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Review: Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
Title: Leverage, 425 pages Author: Joshua C. Cohen Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (Penguin Group) Released: February 17th, 2011 Interest: Cybils Y.A. Fiction finalist / 2011 Debut Author Source: Purchased...
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Review: The List by Siobhan Vivian
Title: The List, 332 pages Author: Siobhan Vivian Publisher: Push (Scholastic) Release Date: April 1st, 2012 Interest: Multiple POV / Bullying Source: ARC Received at NCTE Convention Summary (From...
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Review: Camp by Elaine Wolf
Title: Camp Author: Elaine Wolf Publisher: Sky Pony Press Interest: Bullying / Mother-Daughter Relationship Release: June 15th, 2012 Source: Finished copy received from the author Summary (From...
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Banned Books Week: Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
Banned Book: Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser Where/Why It’s Been Banned: “Retained at the Bangor, Pa. Area Middle School (2007) despite a student’s aunt’s concerns about the book’s depiction of...
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Audiobook Review: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Title: Some Girls Are Author: Courtney Summers Narrator: Katie Schorr Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Interest: Author / Contemporary Release Date: July 11, 2011 (audio format), January 5, 2010...
View ArticleA Powerful Bullying Video
If you haven’t seen this powerful poem-turned-video, you really should watch it now. I’ve seen it pop up a number of times on Facebook and just now watched it. I’ll most definitely show this to my...
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Waiting on Wednesday–Dead Ends by Erin Jade Lange
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s designed for bloggers to spotlight the upcoming releases that they simply can’t wait to read. P.S. Lori @ Imagination Designs...
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Waiting on Wednesday–Sometimes Never, Sometimes Always by Elissa Janine Hoole
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s designed for bloggers to spotlight the upcoming releases that they simply can’t wait to read. I know some people are turned off...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Contemps I’d Love to Teach
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish I’ve been really fortunate in the past few years to teach some great young adult novels. I’m teaching in a new district this year, and as far as...
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Review: Reality Boy by A.S. King
Title: Reality Boy Author: A.S. King Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: October 22nd, 2013 Interest: Author / Contemp / Guy appeal Source: ARC received from the publisher...
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Waiting on Wednesday–Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s designed for bloggers to spotlight the upcoming releases that they simply can’t wait to read. This morning I was thinking...
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Review: Violent Ends by Shaun David Hutchinson + additional authors
Title: Violent Ends Author: Shaun David Hutchinson + additional authors Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: September 1st, 2015 Interest: Contemp / More than one POV / Author(s) Source: Purchased...
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