Goodreads Link This week I was fortunate to receive an eARC copy of Heroes Like Us: Two Stories by Onjali Q. Raúfroes from NetGalley. This review is based on my own personal opinions. Summary Heroes Like Us is a collection of two stories in which children make a difference and become heroes. The first story,... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: Al Capone Throws me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko
Goodreads Link For this week's middle grade book, I returned to one of my favorite middle grade series: Tales from Alcatraz. Summary Al Capone Throws Me A Curve is book four in the Tales from Alcatraz Series. The Flanagans, like the other families of Alcatraz guards live on Alcatraz. Moose, the narrator, always tries to... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Goodreads Link This is week two of my new "middle grade book of the week" feature. As I mentioned last week, I created this feature to motivate myself to reach my goal of reading more middle grade books. I am so glad I did. This was another excellent book. Summary When Stars are Scattered is... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: My Storied Year by Katie Proctor
Goodreads Link Two of my goals for summer are to read more middle grade books and to write more blog posts. So, I'm going to combine the two and a feature a new middle grade book each week. This will also help keep me accountable. When I wrote my Top Ten Tuesday post this week,... Continue Reading →
MG Takes on Thursday
Middle Grade Thursday is a weekly celebration of middle grade books sponsored by Book Craic . To participate: Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator and publisher. Open the book to page 11 and share your favorite sentence. Write three words to... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Takes-On Thursday
I just discovered this weekly meme sponsored by Book Craic to celebrate middle grade books. How to take part: Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator and publisher. Open the book to page 11 and share your favorite sentence. Write three... Continue Reading →
Tribute to Gary Paulsen
I was eating my breakfast Thursday morning when it scrolled across the screen that Gary Paulsen had died. I knew right away that I wanted to write a post about him. Paulsen's writing accomplished the impossible: getting reluctant readers to enjoy reading. Since each reader is unique, the key to hooking a reluctant reader is... Continue Reading →