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Exit, Pursued by a Bear - E. K. Johnston
I chose to read this book for two reasons, it’s a 2019 YRCA Title, and because I love Shakespeare, which might not make sense, except...
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Twilight: the Relationship Killer?
Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...
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Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
Dear Boy Meets Boy… my high school was pretty damn progressive, but even we didn’t have the “Drag Queen Clique.” First of all, that there...
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Sister Wife – Shelley Hrdlitschka (2008)
Books with subject matter as controversial as this one can often ring false, and bias. I was surprised that this was not always the case...
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The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (2008)
I know, hot topic. But I would like to state that this is my second time reading the Hunger Games, and truthfully, I feel much the same...
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And Tango Makes Three – Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson (Authors) & Henry Cole (Illustrator) (2005
I love this book so much it makes my heart warm just thinking about it. And Tango Makes Three is about two male penguins, Roy and Silo,...
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Amazing Grace – Mary Hoffman (Author) & Caroline Binch (Illustrator) (1991)
Amazing Grace was a Reading Rainbow book, which among many other things means that it is pretty amazing. This story is about a little...
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Meridian – Amber Kizer (2010)
The first creatures to seek me were the insects; my parents cleaned the bassinet free of dead ants the morning after they brought me home...
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The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman (2008)
One night a two-year-old child wanders from his house and into the night. His wandering and curiosity saved him from the man who had come...
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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation – Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colón (2006)
Do you remember where you where on September 11th, 2001? I do. I was in my high school World Issues class, then watched the second plane...
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Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack
I loved this movie, I loved this soundtrack, but oddly, I didn’t love the book, but that’s a story for another time. The soundtrack...
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MAD Magazine – January 2010
I enjoyed this magazine much more than the issue of Girls’ Life that I read. It was funny, engaging, and I can completely understand the...
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To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (1960)
Taking place in Maycomb, Alabama during the depression six-year-old Scout and older brother Jem watch their widowed father Atticus defend...
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