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Review: "The Selection," by Kiera Cass
Thirty-five girls are chosen to compete in the Selection - a competition designed to find the next princess of Illea who will marry...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Review: "Brown Girl Dreaming," by Jacqueline Woodson
Jackie Woodson was born in Ohio but soon moved to live with her grandparents in South Carolina. Her childhood was filled with family,...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 16, 20221 min read


Student Review: "The Line Tender," by Kate Allen
This book is about a girl who lost her mother when she was studying about sharks. So the girl started doing her mother's unfinished...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 15, 20221 min read


Student Review: "The Honest Truth," by Dan Gemeinhart
In the book The Honest Truth, there is a young boy who wishes to go to Mount Rainier with his dog and die because he is suffering from a...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 15, 20221 min read


Review: "The Last Cuentista," by Donna Barba Higuera
An end of Earth event is likely to occur pretty soon, so Petra Pena and her family, including her scientist parents, are chosen to go...
Jennifer Denney
Feb 25, 20221 min read


Review: "Verify," by Joelle Charbonneau
In Meri's America, lies and fake news have been slowly eradicated. All paper is outlawed, with any news or school books being digital...
Jennifer Denney
Feb 23, 20221 min read


Review: "Instructions for Dancing," by Nicola Yoon
This was a great audio book and a fun departure from the end of the world books I've been reading. Yvette has given up on love after...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Review: "Last Chance" by Gregg A. Hurwitz
It's the end of the world and the only ones who can save humanity are Chance and Patrick Rain! After receiving their special message from...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 29, 20221 min read


Review: "Mister Impossible" by Maggie Stiefvater
I listened to this audiobook version of book 2 in Stiefvater's Dreamer trilogy. I honestly cannot describe this book. I don't know what...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 22, 20221 min read


Review: "Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: The New Girl," by Meg Cabot
I read this one with my 7 year old. Allie Finkle and her family have moved to a new town. Allie's worried about starting fourth grade at...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 11, 20221 min read


Review: "Roxy," by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
In the latest Shusterman(s) world, addictions have taken on human personas and are eagerly controlling the lives of many people. One of...
Jennifer Denney
Jan 4, 20221 min read


Student Review: "Concrete Kids," by Amyra Leon
This book was about a black girl and her trials in life. She explains how her life is which has its ups and downs like her birthday and...
Jennifer Denney
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Black Brother, Black Brother," by Jewell Parker Rhodes
This book was a book about a white and black brother. The black brother has the hardest time at school because he was black. Then, he...
Jennifer Denney
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Review: "The Circus of Stolen Dreams," by Lorelei Savaryn
Andrea's brother Francis disappeared three years ago and Andrea blames herself. She comforted him when he had a nightmare and left the...
Jennifer Denney
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Student Review: "The Circus of Stolen Dreams," by Lorelei Savaryn
This book was about a girl who lost her brother and how she went into a circus of dreams. She had been missing her brother for three...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 3, 20212 min read


Student Review: "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is about a young girl named Mary whose parents are killed from a disease in her home of India, and she has to go to...
Jennifer Denney
Oct 29, 20211 min read


Student Review: "The Swiss Family Robinson," by Johann David Wyss
A Swiss pastor, his wife, and his four young sons are on a boat that is heading to an island. A huge storm sinks their ship and they swim...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Student Review: "The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane," by Kate O'Shaughnessy
This book is about Maybelle Lane and how she travels with the most unlikely people to a singing competition. She and her mother are poor...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20212 min read


Student Review: "Golden Arm," by Carl Deuker
Golden Arm is an amazing story about a boy who loves baseball. Laz and his brother Antonio are from a small trailer park in Jet city. One...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Student Review: "King and the Dragonflies," by Kacen Callender
This is good book about a 12 year old boy named King. King is sure his older brother Khalid, who recently died, his turned into a...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read
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