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Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Synopsis: “How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany’s locker? When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first time, it isn’t under the best of circumstances. Sal is in the principal’s office for the third time in three days, and it’s still the first week of school. Gabi, student…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Read that I’d Like to In My Personal Library
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Read that I’d Like to In My Personal Library was so hard because I love adding new books to my collection. I do a pretty good job of adding things to my personal library when I absolutely love a book. But, these books I’ve read…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Tropes
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Tropes is the type of list is always hard for me to write up because I honestly really enjoy most everything I read, but if you had to ask me what my favorite types of stories are they would include a little bit of the following…
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6th-8th Grade Back To School Reading List
Response I’d say that there are hundreds, if not thousands of schools across the country with school reading lists that mirror this reading list posted on Twitter by the Florida Department of Education. The list of titles includes a majority of authors that are, for a lack of a better…
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The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
Synopsis: “When Sunny St. James receives a new heart, she decides to set off on a “New Life Plan”: 1) do awesome amazing things she could never do before; 2) find a new best friend; and 3) kiss a boy for the first time. Her “New Life Plan” seems to…
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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…
