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino (11/2)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">44. The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate (11/5)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">45. The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (11/7)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">46. DogTown by Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Choldenko (11/9)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">47. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri (11/12)*</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">48. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dunakube (11/17)</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b>December (3)</b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">49. Rewind by Lisa Graff (12/7)</span></div><div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">50. Fury of the Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda (12/16)*</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">51. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass (12/20)</span></div></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div class="BookPageTitleSection" style="align-items: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; grid-column-end: 9; grid-column-start: 1; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="BookPageTitleSection__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 2.4rem; margin-top: 0.4rem;"><h1 aria-label="Book title: Fire & Fate" class="Text Text__title1" data-testid="bookTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-text-heading-base); font-family: Copernicus, "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 4.6rem; margin: 0px;"></h1></div></div><div class="BookPageMetadataSection" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="BookPageMetadataSection__ratingStats" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.8rem;"></div></div><div><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 33, 16); color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #382110; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-39377732440553694282023-12-13T14:06:00.000-08:002023-12-14T16:00:57.475-08:00Waiting on Wednesday: Amulet 9: Waverider by Kazu Kibuishi<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyRNkemOXNpYd4XdjoCWBQdQcrjaA3-KZ6ipE8cmaX51iMgB7eRoYlNlhYz-K8r91vPtv31ks4nSpqx8gCqTkTbRN8GK6uv2MTeczDbV0aOw4ezhEGFQw91zoPvxl6Byz6dnM98-nEaZzFyEYsDcD2RFgBk3Kk9yinU0eIC3BM6ayDVAqwA2ZhyQS459K/s700/waverider.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="467" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyRNkemOXNpYd4XdjoCWBQdQcrjaA3-KZ6ipE8cmaX51iMgB7eRoYlNlhYz-K8r91vPtv31ks4nSpqx8gCqTkTbRN8GK6uv2MTeczDbV0aOw4ezhEGFQw91zoPvxl6Byz6dnM98-nEaZzFyEYsDcD2RFgBk3Kk9yinU0eIC3BM6ayDVAqwA2ZhyQS459K/s320/waverider.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image:<a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/amulet-9-waverider-9780545828659.html" target="_blank"> Scholastic Inc.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Amulet #9: Waverider</i> by Kazu Kibuishi. 256 p. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Graphix/ Scholastic, Feb. 6, 2024. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">9780545828659.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Happy Wednesday! Waiting on Wednesday features <i>Amulet #9: Waverider </i>by Kazu Kibuishi. This concluding volume in the popular Amulet series has been ten years in the making and will release on February 6, 2024. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here's the publisher synopsis: After her confrontation with Ikol, Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows. As she travels to Typhon to help her mom and Navin, Prince Trellis returns to the Kingdom of the Elves to save his countrymen — and confront the fraud who has seized power in the absence of a king. The threat of darkness follows all Stonekeepers closely, and it will take the strength of both new friends and old foes to conquer it... and survive.<br /><br />TMS Library owns the first eight books in the graphic novel fantasy adventure series, so there's time to reread or get into the world. Happy reading!</span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-54861288955649967352023-12-11T14:57:00.000-08:002023-12-26T09:42:16.008-08:00Middle Grade Monday: Picture Day by Sarah Sax<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJlCEmTWuvKGgDe5MHA0Cr8VVvDFqSan6Ro_DsBL_EzKyv5zQKdSVurc7yuYU6ASfatkV3HJv9jTTukgqMau-SHkBOXIOhyphenhyphenu5vLrGCnL8ZRqF_CmOtmgBeRdeIWxeoQ_yWrraB56TTnE0G7iPoy3fqxfCcWWnFggl_vPtVokJicDpxgWZYpUNg9H4PXhb/s450/pictureday.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJlCEmTWuvKGgDe5MHA0Cr8VVvDFqSan6Ro_DsBL_EzKyv5zQKdSVurc7yuYU6ASfatkV3HJv9jTTukgqMau-SHkBOXIOhyphenhyphenu5vLrGCnL8ZRqF_CmOtmgBeRdeIWxeoQ_yWrraB56TTnE0G7iPoy3fqxfCcWWnFggl_vPtVokJicDpxgWZYpUNg9H4PXhb/s320/pictureday.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653654/picture-day-by-sarah-sax/" target="_blank">Penguin Random House</a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Picture Day</i> by Sarah Sax. Brinkley Yearbooks #1. 288 p. Knopf Books for Young Readers, June, 2023</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> 9780593306888. Review of finished purchased copy.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> Another late posting, sorry. Middle Grade Monday features <i>Picture Day</i> by Sarah Sax. Seventh grader, Viv is dreading picture day and having to wear a mom-approved outfit and hair style. She's also an aspiring influencer, and so, she chops off her hair, dyes it blue and makes a statement with her outfit. This gains her fans who also hope to be their true selves, but Viv gets a little carried away with Internet fame and her crazy ideas. This almost costs her her friendships with her long-term bffs.<br /><br />The pleasing palatte, uncomplicated panels and diverse range of characters are sure to appeal to fans of Telegemeier, Miller, and Chmakova. <i>Picture Day</i> is a series starter and I'm looking forward to reading more from Sarah Sax. </span></span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-19965277842018346422023-12-04T14:13:00.000-08:002023-12-14T16:01:41.487-08:00Middle Grade Monday: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLaM2rcmxP8FrhtQiffcWbp7X8ilf_8Wc2eWVf8PspLcU6iYKIW3DzOH5kLpMPJWxHd_9s6jGA4_SoCiGi9bG7fMLRBOpwsCNKORpLo44OaiS7VB60KkB6fF1zEwsRIaSx5Zrsi29yaO0JTWH7WZwj_uTjXhyphenhyphenii6FugIiZj0cUYef3wXfBL7e3oaZjDyk/s1380/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-04%20at%204.47.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLaM2rcmxP8FrhtQiffcWbp7X8ilf_8Wc2eWVf8PspLcU6iYKIW3DzOH5kLpMPJWxHd_9s6jGA4_SoCiGi9bG7fMLRBOpwsCNKORpLo44OaiS7VB60KkB6fF1zEwsRIaSx5Zrsi29yaO0JTWH7WZwj_uTjXhyphenhyphenii6FugIiZj0cUYef3wXfBL7e3oaZjDyk/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-04%20at%204.47.55%20PM.png" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image:<a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter-brown/the-wild-robot-protects/9780316669412/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers" target="_blank"> Hachette Book Group</a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The Wild Robot Protects</i> by Peter Brown. 288 p. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sept. 2023. 