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Tag: realistic fiction
Review of the Day: A Scar Like a River by Lisa Graff
Sometimes an author just works themselves up to the book of a lifetime and you are lucky enough to watch that happen in real time. That’s pretty much what we have here. The kids that get to read this book for the first time are lucky too.
Review of the Day: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
You know what the hero of this book is doing when we first meet him? Kicking over the headstones of complete strangers in the cemetery. I review a STRONG title from Messner.
Review of the Day: Candle Island by Lauren Wolk
Lauren Wolk's power is her ability to intrigue, enchant, and eventually surprise. A beautiful book that is about art while being art.
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Review of the Day: The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Consider today's book for any kid who is ready to doubt everything they ever knew about narrators.
Review of the Day: Slugfest by Gordon Korman
Thanks to Slugfest, Korman has penned a book so enticing, so fun, so downright enjoyable, and so unapologetically sportsy, that it is impossible to resist. The book, quite frankly, that we’ve all been waiting for.
Review of the Day: Maggie Lou, Firefox by Arnolda Dufour Bowes, ill. Karlene Harvey
With more oomph and spit than a little book of this sort could possibly contain, Maggie represents the kind of slambang, fantastic personality you find only once in a blue moon. You’re not going to want to miss this one.
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Review of the Day: Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist
A book that had me laughing and biting my nails in turn. Hard to think of any other title to compare to this.
Review of the Day: Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman
I dare you to read even two chapters and not be engulfed in the narrative. Smart and savvy, Jawbreaker is the novel you wish you had read as a kid and are grateful that kids get to read today.
Review of the Day: Undercover Latina by Aya de León
Ms. de León takes a learning opportunity for kids and couches it in enough chase sequences and fistfights to almost make you forget how much information is crammed into this little package. Prepare for exciting nuance!!
Review of the Day: The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo
From the food to the clothing, the weather to the history, this is a book worth discovering and adoring. Go on. Read it. You’ll feel lucky that you had.
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