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Review: "See You in the Cosmos," by Jack Cheng
Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski is obsessed with space. He's even copying the golden record that was sent into space in the 1970s by using...
Mrs. Denney
Mar 8, 20191 min read


Review: "The Haunting of Hill House," by Shirley Jackson
I guess I know myself well enough to know this classic of the horror genre wouldn't be quite right for me. I did enjoy it for its...
Mrs. Denney
Mar 2, 20191 min read


Review: "Dry," by Neal Shusterman
If you know me, you know I'm obsessed with all things Shusterman. This is no exception! What if there's been a shortage of drinking...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 30, 20191 min read


Review: "Dear Evan Hansen," by Val Emmich
Dear Evan Hansen, the award-winning Broadway musical, was transitioned into novel format and, as someone who lives nowhere near New York...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 24, 20191 min read


Review: "Goodbye Days: A Novel," by Jeff Zentner
When Carver Briggs sends a text to his friends asking where they are, he doesn't know that by reading that text, his friends will be...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 20, 20191 min read


Review: "Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead," by Brian Boyle
What an inspiring story! Brian Boyle was nearly killed in a car crash when he was barely out of high school. The fact that he had beefed...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 12, 20191 min read


Student Review: "The Meltdown," by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown is a very good book. I can't praise it enough. Jeff Kinney has created another masterpiece. ...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 11, 20191 min read


Review: "The Silver Eyes," by Scott Cawthon
This was a long story to listen to, but we finished! As a person who knows very little about Five Nights at Freddy's, I really enjoyed...
Mrs. Denney
Dec 28, 20181 min read


Review: "The Nightingale," by Kristin Hannah
After several of my friends said this was the best book they'd ever read, I put myself on the wait list for it at the public library....
Mrs. Denney
Dec 19, 20181 min read


Review: "Get Well Soon," by Julie Halpern
Teens have it rough. Emotions and hormones are out of whack. Coping skills are sometimes non-existent. But for Anna, her threat of...
Mrs. Denney
Dec 18, 20181 min read


Student Review: "Winnie the Pooh," by A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne is one of the best books I have ever read. It is easily better than the Sequoyah award nominees. It...
Mrs. Denney
Dec 18, 20181 min read


Student Review: "Between Two Skies," by Joanne O'Sullivan
Between Two Skies was a book that opened my eyes to Katrina's damage. It got kind of slow about halfway through, but I loved the ending....
Mrs. Denney
Nov 28, 20181 min read


Review: "The Silence of Murder," by Dandi Daley Mackall
When Jeremy is nine, he begins a period in his life of selective mutism. He hasn't spoken a word in ten years. When Coach Johnson is...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 23, 20181 min read


Review: "Brave New Girl," by Rachel Vincent
I liked this dystopian mystery. Dahlia 16 works with the plants in her district. There are 5000 girls her age who are exact copies of...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 20, 20181 min read


Review: "The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips," by Michael Morpugo
I checked this audiobook out for my 10-year-old and I to listen to in the car. She had recently read Saving Zasha and really enjoyed that...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 14, 20181 min read


Review: "Shadowshaper," by Daniel Jose Older
This was an excellent audio book narrated by Anika Noni Rose. I listened to it in its entirety on my road trip from OKC to Galveston. The...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 22, 20181 min read


Review: "Rump," by Liesl Shurtliff
Imagine having a name like Rump in a time where your name is your destiny! What kind of destiny could poor Rump have? He knows Rump is...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 14, 20181 min read


Review: "Touch Blue," by Cynthia Lord
Tess and her family live on a tiny island in Maine and Tess loves to catch lobster with her fisherman father. Her mom is the town's only...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 15, 20181 min read


Student Review: "The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie," by Tonya Lee Stone
This book is essential for any Barbie superfan. Written by Tonya Lee Stone, this book tells the story of Barbie. Published in 2010,...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 14, 20181 min read


Student Review: "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart is about murder. I'd say this book's genre is horror. Although it isn't very scary. It's a good read for anyone...
Mrs. Denney
Sep 12, 20181 min read
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