9780316669412. (Review of finished purchased copy.)<br /><br />Sorry for this late posting. Too much going on health-wise. It'll all settle out eventually. Middle Grade Monday features <i>The Wild Robot Protects </i>by Peter Brown. Roz is busy protecting her island home and its denizens and awaiting the return of her son, Brightbill, when news reaches the island of a new menace, the poison tide. When Roz not only learns that she is waterproof, but immune to the poison tide, she sets out north on a treacherous journey to the source of the poison.<br /><br />The first two books in this trilogy are TMS favorites and this installment was much anticipated. So far, I've received mixed reviews from fans, some love it and some are a bit disappointed. I personally loved it. I adore Roz and her unconditional love for all things. Either way, if you've read the first two books, do yourself a favor and finish the trilogy. Happy reading!</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-23306637336677030802023-11-28T11:57:00.000-08:002023-11-28T13:50:39.723-08:00Teen Tuesday and Audiobook Review: The Many Assassinations of Samir, Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ezcfGvricpXP22hpxcOjj8MjT_B8Y4yrnRYGlBQg5c3Pou8LFtVM33DFjcCArPMpUqKSxLqENBPINKmx7EXjyctC6KEp0W6ojVTgmg3xCbOAyLu_eAF7wpK6322D3gtbTxJhZYJQtrEXtcxKrmKL06aAcgzmsx9V18cP7YBVrV-kzhyphenhyphencR7Cp1I2nWW0t/s1180/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-27%20at%206.33.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="926" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ezcfGvricpXP22hpxcOjj8MjT_B8Y4yrnRYGlBQg5c3Pou8LFtVM33DFjcCArPMpUqKSxLqENBPINKmx7EXjyctC6KEp0W6ojVTgmg3xCbOAyLu_eAF7wpK6322D3gtbTxJhZYJQtrEXtcxKrmKL06aAcgzmsx9V18cP7YBVrV-kzhyphenhyphencR7Cp1I2nWW0t/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-27%20at%206.33.23%20PM.png" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://www.levinequerido.com/the-many-assassinations-of-samir-the-seller-of-dreams" target="_blank">Levine Querido</a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The Many Assassinations of Samir, Seller of Dreams</i> by Daniel Nayeri. Unabridged e-audiobook, ~4 hours. Read by the author. Listening Library/ Books on Tape, March, 2023. Review of e-audio borrowed from the public library. Own the finished hard cover.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Teen Tuesday features one of my favorite titles of the year, <i>The Many Assassinations of Samir, Seller of Dreams </i>by Daniel Nayeri. I absolutely adored Mr. Nayeri's debut, <a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2021/04/teen-tuesday-everything-sad-is-untrue.html" target="_blank"><i>Everything Sad is Untrue</i>,</a> which was published in 2020 and won the Printz Award. <br /><br />His sophomore novel is narrated by Omar, a twelve-year-old monk in training, whom Samir and his caravan happen upon just as Omar is about to be stoned by his fellow monks. Samir talks the monk into releasing Omar to his custody in exchange for several bolts of silk. During their journey to Samarkand on the dangerous Silk Road, Omar, renamed by Samir as Monkey, comes to realize that Samir is basically a con man who has angered many people, some of whom vow to kill him. <br /><br />This face-paced adventure is often laugh-out-loud funny, but also layered and gorgeously written. Mr. Nayeri is a top-notch narrator. I would listen to him read the phone book. That said, I did spend some time with the book. It is beautifully designed with terrific jacket art, and each chapter features an illustration. I've noticed that books published by LQ have heft, unlike the trend nowadays toward flimsy paper and bindings. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Highly recommended! Happy reading! </span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-53361572272339391632023-11-27T15:31:00.000-08:002023-11-27T15:31:37.647-08:00Middle Grade Monday: The Sun and the Star: a Nico Di Angelo Adventure by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjV5jmE_Z7udhezQ5cVvHNBc1GGUsHGsBDJyqEAOd35sMrUtpv9K93scsa1HHviuZn9FBmDhGWqrr7N9dzHah1Dy6XA8TBOys7BlyQTxYZNj5g5ZtxDhc5X6_wvWCha4wcsQV9Bsa461MQv7uXYSP9jpdUCPUx-HlCI0-DL8rUupFeUNt5aDnU2gfaBQ/s416/sunandstar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjV5jmE_Z7udhezQ5cVvHNBc1GGUsHGsBDJyqEAOd35sMrUtpv9K93scsa1HHviuZn9FBmDhGWqrr7N9dzHah1Dy6XA8TBOys7BlyQTxYZNj5g5ZtxDhc5X6_wvWCha4wcsQV9Bsa461MQv7uXYSP9jpdUCPUx-HlCI0-DL8rUupFeUNt5aDnU2gfaBQ/s320/sunandstar.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://books.disney.com/book/the-sun-and-the-star/" target="_blank">Disney Books</a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Sorry for this late posting of Middle Grade Monday! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and didn't eat too much. This is going to be a busy week at my school with Student Led Conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday and our author visit on Thursday.My students are excited to meet Dusti Bowling? <i>Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus</i> was our One Book, One School read last month.<br /><br />Middle Grade Monday features T<i>he Sun and the Star: a Nico Di Angelo Adventure </i>by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. It's hard to believe that this stand-alone novel is the 17th book that takes place in the PercyVerse. <i>The Lightning Thief</i>, Mr. Riordan's debut was published in 2005, and 2023 saw two new books published by the former seventh grade teacher. This and <i>The Chalice of the Gods</i>, which is about Percy Jackson and his attempt to be a normal high school student.<br /><br />Moody and dark Nico Di Angelo has lost a lot in his life, from his mother and sister to his best friend, Jason, but he's crazy in love with Will Solace, his bright light, his Care Bear. Only he's plagued by dreams and a voice in his head begging him to travel to Tartarus to rescue someone. When he consults with Rachel Dare, he learns of a prophecy and is convinced he must travel there though his father has forbidden anyone who is alive from traveling to the Underworld, let alone Tartarus, the absolute pits. He's both gratified and upset that Will, the son of Apollo insists on joining him. How can the son of light possibly survive in the depths of the Underworld?<br /><br />Fans of these series will not be disappointed! </span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-21111779943112324072023-11-21T11:45:00.000-08:002023-12-14T16:02:25.072-08:00Teen Tuesday and Audiobook Review: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZUJX_9csBSJDYkShOqB0M_lvyuQWvfEUESn7HwWNvKIROvCfzkL10V71cf2t4BYR7MkV3FJEN2NkbHL7eKBguP4-6eR55N2ne04hRBCRmmVlYnHud4uTbj3WM3msIfPsvZrKy56lyB11ADHMJ5rsuX4wFLmCu7Hl2WZJqUqXsFKIDPMXigXBAaHiKRDc/s353/marrow%20audio.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZUJX_9csBSJDYkShOqB0M_lvyuQWvfEUESn7HwWNvKIROvCfzkL10V71cf2t4BYR7MkV3FJEN2NkbHL7eKBguP4-6eR55N2ne04hRBCRmmVlYnHud4uTbj3WM3msIfPsvZrKy56lyB11ADHMJ5rsuX4wFLmCu7Hl2WZJqUqXsFKIDPMXigXBAaHiKRDc/s320/marrow%20audio.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-marrow-thieves-4" target="_blank">Kobo Originals</a></span></div><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: arial;">The Marrow Thieves </i><span style="font-family: arial;">by Cherie Dimaline. Unabridged e-audiobook, ~7 hours. Read by Meegwun Fairbrother. Kobo Originals, March, 2018. (Review of e-audio borrowed from public library.)