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Student Review: "Serafina and the Twisted Staff," by Robert Beatty
Serafina and the Twisted Staff is about Serafina’s life after she beats the black cloak. She continues to work at Biltmore Estate with...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 29, 20171 min read


Review: "The Raven King," by Maggie Stiefvater
In this thrilling conclusion to the Raven Cycle, the readers will discover Blue's true love, the one she will kill with a kiss. They...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 3, 20171 min read


Student Review: "Serafina and the Black Cloak," by Robert Beatty
Serafina, the Chief Rat Catcher of the Biltmore Estate, is our protagonist with a strange physical appearance and a house in the secret...
Mrs. Denney
Dec 15, 20162 min read


Student Review: "Bad Magic," by Pseudonymous Bosch
Clay considers magic “bad”. He used to practice magic tricks with his older brother, Max-Ernst, but then his brother strangely...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 30, 20161 min read


Student Review: "Home of the Braves," by David Klass
Joe Brickman, our protagonist, is a high school student. He is captain of his school’s soccer team, has a best friend Ed the mouse, and...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 18, 20161 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


Student Review: "Jar of Dreams," by Yoshiko Uchida
The story is about a young girl named Rinko who is eleven years old and lives in California. Her parents are hardworking Japanese...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 17, 20161 min read


Review: "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library," by Chris Grabenstein
Kyle has never set foot in a public library. Like the other twelve-year-olds in his town, he hasn't been in a public library because...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 13, 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: "Falling Over Sideways," by Jordan Sonnenblick
I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of this book, that officially was released yesterday. I truly could read everything by...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 28, 20161 min read


Review: "Model Misfit," by Holly Smale
I can't say how much I enjoy listening to the Geek Girl audio books. They're so fun. Yes, the stories are a bit of fluff, but still so...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 18, 20161 min read


Review: "The BFG," by Roald Dahl
I read this aloud to my 8-year-old and it was a challenge! The BFG has his own garbled up language that is quite a mouthful, but what a...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 15, 20161 min read


Review: "Bad Magic," by Pseudonymous Bosch
When Clay writes "Magic Sucks" in a journal and then it suddenly appears as giant graffiti inside his school, he doesn't know what to...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 14, 20161 min read


Review: "All Fall Down," by Ally Carter
This is my first Ally Carter book, despite listening to raves from my middle school kids for years! And Ally Carter lives in OK -...
Mrs. Denney
Aug 6, 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: "The Last Star," by Rick Yancey
I started listening to this book months ago, but only made it about 75 pages in. I picked it back up (in print form) today while I was...
Mrs. Denney
Jul 16, 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: "Stitching Snow," by R.C. Lewis
Let me start by saying this is a good book. The reason I'm giving it two stars is that I've already read it. It was called Cinder! The...
Mrs. Denney
Jul 9, 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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