Category Archives: Middle Grades

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Mrs.N

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka This is the second book in the Yang series. It is hard coming moving to a new country and Yang the Third does a wonderful job of showing cultural differences.  … Continue reading →

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Year of the Rat

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Mrs.N

The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin This is the sequel to The Year of the Dog, although it does not pick up exactly where The Year of the Dog leaves off.  There has been another year in between, … Continue reading →

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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Mrs.N

The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang “In Chinese if you want to say that something good may turn into something bad or vice versa, you say ‘Sai weng shi ma,’ or ‘The old man at the … Continue reading →

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Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Mrs.N

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka Despite what the cover art and link suggest, this book is readily available. I am unsure why Amazon has the price so escalated and has an outdated copy for sale. … Continue reading →

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Bobby Vs. Girls (Accidentally)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Mrs.N

Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee Bobby has been friends with Holly forever, but now they’re at an age when the other kids really don’t understand why boys and girls would want to be friends.  Holly has a new … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Dog

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Mrs.N

The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin If you’re looking for a chapter book about Chinese New Year, you couldn’t do any better than this.  Grace Lin draws from her own childhood experience to write a sweet tale of … Continue reading →

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The Very Best Hanukkah Gift

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Mrs. N

If you know author Joanne Rocklin from Strudel Stories please don’t get your hopes up too far. While Streudel Stories is a lovely set of short stories about different generations of a Jewish family, this is really just a “for … Continue reading →

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What to Buy: For the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fan

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Mrs.N

It’s been no secret around here that I am personally not a fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. (Want to know more about why?  Click here and here.)  But I can acknowledge that they are huge with … Continue reading →

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Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite (Nutcracker Part 7)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Mrs.N

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite by Anna Harwell Celenza When I ordered this from the library, I was remembering that The Harlem Nutcracker had been created using Ellington’s version of the Nutcracker Suite as its core music.  I hoped this book … Continue reading →

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Archer’s Quest

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Mrs.N

Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park It’s not every day when a Korean folk hero falls off his tiger (that’s no typo, he really was riding a tiger, I swear) and ends up in your bedroom.  Kevin is a bit … Continue reading →

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