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Top 5 New Releases in Young Adult for February 2016

February 25, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases 3 Comments

Why I'm Excited to Read it: I'm loving this new trend of pirate books.  This is also Historical Fiction which I love.  It looks like a fun pirate adventure romance. Why I'm Excited to Read it: Another pirate adventure! This one is more fantasy and time travel than historical fiction, but how cool is that?!  They can sail ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 25, 2016 1:12 pm By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases |
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Book Review: The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio

February 17, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 6 Comments

Book Review Julian Chapter RJ Palacio

While Wonder never came across as preachy, I felt like The Julian Chapter did.  It talks about Julian's motives for bullying August which was fear.  I could understand fear of seeing something unexpected and even unpleasant to look at.  That kind of fear goes away with time, though, as you get used to it.  So maybe ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 17, 2016 8:05 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Hardcover, Middle Grade
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Book Review: Wonder by R. J. Palacio

February 12, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

All I could think while I was reading Wonder was, "I am so glad I'm not in middle school anymore." Wonder is about a boy named August who wants to be accepted.  He thinks that the only reason he isn't ordinary is becasue no one else sees him that way.  If everyone saw August the way he sees himself, ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 12, 2016 4:01 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Hardcover, Middle Grade
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Top 5 New Books in Young Adult for January 2016

January 28, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases 1 Comment

Why I'm Excited to Read it: Pirates and time travel? Yes please!  Loving Hook from Once Upon a Time might have something to do with my interest in this book, too :) It's not actually about Hook or anything, but it's got pirates! So yay! It's also gotten some pretty good early reviews. Why I'm Excited to ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 28, 2016 8:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases |
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Book Review: Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford

January 15, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

I read this book out loud to my kids and they loved it.  I didn't expect that I would love it too! It was a lot of fun to read out loud becuase it was full of clever dialogue.  I maybe got a little carried away with the voices but my kids seemed to like ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 15, 2016 2:21 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Children, Hardcover
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