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Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins Back-of-the-book blurb: Chiko isn’t a fighter by nature. He’s a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese [...] Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson I’m pleased to welcome my friend Denise as a guest blogger today! Denise left the corporate world to return to school for an advanced degree, and is now working in the alternative program at a local high school. She is the mother [...] Reading level: Young Adult Back-of-the-book blurb: First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school student, has to get to her younger brother [...] This Young Adult pick is reviewed by our eldest daughter, LW13. Airhead was one of the newly-released paperbacks I brought home from BEA in May. When LW13 picked it up and asked, “Can I read this!?!” I answered: “Sure! If you review it”. The motivation worked! She has selected several other books from my TBR [...] Note from Dawn: another guest review from my 12-year-old daughter. This is fun – she discovered the pattern to the book titles, and, like mother like daughter, has a question for you at the end of the review! The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina Back [...] Perseus Publishing has sent me a brand-spanking new hardcover edition of the YA novel Creepers signed by the author, Joanne Dahme. This book has received positive reviews in the mainstream press and throughout the blogsphere; here’s the synopsis: From moving to a new house to making new friends and preparing for high school, life for the [...] |
 
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