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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Characters I’d Love to Be Besties With
Being an adult and reading middle grade novels doesn’t always lend itself to becoming besties with 12-year-olds. But nevertheless, here are ten characters that have stayed in my mind and heart for a long time after I read their stories. I love strong girls searching for their place in the…
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August Isle by Ali Standish
Synopsis: “For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. The town her mother spent her summers as a girl. The town Miranda has always ached to visit. She just never wanted it to happen this way. When she arrives on the Isle, alone and uncertain, to spend…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Cover Re-Designs
I don’t necessarily have a strong feeling about cover re-designs. Most likely because in my mind a re-design means the book has staying power. It’s something that is getting transformed so the next generation can be a part of it! I took a look at five titles that I loved…
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Girl of the Southern Sea
Synopsis: “From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs money her family doesn’t have; everything her father earns…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Orange Covers
This is a Freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday, which means I get to pick my own topic. And the pressure to come up with really great titles to highlight. I didn’t come up with too many bright ideas while I was brainstorming. But I did remember when I had…
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Silver Meadows Summer
Synopsis: “Eleven-year-old Carolina’s summer—and life as she knows it—is upended when Papi loses his job, and she and her family must move from Puerto Rico to her Tía Cuca and Uncle Porter’s house in upstate New York. Now Carolina must attend Silver Meadows camp, where her bossy older cousin Gabriela…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Settings I’d Like to See More Of
I love when the setting because almost like a character in a book I’m reading. If authors can make me feel like I’m in the book and can picture where the characters live their life – that’s the perfect setting to me! Some of these are generalized locations or while…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Middle Grade
Middle grade titles are often my wheelhouse and although I don’t read as much nonfiction as I should, I do love the books I have picked up. I’ve said it before – nonfiction titles are nothing like they used to be. I remember growing up reading dry facts with pen…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Buy Authors
Although I don’t add a lot of titles to my personal library, I do love each and every one of these authors’ works and will read them as quickly as possible and talk about them here on my blog! Angie Thomas Sarah Dessen Sandhya Menon Mackenzi Lee Jason Reynolds Padma…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Characters
It’s a character freebie this week, so I’m sharing some of the characters that have stuck with me long past the time I finished their stories. If you’re looking for amazing character development with characters that find a place in your heart – you definitely want to check out these…