<br /><br />Happy Tuesday! Teen Tuesday features<i> The Marrow Thieves</i> by Cherie Dimaline. This sci/fi dystopian in set in the future, in Canada. Human-caused climate change has resulted in an apocalypse. Not only has the physical landscape changed with rising sea levels, but people have stopped dreaming and this has resulted in mass madness. Government officials realize that Indigenous people seem to be immune and continue to dream, so "Recruiters" have been tasked with rounding them up and bringing them to "facilities" called schools, where they are never heard from again. Our narrator, Frenchie, is a sixteen-year-old orphan who has been part of a bonded band of mostly youth, led by an elder named Miig for the past six years. Surviving in the wilderness is rough and requires constant vigilance. This riveting story is believable and the writing is layered and lovely. Frenchie's story is honest and raw. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The narrator's performance was well-paced and engaging. Teens who enjoy dystopian literature will find much to admire here.<i> The Marrow Thieves</i> was published in 2017 and won the Kirkus Prize for Young People's Literature and also made the School Library Journal Best Books List, as well as the YALSA Best Fiction list among other honors. A sequel, <i>Hunting by Stars</i> was published in 2021 and I need to read it. Happy reading!</span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-90651019203255539562023-11-20T19:53:00.000-08:002023-12-14T16:02:55.921-08:00Middle Grade Monday and Audiobook Review : The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOTtS0u1KBwvfXQXMKt900FyFDRBCIVkwpESYa22pBQgbxn2OlvwTGc5x-MH8SV4FNxNvybA16kYF3LmxcOyKBvhHIqsoQ63WR35L1zvixkaAVA_IJff4Bbpwr3R8db9hVoYQWkqPsGmnasJGZn22uFhcRupjJgtF5A50hlrfpM54NcKTmJCR9_rzQA1b/s992/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-20%20at%206.04.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOTtS0u1KBwvfXQXMKt900FyFDRBCIVkwpESYa22pBQgbxn2OlvwTGc5x-MH8SV4FNxNvybA16kYF3LmxcOyKBvhHIqsoQ63WR35L1zvixkaAVA_IJff4Bbpwr3R8db9hVoYQWkqPsGmnasJGZn22uFhcRupjJgtF5A50hlrfpM54NcKTmJCR9_rzQA1b/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-20%20at%206.04.17%20AM.png" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-one-and-only-ruby-katherine-applegate?variant=40745474523170" target="_blank">HarperCollins</a></span></div><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: arial;">The One and Only Ruby</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by Katherine Applegate. Unabridged e-audiobook, ~3 hours. Read by Imani Parks. HarperAudio, May, 2023. (E-audio book borrowed from public library. HC purchased.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Monday TMS Readers! Middle Grade Monday features <i>The One and Only Ruby</i> by Katherine Applegate. And now, it's Ruby's turn to tell her story. Fans of <i>The One and Only Ivan</i> and The One and Only Bob<i> will be thrilled to hear Ruby's story. </i>While she is now safe in a sanctuary with room to roam, a herd of doting elephant "aunties," and Ivan in the enclosure next door, Ruby is unsettled about her upcoming tuskday, a ritual her aunties insist is necessary. After Ruby is visited by an important person from her past, memories of her life in Africa come flooding back. Ruby's narration, told in blank verse, with grey toned illustrations make for a satisfying sequel. </span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-57631115989429767862023-11-06T12:01:00.000-08:002023-11-06T12:01:02.119-08:00Middle Grade Monday: Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtX72Oa4nwokcuEwM7S6Afqk7TOSM34jRlwaAIylfmMeuuXZH5OSxBXhp_E2vxJvZP9y6zFTGnGO5GoSbrd_FM2TSonerTqFjJXoic7gejG7vtlBqbrwA1L8Rog_UHhC-R8gSqO5p-H5yWrTqJNJtcW3QtXx_FqDZEKj3ymBENrLHi9-mfu45pk-VMAD7/s700/parachutekids.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="488" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtX72Oa4nwokcuEwM7S6Afqk7TOSM34jRlwaAIylfmMeuuXZH5OSxBXhp_E2vxJvZP9y6zFTGnGO5GoSbrd_FM2TSonerTqFjJXoic7gejG7vtlBqbrwA1L8Rog_UHhC-R8gSqO5p-H5yWrTqJNJtcW3QtXx_FqDZEKj3ymBENrLHi9-mfu45pk-VMAD7/s320/parachutekids.jpeg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/parachute-kids-a-graphic-novel-9781338832693.html" target="_blank">Scholastic Inc.</a></span></div><br /><div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parachute Kids: a Graphic Novel</span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> by Betty C. Tang. 288 p. Graphix/ Scholastic Inc. April, 2023. 9781338832693. (Review of finished, purchased copy.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Happy Monday! We finally had a weekend without rain here in northern NJ! Saturday was mostly cloudy, but thankfully windless and mild. I spent most of the day raking and blowing leaves. I almost finished them all, but darkness fell and I had no energy left. I took a nice hot bath, but was still so sore on Sunday, I couldn't finish the little bit I had left. Oh well. I did take a nice long walk in the woods with Boo though.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Middle Grade Monday features <i>Parachute Kids: a Graphic Novel</i> by Betty C. Tang. Ten-year-old Feng-Li Lin is excited about her family's trip to California. She can't wait to visit Disney Land. She and her siblings are unhappily surprised when they hear that only their father will be returning to China. Mrs. Lin will remain behind with the children, who will attend public school, learn English and have better opportunities. Then Mrs. Lin application for a Visa extention is denied. She leaves Feng-Li's sixteen-year-old sister, Jia-Xi, who speaks some English, in charge and returns home to China. You can probably imagine how hard it is to move household internationally, but can you imagine doing so without your parents? This graphic novel is based upon the author's experience as a "parachute kid" in the 1980s. An author's note defines parachute kid, a situation is when parents send their children to another country to live with either relatives or family friends. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The art is bright and energetic and keeps the reader engaged. The themes of fitting in and identity are relatable, even if this aspect of the immigrant experience might be unfamiliar. I had never heard the term before and found the entire situation very scary, as so much can go wrong even when the country and language are familiar! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Parachute Kids: a Graphic Novel</i> should have wide appeal and is recommended for all collections. Happy reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-24333807505761142172023-11-02T10:42:00.002-07:002023-12-14T16:03:42.834-08:00#tbt: East by Edith Patio<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0EHcrXvX1JhoLMdc5bxF1wRGvd3DwtsxC9b6-FYV2ywYuXNnhHXn-pRTlpiLLv8IsSrpiASFRSTxEK4h9pMZ_nhlNBXqExOnyuyFk0ZXDmLhEYY02Ai0qa-v-A3M4Lk38i0NgszcSirXUm4ducSBtfB8EPyOahNp8-Gft1hDJKoFu5p5J9olIh7oC_N8/s1062/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%201.39.26%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0EHcrXvX1JhoLMdc5bxF1wRGvd3DwtsxC9b6-FYV2ywYuXNnhHXn-pRTlpiLLv8IsSrpiASFRSTxEK4h9pMZ_nhlNBXqExOnyuyFk0ZXDmLhEYY02Ai0qa-v-A3M4Lk38i0NgszcSirXUm4ducSBtfB8EPyOahNp8-Gft1hDJKoFu5p5J9olIh7oC_N8/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%201.39.26%20PM.png" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/east-edith-pattou?variant=39935414599714" target="_blank">HarperCollins Publishers</a></div><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">East </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by Edith Pattou. 