Have you ever thought that a tradition had gone too far? In the book The Marshmallow Incident by Judi Barrett is a story about just that. There are two towns, the town of left and the town of right, you can only live in the town of whichever hand you are dominant with. Someone along the […]

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan is an emotional but heartwarming book. Willow Chance will suck you in with her story of loss and friendship. Willow is adopted and extremely intelligent. She is struck by a tragedy that causes her to  forget how to function. Through this disaster she makes a friend who truly cares […]

Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi are all Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots but don’t know it yet. This is a cute story of how each of the character’s interest in the Olympics leads them to be invited to the opening ceremonies and there they are announced as the Olympic mascots for 2010. Apparently there is a book […]

Echo & Echo by Marilyn Singer is an interesting take on mythology and poetry, two things I typically don’t like or enjoy. The way that these poems are written is interesting and has you intrigued by reading two perspectives of the same tale. I enjoyed this by seeing how the author used the same words […]

I chose to read El Deafo with a student in my class and have a discussion after reading the book. I gave the student 3 books to choose from and she chose El Deafo. In the interview I ask her why she chose this book out of the three. I chose to read with this […]

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie by Zack Zombie is a quintessential Hi-Lo book. It details the daily life of a Mincraft Zombie boy. He goes to school and wants a pet for getting good grades, he deals with friend drama. The next book in the series is about bullies and friends. This series is good […]

Sam and Dave dig a Hole by Mac Barnett is a little too simplistic. Yes it has won awards, but it did not satisfy my reading needs. This book did not contain usable content for my classroom, when I read it to my students they looked at me like I was crazy… So, they dig […]

The book Space Case by Stuart Gibbs is an exciting mystery told by a boy about 12 years old. The boy Dash and his parents who are scientists have moved to Moon Base Alpha. Dash has few people his own age to spend time with on this moon base. Throughout the the story Dash is […]