Category Archives: Tween

The Humming Room

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Mrs.N

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter Roo has always kept to herself.  Perhaps it was this tendency that kept her safe as her family was killed.  Once Roo is officially on her own, rather than just functionally on her own, … Continue reading →

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Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Mrs.N

Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale If you forget your library card, my library makes you pay them a dollar to check out books.  I don’t usually forget my library card, because it’s kept on my phone by … Continue reading →

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Drama

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Mrs.N

Drama by Raina Telgemeier Drama is aptly named.  Perhaps, most obviously because the bulk of the book centers around a drama production and almost certainly because the love lives of tweens involved are filled with drama.  But the real drama is … Continue reading →

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Big Nate and Friends

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Mrs.N

Big Nate and Friends by Lincoln Peirce Big Nate is the first book I’ve read this month that really does read as a comic rather than a graphic novel.  It doesn’t have linear cohesive plot; it’s a series of short … Continue reading →

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Roller Girl

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Mrs.N

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson This book is wildly, painfully cool.  It has the power to make you feel excited and giddy and like strapping on roller skates and getting to it.  Evidently, this is not an uncommon reaction, even … Continue reading →

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The Crossover

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Mrs.N

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander I can’t help feeling that if more books were like The Crossover more kids would become and stay readers. This book is easy to read. I don’t mean that in the sense of it being a … Continue reading →

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Brown Girl Dreaming

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Mrs.N

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson There is no way I could possibly do this book justice, so I’ll just say that it is amazing and often beautiful. Through incredibly evocative poems, Woodson manages to capture the mood of her … Continue reading →

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On Two Feet and Wings

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Mrs.N

On Two Feet and Wings by Abbas Kazerooni During the war with Iraq, Iran has continuously lowered the age of conscripted soldiers. When they begin to take boys as young as eight and nine, Abbas’s father knows he must take … Continue reading →

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Better Nate than Ever

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Mrs.N

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle Nate lives in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, PA where he leads a very gray existence, not the technicolor one of his dreams.  His parents have their own troubles and a rocky … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Mrs.N

The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente This is the third book in the trilogy: Book 1: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Book 2: The Girl … Continue reading →

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