498 p. Harcourt/ HarperCollins Publishers, September, 2003. (Own)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Happy chilly Thursday! I finally turned the heat on last night thanks to temps that dipped down to freezing. #tbt features <i>East </i>by Edith Pattou. This novel-length retelling of the Scandiavian folktale, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" turned 20 this September! </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rose is the youngest child of a poor Norwegian family who lives above the Arctic Circle. Rose's superstitious mother believes in a dire prophecy about her and tries to protect her slightly odd daughter. When a polar bear approaches Rose asking her to come away with him and in exchange, he would make her family prosperous, Rose readily accepts. This tale is told from multiple points-of-view and has a slightly slow start, but is rich in vivid imagery and lovely language. <br /><br /><i>East</i> was named to several year-end "Best of" lists. Happy reading!<br /></span><br /></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-88039014429427617062023-11-01T13:53:00.002-07:002023-11-01T13:53:32.661-07:00Waiting on Wednesday: Heroes by Alan Gratz<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkAy_vYjMRkyDoi22Bb2XYbuFVVcgTDJ_oOQVNO4J9GqJE49pu_iCI6XtnFWmspr71BtusXdXv-jNf2Xgp-tIPdteFJ6etkr_ySYTrLQvZar4KL9EsqI9lmvgtJ58IghfqTiKxEPf0RIxQ_wuU3Ezad1EIPQQqiqASdxd5W8-_oFK8CyjyezbyXPD91fj/s700/heroes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkAy_vYjMRkyDoi22Bb2XYbuFVVcgTDJ_oOQVNO4J9GqJE49pu_iCI6XtnFWmspr71BtusXdXv-jNf2Xgp-tIPdteFJ6etkr_ySYTrLQvZar4KL9EsqI9lmvgtJ58IghfqTiKxEPf0RIxQ_wuU3Ezad1EIPQQqiqASdxd5W8-_oFK8CyjyezbyXPD91fj/s320/heroes.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/heroes-9781338736076.html" target="_blank">Scholastic Inc.</a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Heroes</i> by Alan Gratz. 272 p. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic Inc., February 6, 2024. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">9781338736076</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Waiting on Wednesday features <i>Heroes</i> by Alan Gratz. Mr. Gratz is a TMS favorite and students are always eager for anything new by him. <i>Heroes</i> will publish on February 6, 2026. Here's the publisher's synopsis: <br /><br />December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain America, and other stars of the Golden Age of Comics. Maybe they'll even get their comic published someday.<br /><br />December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes.<br /><br />That morning, Frank and Stanley are aboard the battleship the USS Utah when Japanese planes zoom overhead and begin dropping bombs on the ships below. Chaos ensues as everyone scrambles to dive for safety. Frank and Stanley realize what's happening: Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them.<br /><br />As the boys fight to make their way home amidst the carnage, it's clear that everything has changed. Stanley's mother is Japanese American and he is suddenly facing a terrible prejudice that he's never known before — he's now seen as the "enemy," and Frank, who's white, cannot begin to understand what Stanley will now face. Can their friendship — and their dreams — survive this watershed moment in history?<br /><br />Told with the immediacy, high-stakes action, and meaningful twists that have made Alan Gratz one of today's biggest authors, this gripping novel tackles themes of bravery, prejudice, and what it means to stand up for what's right. Just as Gratz's Ground Zero became a defining look at 9/11 for middle-grade readers, this book delivers a necessary and unputdownable take on a date that still lives in infamy.<br /><br />Plus: The book ends with an all-original, 10-page black & white comic that brings to life the comic book idea that Frank and Stanley brainstorm in the novel. The comic is written by Alan Gratz and illustrated by Judit Tondora.<br /><br />Happy reading!<br /></span><br />proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-76869669575789771432023-10-30T06:51:00.001-07:002023-10-30T06:51:04.260-07:00Middle Grade Monday: Odder by Katherine Applegate<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnEl1zyRnphIdxv3Lyi7s52cE2NbtSOBAnpqiWrnfNPvR-O2ydXEg2HmybnPUpNVHrBSpDeXw2tuC6tRCLXF2ceTx7s9e5htSLAXj0iGjdrynMtuLAZqYGsRwWcMLJQIBW5YT2UfoqU0eg-jFe4vV1uHLEt3ajpWPK_6sy-dTqxio2H2-aQk0ddtn5ZLk/s865/odder.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnEl1zyRnphIdxv3Lyi7s52cE2NbtSOBAnpqiWrnfNPvR-O2ydXEg2HmybnPUpNVHrBSpDeXw2tuC6tRCLXF2ceTx7s9e5htSLAXj0iGjdrynMtuLAZqYGsRwWcMLJQIBW5YT2UfoqU0eg-jFe4vV1uHLEt3ajpWPK_6sy-dTqxio2H2-aQk0ddtn5ZLk/s320/odder.jpeg" width="222" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: Macmillan</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Odder</i> by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Charles Santoso. 288 p. Feiwel & Friends/ Macmillan, September, 2022. 9781250147431. (Review of finished purchased copy.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Monday! My weekend was a bit of a mixed bag. Saturday was very productive and active and HOT! The temperature rose to 81 degrees! I spent about 7 hours dealing with my leaves. The leaves drifted down continuously and I couldn't tell I even raked at the end. I still prefer to deal with them each weekend instead of waiting for them to finish falling. Sunday was a washout. Cold and rainy all day. Boo and I were very lazy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Middle Grade Monday features <i>Odder </i>by Katherine Applegate.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Ms. Applegate sure seems to have a gift for conveying the inner thoughts of animals without overly anthropomorphizing them. Odder is a young sea otter named Odder due to her penchant for exploring her sea habitat and venturing places her otter mother warned her against. She and her fearful friend, Kairi venture too far and are menaced by an adolescent shark intent on having Kairi for lunch. Odder saves her, but is seriously injured and washes up on the shore of Monterey Bay, where she is rescued by the Monterey Bay Aquarium staff. Readers get to know Odder as she recovers through flowing image-rich blank verse and some lovely illustrations by Charles Santoso. Readers will fall in love with this irrepressible otter as she reflects on life, especially as she comes to realize that she might not return to the wild. <br /><br />Fans of the author and fans of animal stories will adore Odder. Look at that cover! Who can resist? Highly recommended!</span></p>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-84725710886078471162023-10-27T19:13:00.002-07:002023-10-27T19:13:06.105-07:00Fact Friday: Peace is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnUMEjF0GPoOnDF6Tj8Tl7hrAp5XZm45YJuZUW1ZYmiigqcbaFHfklLpYHmzb1DCNTxcrtZJR50QhaJpYZZrdikKS3BqP3tkJLJv8yOSqIWlhtzpg9k-Tdxw__AtKjeErODJ-Pmd_uE9n7yQ1Tepm-dq7ntKv8DQV-IL8VPsSOepdLEfloZFYeMddUZRA/s648/peace.