Tuesday, August 25, 2009

58. When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead

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Ages 9-14, Grades 5-7 Wendy Lamb Books, Random House July, 2009 200 p. Rating: 4 2010 Newbery WINNER 1979 New York City - Miranda's mo...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Middle Grade Books Read

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As much as I love spending my time reading YA and adult murder mysteries, I'm teaching fourth grade now instead of middle school, and it...
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57. Confetti Girl - Diana Lopez

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for: Middle Grades Little Brown, June 2009 200 pgs. Rating: 4 Lina Flores is tall, skinny, and motherless. She has a huge sock collection, a...

MOVIE - The Time Traveler's Wife

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Better than expected Released Aug. 14, 2009 PG-13 (1:48) El Con with Kate and Sheila RT: 36% cag: 89% Director: Robert Schwentke Eric Bana, ...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Mercy Watson Fights Crime - Kate DiCamillo

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Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen #3 Mercy Watson series Candlewick, 2006 74 pgs. For: ages 6-8 Rating: 5 Now here's a series where a cleve...

56. Lawn Boy - Gary Paulsen

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For: Middle Grades (9-12) Wendy Lamb Bks/Random House, 2007 HC $12.99 90 pgs. Rating: 4.5 A very funny book, especially for a budding econom...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

55. If I Stay - Gayle Forman

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for: YA Dutton Books/Penguin, April 2009 $16.99 200 pgs. Rating: 5 (or maybe 4.5 because it made me cry) Right from the beginning you know t...
Monday, August 10, 2009

54. Satchel Paige - James Sturm

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Striking Out Jim Crow A Graphic Novel Illustrated by Rich Tommaso The Center for Cartoon Studies, 2007 96 pgs. $16.99 Rating: 4 The title wa...
Sunday, August 9, 2009

The Anne Frank Case - Susan Goldman Rubin

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Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth Holiday House, Jan. 2009 40 pgs. $18.95 For: Middle grades Rating...

Swing Around the Sun - Barbara Juster Esbensen

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POETRY Illustrated by: Cheng-Khee Chee (spring) Janice Lee Porter (summer) Mary GrandPre (fall) Stephen Gammell (winter) Carolrhoda Books, 2...

Song of Middle C - Alison McGhee

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Illustrated by Scott Menchin Candlewick, 2009 Ages 5-8 Rating: 4 Endpapers: colonial blue with musical notes "Hoo boy!" I'v...

53. Whiskey Sour - J. A. Konrath

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Audio Read by Susie Breck and Dick Hill Brilliance Audio, 2004 For: adults 6 CD's /7 hrs. 288 pgs . Rating: 4 Grizzly murders, humorous...
Saturday, August 8, 2009

52. Tales from Outer Suburbia - Shaun Tan

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Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic, Australia 2008, US 2009 $19.99 96 pgs, YA Rating: 4 Endpapers: Tiny grey-pencil sketches from the stories ...
Friday, August 7, 2009

MOVIE - Public Enemies

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Johnny Depp was great Released July 1, 2009 R (2 hrs. 23 min.) Reel Pizza Thurs 8/6 with Fran RT: 67% cag: 88% Director: Michael Mann This m...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Chicken and Cat Clean Up - Sara Varon

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Wordless Scholastic, 2009 $16.99 44 pgs. ages 4-8 Rating: 3.5 Endpapers: thick green strips with encircled animal characters from the ...