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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: "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


Student Review: "Heidi," by Johanna Spyri
This book was about a little girl who goes to live with her grandfather, uncle Alp. It tells about how Heidi grows up there until she...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Student Review: "The Mystwick School of Musicraft," by Jessica Khoury
Amelia Jones's mom was an maestro and graduated from the Mystwick school of Musicraft. Since her mother died leaving Amelia with just her...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Review: "Unplugged," by Gordon Korman
Twelve-year-old Jett is the son of the famous billionaire inventor of Fuego (like Apple) and is always getting into trouble. That's why...
Jennifer Denney
Aug 31, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Our Castle by the Sea," by Lucy Strange
Petra lives in a lighthouse next to the sea during the first year of the second world war. She has a very courageous older sister named...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Student Review: "A Good Kind of Trouble," by Lisa Moore Ramee
Shayla is in seventh grade and has two best friends who call themselves the United Nations, because of their different ethnic...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Student Review: "Lions of Little Rock," by Kristin Levine
This book is about this quiet girl who made a friend with a colored girl. This book was set in 1958 in Little Rock Arkansas and were...
Jennifer Denney
Mar 17, 20211 min read


Review: "Tunnel of Bones," by Victoria Schwab
Cassidy Blake is not too thrilled to be heading to Paris to film her parents' supernatural show. They're going into the catacombs under...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 10, 20201 min read


Review: "The City of Ghosts," by Victoria Schwab
Since Cassidy almost drowned, she's been able to see spirits. She's in the land of the living but can visit the land of the dead. In...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 1, 20201 min read


Review: "The Collector," by KR Alexander
When sixth grader Josie is forced to move to her grandma's house in the countryside, she realizes that her grandmother has started to...
Jennifer Denney
Nov 1, 20201 min read


Review: "Pet," by Akwaeke Emezi
In a not-so-distant future, all of society's monsters have been eradicated. There is peace in the land and Jam is content with their...
Jennifer Denney
Oct 14, 20201 min read


Review: "A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity," by Nicole Valentine
What would you do if you found out the women in your family could time travel? Faced with the tragedies of his younger sister drowning...
Jennifer Denney
Sep 11, 20201 min read


Review: "What We Saw," by Aaron Hartzler
She's lucky, though. Her childhood friend, Ben, drives her home before she passes out at the party. She doesn't remember much from that...
Jennifer Denney
Aug 1, 20201 min read


Review: "A Good Kind of Trouble," by Lisa Moore Ramee
Shayla is starting 7th grade with her two best friends by her side. They call themselves the United Nations because Shayla is Black,...
Jennifer Denney
Jul 19, 20201 min read


Review: "Parachutes," by Kelly Yang
When wealthy Asian parents send their kids to America to attend high schools and drop them off to live with host families or on their...
Jennifer Denney
Jul 5, 20201 min read


Review: "Maybe He Just Likes You," by Barbara Dee
When Mila starts seventh grade, she has three best friends and they're celebrating one of their birthdays. They share a group hug on the...
Jennifer Denney
Jun 18, 20201 min read


Review: "Focused," by Alyson Gerber
As Clea starts seventh grade, she is falling behind and overwhelmed with her schoolwork, but she absolutely loves to play chess and wants...
Jennifer Denney
Jun 1, 20201 min read


Review: "New Kid," by Jerry Craft
This award-winning graphic novel deserves all its accolades. Not only are the illustrations incredible, but the story is spot on. Jordan...
Jennifer Denney
Feb 21, 20201 min read
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