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnUMEjF0GPoOnDF6Tj8Tl7hrAp5XZm45YJuZUW1ZYmiigqcbaFHfklLpYHmzb1DCNTxcrtZJR50QhaJpYZZrdikKS3BqP3tkJLJv8yOSqIWlhtzpg9k-Tdxw__AtKjeErODJ-Pmd_uE9n7yQ1Tepm-dq7ntKv8DQV-IL8VPsSOepdLEfloZFYeMddUZRA/s320/peace.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763676861&pix=y" target="_blank">Candlewick Press</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peace is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">by Tanya Lee Stone. 176 p. Candlewick Press, September, 2022. 9780763676865. (own)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Friday! Did you know that the Japanese military dropped bombs on U.S. soil during WWII? Seventh and eighth graders who read the picture book biography, <i>Thirty Minutes over Oregon: a Japanese Pilot's World War II Story,</i> know about Nobuo Fujita, the pilot who flew his aircraft from a submarine to drop a bomb in Oregon. It landed harmlessly in the woods. This past summer, I read our Fact Friday feature and learned of a second incident. <i>Peace is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together </i>by Tanya Lee Stone presents the story from multiple perspectives in a succinct, highly readable narrative that is profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and maps. Beginning with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the resulting internment of Japanese Americans, then explains the technology behind balloon bombs and how they were able to float on air currents to the U.S. Unfortunately, a group of people, mostly children, out walking in the woods, came upon an unexploded bomb and six died. Ms. Stone weaves the story of Yuzuru Takeshita, an internee with the stories of the survivors and siblings and townspeople with the story of the factory in Japan, where high school students, mostly girls, were tasked with constructing the bombs. Extensive back matter shows how well researched this work was. Highly recommended!</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-76336354125873960662023-10-27T03:03:00.002-07:002023-10-27T19:15:49.600-07:00#tbt (a day late): Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCwri2mwBaJAipu_5iDanHYD9-bZpocaImhXu-ZT7kmV7Inw_j-DKG0PVk1GaHT1Fg9qBfw0Lc1M_-AGYN4Zt5ergwm0RBmt148yow2ZGfSIxGVO1KOV_OF2nqoan2TIvLJ-DzbzZKedFu7rJN6H6EXi_jmx7-qsGECjbtZjO2IbEyImDF0wM05ERS4PU/s738/bomb.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCwri2mwBaJAipu_5iDanHYD9-bZpocaImhXu-ZT7kmV7Inw_j-DKG0PVk1GaHT1Fg9qBfw0Lc1M_-AGYN4Zt5ergwm0RBmt148yow2ZGfSIxGVO1KOV_OF2nqoan2TIvLJ-DzbzZKedFu7rJN6H6EXi_jmx7-qsGECjbtZjO2IbEyImDF0wM05ERS4PU/s320/bomb.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: </div><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon</i> by Steve Sheinkin. 272 p. Macmillan, 2012. (Own)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Happy <strike>Thursday </strike>Friday! Oops! #tbt features <i>Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin</i>. This narrative nonfiction book about the discovery of nuclear fission, which lead to the invention of the atom bomb reads like an international spy novel. Meticulously researched and containing many photos and maps, readers will come to an understanding about how nuclear fission was discovered, how the U.S. tried to use to and how the Soviets tried to steal the plans. <br /><br /><i>Bomb</i> was published in 2012 and was a National Book Award Finalist, then went on to win the Siebert Award, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and a Newbery Honor. Happy reading!</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-2443433627650295642023-10-25T08:53:00.004-07:002023-10-27T19:16:08.533-07:00Waiting on Wednesday: Unstuck by Barbara Dee<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FGdGLWcCaBc2Ge-F-e_x_jnY_sxPhJsdKrji5qBLgMrxb0w35ah7DGsTPQkGRb8zNOuCnsnTf5BzPifZMQzPzUj9uWslA88h49piq6EAIevKREfMhlYazhspzph88n_UrzgAVFXQOgarUL90qASi59ahDZdkwLootjIvjmPEmBhmZpQ-Zzp7YXOxzgTu/s400/unstuck.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FGdGLWcCaBc2Ge-F-e_x_jnY_sxPhJsdKrji5qBLgMrxb0w35ah7DGsTPQkGRb8zNOuCnsnTf5BzPifZMQzPzUj9uWslA88h49piq6EAIevKREfMhlYazhspzph88n_UrzgAVFXQOgarUL90qASi59ahDZdkwLootjIvjmPEmBhmZpQ-Zzp7YXOxzgTu/s320/unstuck.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image:<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Unstuck/Barbara-Dee/9781534489868" target="_blank"> Simon & Schuster</a></div><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span>Unstuck</span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Barbara Dee. 288 p. Aladdin/ Simon & Schuster, February 27, 2024. 9781534489868.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />Happy Wednesday! It's a beautiful fall day outside here in northern NJ. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Waiting on Wednesday features <i>Unstuck</i> by Barbara Dee. Ms. Dee's books portray lots of relatable issues that tweens face. TMS Library owns quite a few of her titles. <i>Maybe He Just Likes You</i> is a TMS fave. <i>Unstuck</i> releases on February 27, 2024.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Publisher synopsis: Lyla is thrilled when her seventh-grade English language arts class begins a daily creative writing project. For the past year, she’s been writing a brilliant fantasy novel in her head, and here’s her chance to get it on paper! The plot to Lyla’s novel is super complicated, with battle scenes and witches and a mysterious one-toed-beast, but at its core, it’s about an overlooked girl who has to rescue her beautiful, highly accomplished older sister.<br /><br />But writing a fantasy novel turns out to be harder than simply imagining one, and pretty soon Lyla finds herself stuck, experiencing a panic she realizes is writer’s block. Part of the problem is that she’s trying to impress certain people—like Rania, her best friend who’s pulling away, and Ms. Bowman, the coolest teacher at school. Plus, there’s the pressure of meeting the deadline for the town writing contest. A few years ago, Lyla’s superstar teen sister Dahlia came in second, and this time, Lyla is determined to win first prize.<br /><br />Finally, Lyla confides about her writing problems to Dahlia, who is dealing with her own academic stress as she applies to college. That’s when she learns Dahlia’s secret, which is causing a very different type of writer’s block. Can Lyla rescue a surprisingly vulnerable big sister, both on the page and in real life?<br /><br />Happy reading!</span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-86221464810571612862023-10-24T09:19:00.002-07:002023-10-27T19:16:35.501-07:00Teen Tuesday: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: the Graphic Novel adapted by Mel Valentine Vargas<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_BcGHDAL9msICA1GFqNBQh4SLgPHC7gtMunAWDX5azdSNP3tSt25yzTtp3ZopqAT3VJQTVDLG7t67kfer24piKVijwbF6V6UffS2SJuhvy6GTqAFonE-3UAadQoGQ0xdP-wRI3TGm03p4NrAZMiJD-3rZCSYzSY2K7NR2lXWotbhxsdSviRwYCKpk9EC/s648/yaquign.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_BcGHDAL9msICA1GFqNBQh4SLgPHC7gtMunAWDX5azdSNP3tSt25yzTtp3ZopqAT3VJQTVDLG7t67kfer24piKVijwbF6V6UffS2SJuhvy6GTqAFonE-3UAadQoGQ0xdP-wRI3TGm03p4NrAZMiJD-3rZCSYzSY2K7NR2lXWotbhxsdSviRwYCKpk9EC/s320/yaquign.jpeg" width="215" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=1536224774&pix=y" target="_blank">Candlewick Press</a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Yaqui DelGado Wants to Kick Your Ass: the Graphic Novel </i>adapted by Mel Valentine Vargas. Adapted from the novel by Meg Medina. 