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Review: "Crenshaw," by Katherine Applegate
What can you do when your family has fallen on hard times and is forced to live in your minivan? If you're six or seven, you might...
Mrs. Denney
May 15, 20171 min read


Student Review: "Hope Was Here," by Joan Bauer
Hope, the protagonist, was abandoned by her mother as an infant and she didn’t know anything about her father. She was raised by her aunt...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 18, 20161 min read


Review: "Second Star," by Alyssa Sheinmel
It was a slow day in the library and I was able to read this book from start to finish! It's a pretty intriguing plot line, loosely based...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 29, 20161 min read


Review: "There Will Be Bears," by Ryan Gebhart
While this book does throw in some stereotypical middle grade problems - first crush, best friends who grow estranged, sibling rivalry-...
Mrs. Denney
Jul 17, 20161 min read


Review: "Love and Other Foreign Words," by Erin McCahan
Centering around fifteen-year-old genius Josie and her quest to define and understand love, the book is fairly predictable. Josie is a...
Mrs. Denney
Jul 13, 20161 min read


Review: "The Secret Hum of a Daisy," by Tracy Holczer
Sweet, sad story of a twelve-year-old girl who loses her carefree mother to an accident and is sent to live with a grandmother she's...
Mrs. Denney
Jun 30, 20161 min read


Review: "Cheating for the Chicken Man," by Priscilla Cummings
The story centers around Kate Tyler, the sister of J.T., one of the protagonists in Cummings's Red Kayak. Kate is entering high school,...
Mrs. Denney
Jun 16, 20161 min read
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