288 p. Candlewick Press, September, 2023. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">9781536224771. (Review of arc courtesy of publisher.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Moving house is always tough on a kid, but moving in tenth grade and fitting in in a new high school has to be the toughest. While Piddy Sanchez is happy to be out of her old, unsafe apartment, she's not thrilled to be at a new school and is missing her bff, who recently moved to the suburbs. On the first day of school, she learns that Yaqui Delgado wants to kick her ass. Piddy has no idea who Yaqui is or why she's angry at Piddy. Piddy is a good student, but as the threats and bullying escalate, Piddy withdraws and becomes increasingly depressed. Her single mother is at wit's end trying to figure out what is happening to her daughter, but the two constantly clash and Piddy becomes angry about her missing father. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This graphic novel adaptation perfectly depicts Piddy's anguish in a muted palette of blues and grey. It's a painful book to read because it's very realistic. Highly recommend!</span></p>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-34236811492918740112023-10-23T11:47:00.004-07:002023-10-27T19:17:10.480-07:00Middle Grade Monday: A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner<div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5jNZeTujNLMFuLg4jxxfgD3-bR0t7BVnXqZ36PLJkRMPgJODUE90i9Chde6mnkf_nzZR2X2ctbpgQmfnPjb3NOsrZ-nAMt0Q6hhkQbth5fY70UwXZ7DrWm5qUpcjt7C82B5ToTNiaqB20ggswbaoYCzq1vOAEMIo1kgNsrS76SnIdyw_Z6rQgGVWjwNg/s400/workinprogress.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5jNZeTujNLMFuLg4jxxfgD3-bR0t7BVnXqZ36PLJkRMPgJODUE90i9Chde6mnkf_nzZR2X2ctbpgQmfnPjb3NOsrZ-nAMt0Q6hhkQbth5fY70UwXZ7DrWm5qUpcjt7C82B5ToTNiaqB20ggswbaoYCzq1vOAEMIo1kgNsrS76SnIdyw_Z6rQgGVWjwNg/s320/workinprogress.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Work-in-Progress/Jarrett-Lerner/9781665905152" target="_blank">Simon & Schuster</a></div><br /><i style="font-size: x-large;">A Work in Progress </i></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by Jarrett Lerner. 368 p. Aladdin/ Simon & Schuster, May, 2023. 9781665905152. (Review of finished purchased copy.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sorry for this late posting! Middle Grade Monday features <i>A Work in Progress </i>by Jarrett Lerner. This heartbreaking first-person narrative is difficult to classify. It's notebook design implies a journal, but it's filled with disjointed free verse and sketches depicting Will's fragile mental health since fourth grade, when a cruel classmate fat-shamed him. He withdraws, and tries to make himself invisible by dressing in the baggiest of clothing and, eventually suffers from disordered eating. This honest, unflinching portrayal of what it's like to live as a fat kid in a world that values thinness will make readers reflect on how they might treat others. It's a powerful gut-punch. Highly recommended.</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-27937468098475829612023-10-09T05:17:00.002-07:002023-10-10T07:18:36.321-07:00Middle Grade Monday: Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu by Erika Lewis<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLN4AdOd3bGqK8PG0BCSLLopSBaxvlLXBkYF1Cxg4YwhnRPEAZf-mBfsyfdKOiGCz_ey4xuxNqYDFiHIW3IqSo5N1B4WPDo2IC9Hu8P2ZAKgFtm9IIGX7InXsFbyF0SJYvBXyqob3FoNagqq8e-HRlZY3Zd_QguSczjSSz0MhxIFMaaVLyXzpmexoZb6p/s1394/kelciemurphy2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLN4AdOd3bGqK8PG0BCSLLopSBaxvlLXBkYF1Cxg4YwhnRPEAZf-mBfsyfdKOiGCz_ey4xuxNqYDFiHIW3IqSo5N1B4WPDo2IC9Hu8P2ZAKgFtm9IIGX7InXsFbyF0SJYvBXyqob3FoNagqq8e-HRlZY3Zd_QguSczjSSz0MhxIFMaaVLyXzpmexoZb6p/s320/kelciemurphy2.jpeg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250208309/kelciemurphyandthehuntfortheheartofdanu" target="_blank">Macmillan</a></div><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu </span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by Erika Lewis. 432 p. The Academy of the Unbreakable Arts series #2. Starscape/ A Tom Doherty Associates Book/ Macmillan, July 2023. 9781250208309. (Review of arc courtesy of MB Associates.)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Happy Monday! It's a one-session day for students at my school and we teachers have afternoon PD. It's also Indigenous Peoples' Day. My weekend flew by! It was rainy and miserable on Saturday, but I ferried into NYC to see <i>Shucked</i> with my sister for our birthdays. Sunday was spent working in the yard. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Middle Grade Monday features <i>Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu </i>by Erika Lewis. In book two of The Academy of the Unbreakable Arts series, Kelcie meets Lexis during her summer break, which she spent with her beloved grandmother. Unbeknownst to Kelcie, Lexis is a spy, sent by the Queen of Winter to infiltrate the Academy. Kelcie's grandmother feels a great foreboding before sending her back to school. Once there, she finds her bff Niall strangely aloof. Lexis and she are roommates and Kelcie keeps dismissing Lexis' suspicious behavior until it's nearly too late. Lexis, in the meanwhile, discovers the Summer People are not as bad as her Queen makes them out to be and begins to question her mission, though failure is not an option. <br /><br />As in the first installment, this adventure is steeped in Celtic mythology and filled with action and humor. Friendships are fierce and loyal.There is a glossary and other explanatory info in the back matter to help readers understand the myths. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you have students who love fantasy that takes place at a school for magic, they will love these books. This book can stand alone, but I recommend reading them in order. Happy reading!</span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-53732443307284721052023-10-03T10:24:00.003-07:002023-10-03T10:24:55.678-07:00Middle Grade Monday a Day Late: Moonflower by Kacen Calendar<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It has been a minute since posting and while I posted this to my school's learning platform yesterday, I didn't get around to the blog until today. Beginning-of-year craziness, I guess. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGwYK2e0rem_fChWSQaT9QaPXPvOV2ZfuVWDja816MnmLXiSkc5GkVk5Lmow722FVpIe98gecvWtydNqYIYQ7bkyDzjAsj-xW6MnnaW173_sh1nOqzNYYSSV0c1GKzjBwQZKFyKhmsYMmgSL7iYhSSiXB5R_x1mXcdJP8CXr0drXCeErdvN5U_8BNAsuX/s700/moonflower.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="460" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGwYK2e0rem_fChWSQaT9QaPXPvOV2ZfuVWDja816MnmLXiSkc5GkVk5Lmow722FVpIe98gecvWtydNqYIYQ7bkyDzjAsj-xW6MnnaW173_sh1nOqzNYYSSV0c1GKzjBwQZKFyKhmsYMmgSL7iYhSSiXB5R_x1mXcdJP8CXr0drXCeErdvN5U_8BNAsuX/s320/moonflower.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/moonflower-9781338636598.html" target="_blank">Scholastic Inc.</a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Moonflower </i><span style="font-family: arial;">b</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">y Kacen Callender. 272 p. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic Inc., September, 2022. 978</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1338636598. (Own)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Middle Grade Monday features <i>Moonflower </i>by Kacen Callender. Twelve-year-old Moon is non-binary and selectively mute. In fact, they feel like an alien, not born of this world, but of the stars, where they escape to each night. When they tell their Earth mother that they don't want to be in this world any longer, she puts Moon into therapy.<br /><br />This first-person narrative is a riveting, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful depiction of adolescent depression. </span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-91777075491145464532023-09-11T14:12:00.006-07:002023-10-27T19:17:30.464-07:00Middle Grade Monday: Buzzing written by Samuel Sattin and illustrated by Rye Hickman. <div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAK8w6CX77XfRerGGpn8KTUW_mHVhbg9e_XG0rZyrV3Etu3eeBtMeydRT1LxhVyJgAgf49RG_uP4LE1iZoH9dzfGOBa9tOUrf6M0hPZW1kMEILL7RUAoeqxsVa0sV4SfecvPG26DR-U1nImNTTD5kwDqdYnDCdg9BA-gzGa4YyG1LP1KLtgQIrsGCC4Nh/s1434/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-11%20at%207.41.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="994" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAK8w6CX77XfRerGGpn8KTUW_mHVhbg9e_XG0rZyrV3Etu3eeBtMeydRT1LxhVyJgAgf49RG_uP4LE1iZoH9dzfGOBa9tOUrf6M0hPZW1kMEILL7RUAoeqxsVa0sV4SfecvPG26DR-U1nImNTTD5kwDqdYnDCdg9BA-gzGa4YyG1LP1KLtgQIrsGCC4Nh/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-11%20at%207.41.32%20AM.png" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/samuel-sattin/buzzing-a-graphic-novel/9780316628419/#:~:text=Description,get%20away%20from%20his%20thoughts." target="_blank">Hachette Book Group</a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Buzzing</i> written by Samuel Sattin and illustrated by Rye Hickman. 224 p. Little Brown, Ink/ Hachette Book Group, July, 2023. 9780316628419. (Review of finished purchased copy.) </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Middle Grade Monday features <i>Buzzing</i> written by Samuel Sattin and illustrated by Rye Hickman. Middle school student, Isaac has been recently diagnosed with OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and is seeing a therapist to try and control his impulses, such as ear tugging and negative self-talk. His thoughts constantly buzz, distracting him from school work. He takes refuge in his art and when a classmate notices how well he draws, they invite him to join their RPG, but his helicopter mother worries that fantasy games will worsen his OCD. Meanwhile, his sister feels ignored and resentful of all the attention Isaac gets.<br /><br />The art reflects Isaac's outlook. The personified bees are bright yellow. School and home life are in blues and greys, but his happy times, such as when he's with his diverse group of friends are colorful. This is a relatable depiction of a mental illness that might be difficult for young people to understand. I know my students will love it. It's a terrific addition to your graphic novel collection.</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-62822057394717542992023-09-04T15:22:00.000-07:002023-09-04T15:22:07.460-07:00Middle Grade Monday: White House Clubhouse by Sean O'Brien<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPmuJp9wsQiaqY5udZadTYy_Oak0Y_4abO0GECx32ruj3UiLGol3lRi-fiiaVkYTzb1s4Vl9asVT1aGfYY65D2LodmEZNKO2Y69iHlaGdh5cBXl8Gdo-GLhAgQQkpFajQCdetfj-3aSkfY2gzxj72Fz22nrsTIRB5HYufzvDEzQwraFBP5fXJBixy3BPk/s804/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%2011.30.07%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPmuJp9wsQiaqY5udZadTYy_Oak0Y_4abO0GECx32ruj3UiLGol3lRi-fiiaVkYTzb1s4Vl9asVT1aGfYY65D2LodmEZNKO2Y69iHlaGdh5cBXl8Gdo-GLhAgQQkpFajQCdetfj-3aSkfY2gzxj72Fz22nrsTIRB5HYufzvDEzQwraFBP5fXJBixy3BPk/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%2011.30.07%20AM.png" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324052920" target="_blank">W.W. Norton</a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>White</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"> House Clubhouse </i></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by Sean O'Brien. 240 p. Norton Young Readers/ W.W. Norton & Company. October 3, 2023. 9781324152920. (Review of arc courtesy of publicist.)<br /><br />Happy Labor Day Monday! I hope you are enjoying the long holiday weekend. We teachers were back on Friday and will be in school tomorrow preparing to welcome students back on Wednesday. The summer sure did fly by!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Middle Grade Monday features <i>Whilte House Clubhouse </i>by Sean O'Brien. It's hard enough to move house and start a new school, but when your mom has been elected president and your new house is the White House, it's even harder. Fifth grader Marissa feels self-conscious about her Secret Service guard and third grader Clara takes every opportunity to give her's a run for the money, including running to climb a tree on the grounds of the White House, where she discovers an old carving. Meanwhile, Marissa kicks a soccer ball in frustration, finds a secret passageway and gets stuck. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Clara, ever the adventurer, pushes Marissa down the passageway and joins her. They find a secret room filled with antique toys and clothing and a document inviting them to join the White House Clubhouse. Once they sign the document, the lights go out and they find themselves transported back to 1903, when Teddy Roosevelt was president and his five children and their many pets ran roughshod over the place. President Roosevelt is about to embark on a train journey across the United States and two of his children want to come along, so they stow away along with Clara and Marissa. What ensues is a mad-cap adventure filled with hijinks, hilarity and history. It seems some greedy industrialists are intent on chopping down the redwood forests in the name of progress and the children will do everything in their power to save the redwood.<br /><br />Readers who love a good adventure with cheeky characters and a bit of history will love this book. The art, which was not final is a nice addition. Young readers may not be aware that Theodore Roosevelt instituted the National Parks system one hundred and twenty years ago this year. They should find relevant parallels to present-day conservation efforts and perhaps be inspired to "dare greatly." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">About the author:</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sean O’Brien served as director of speechwriting to Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, special assistant to President Barack Obama, and senior advisor to the Secretary of the Navy. He performed comedy with Chicago’s Second City and Annoyance theaters as well as DC’s Capital Fringe Festival while serving as a chief of staff in the US House of Representatives. He earned a BA with Honors in American Culture from Northwestern University and an MS in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College. Sean teaches at Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he lives with his family. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>White House Clubhouse </i>is Mr. O'Brien's debut. Many thanks to MBeatie Communications for the opportunity to review this arc. I can't wait to share it with my students. <br /><br />Please visit him online at <a href="http://seanobrienbooks.com/">seanobrienbooks.com</a><br /><br />Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seanobrienbooks/">@seanobrienbooks</a><br /><br />Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/seanobrienbooks">@seanobrienbooks</a><br /><br />Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanOBrienBooks">@SeanOBrienBooks</a></span></div>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-19911647146322837292023-08-25T04:48:00.006-07:002023-08-25T04:49:14.558-07:00#tbt: Holes by Louis Sachar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJlY7vBHvqihHTiDvSaHWpDcggiujtUh6tv_P8gf427I7XAFrE4B0sF3LvOkXkVvdM51hstJtdu1y8uJ_Jy-5PtgL3EE2jE3mdBnEyhg1q6gLYnO4BJhdDbAZ-9owpcZrXpDt6vHqmDJXvNJJCye45ctP9GBA4Hxs8Fls93f_kbBT8zzs1TlgDCIIfC2U/s360/holes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJlY7vBHvqihHTiDvSaHWpDcggiujtUh6tv_P8gf427I7XAFrE4B0sF3LvOkXkVvdM51hstJtdu1y8uJ_Jy-5PtgL3EE2jE3mdBnEyhg1q6gLYnO4BJhdDbAZ-9owpcZrXpDt6vHqmDJXvNJJCye45ctP9GBA4Hxs8Fls93f_kbBT8zzs1TlgDCIIfC2U/s320/holes.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374312640/holes" target="_blank">Macmillan</a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /> Happy Thursday! #tbt features Holes by Louis Sachar. Holes was published in August of 1998, so it is twenty-five-years-old this month. Stanley Yelnats III's family is cursed and the curse has finally landed on him. Wrongly accused of stealing a pair of valuable sneakers, Stanley is headed to Camp Greenlake. This isn't camp. It's a juvenile detention facility. And there isn't a lake. That dried up over a hundred years ago. The juveniles detained there must did holes in the hot, Texas sun all day. They are looking for something, but they don't know what. The Warden is brutal and on a mission.<br /><br />The narrative moves back and forth in time as well as between the U.S. and Latvia. The cast of characters is large and colorful and connected to each other. It's wry and funny, especially the dialogue between the boys.<br /><br />Holes won the 1999 Newbery as well as the National Book Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction. It was named to numerous state book awards lists and the New York Times Notable Books list. It was adapted for film by Disney in 2003 and is remarkable in its faithfulness to the book. It's no wonder, because Mr. Sachar wrote the screenplay! He also had a cameo in the film. Holes is one of those rare Newbery winners that is also popular with kids.<br /><br />Happy reading!</span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-37511628418048269442023-08-23T14:48:00.001-07:002023-08-23T14:48:29.268-07:00Waiting on Wednesday: The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0lTJ0d5vXWB1VW06wAhCI_CbOdOO39vhoBouhPy1Vsg67YRd1RJoy7WWqZeic_WrZ0a5LF3HQqDD0laTbe0Q1E6i-5yueH9rqkQevuSh0uU7tAu2YkFT05rtTaYh3nECHzEyfNtqjadvl1NxH7R8RoBpN9mYo1XiFuTNu5Ev7zhKVhTGOnE4DwlFGQRx/s1348/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-23%20at%205.28.01%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0lTJ0d5vXWB1VW06wAhCI_CbOdOO39vhoBouhPy1Vsg67YRd1RJoy7WWqZeic_WrZ0a5LF3HQqDD0laTbe0Q1E6i-5yueH9rqkQevuSh0uU7tAu2YkFT05rtTaYh3nECHzEyfNtqjadvl1NxH7R8RoBpN9mYo1XiFuTNu5Ev7zhKVhTGOnE4DwlFGQRx/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-23%20at%205.28.01%20PM.png" width="212" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image: <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/holly-black/the-prisoners-throne/9780316592710/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers" target="_blank">LBYR</a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>The Prisoner's Throne</i> by Holly Black. Stolen Heir Duology, Book 2. 384 p. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, March 5, 2024. 9780316592710.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Wednesday! It's the penultimate Wednesday of my summer break and I'm gearing up to return to school. I was very excited to learn about this conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology some weeks ago and now that there is a cover, an absolutely gorgeous cover, I can post. I read <i>The Stolen Heir</i> with my ears in late April and missed my exit home from a trip to Boston because the ending was intense! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The synopsis for <i>The Prisoner's Throne</i> is very short, but fans need only know that it's coming.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Publisher synopsis: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame. </span></p>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791157008033059063.post-89720965422360941392023-08-22T13:48:00.002-07:002023-08-22T13:48:39.873-07:00Middle Grade Monday (a day late): The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlhbRgtVNje5gLS4Hgw5DR0kfpAgM7b23eQbW2DJlsfmPJEeTGz0xyy5br-20PGgkvbH23EtJbvqEHrEf9BgfYEYwkEd83zl8e2ZNC97vi73QxnEGzlVKxVxv19b6dJOqVKTwRjY7QcfqG6t76gzlknAVc9iW2u_AYZJx-d78wvpseqbnSdI-Z0vAlj3-/s1050/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-21%20at%209.14.43%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlhbRgtVNje5gLS4Hgw5DR0kfpAgM7b23eQbW2DJlsfmPJEeTGz0xyy5br-20PGgkvbH23EtJbvqEHrEf9BgfYEYwkEd83zl8e2ZNC97vi73QxnEGzlVKxVxv19b6dJOqVKTwRjY7QcfqG6t76gzlknAVc9iW2u_AYZJx-d78wvpseqbnSdI-Z0vAlj3-/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-21%20at%209.14.43%20AM.png" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Image:<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-probability-of-everything-sarah-everett?variant=40901336367138" target="_blank"> HarperCollins Publishers</a></div><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Probability of Everything</span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> by Sarah Everett. 336 p. Clarion Books/ HarperCollins Publishers, June, 2023. 9780063256552. (Review of finished purchased copy.)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Happy Tuesday! I posted this book talk yesterday and forgot to crosspost it here! Summer break is turning my brain to mush! Middle Grade Monday features <i>The Probability of Everything</i> by Sarah Everett. I usually pick books to read (and buy for the library) based on reviews and word-of-mouth on social media, but sometimes, I just go into a book blindly. For some reason, I chose to read this without much pre-knowledge. I just kept seeing it popping up on social media. Man, did this book blindside me! This might be my favorite middle grade book of the year for the sheer ingenuity of the plot and the utterly endearing characters, especially our narrator, Kemi, who is a science nerd obsessed with probability.<br /><br />I've spent the last half hour deciding whether or not to add more to this uncharacteristically short book talk and decided to leave it short. Discover it for yourself. Hand it to your readers who love sad. I usually end my book talks on my school's learning platform with, "Happy reading!" I didn't yesterday. This is not a happy read. It's a gut-punch; but it's exquisite. </span>proseandkahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778575379196368384noreply@blogger.com0