Category Archives: Tween

The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Mrs.N

The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) by Mitali Perkins Sunita is managing just fine living the stressful life of a tween.  She’s got a best friend who needs beauty tips, a feminist older sister … Continue reading →

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Looking for Bapu

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mrs. N

Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee There is so much going on here I almost don’t know where to start. The book opens in the aftermath of 9/11. Anu is Indian and living in Seattle. His Bapu (grandfather) who lived … Continue reading →

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The 13 Clocks

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Mrs.N

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber Source of Miscellany: This was a gift from my twelfth grade English teacher, who has known me since I was two.  As you can imagine there are pros and cons to this situation.  On … Continue reading →

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Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Mrs.N

Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko This picks up not long after Al Capone Does My Shirts leaves off  Moose is still twelve, Piper the warden’s daughter is still a whole lot of trouble in a very pretty package … Continue reading →

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Al Capone Does My Shirts

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Mrs.N

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Moose’s sister Natalie has always come first.  This time it means uprooting the family and moving to Alcatraz, where Moose’s father works on the island as an electrician and guard for hardened … Continue reading →

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The London Eye Mystery

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Mrs.N

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Ted says that he has “a funny brain that runs on a different operating system from other people’s”.  His whole life this has been something of a liability, but now that his cousin … Continue reading →

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Anything But Typical

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Mrs.N

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin Anything But Typical is one of two books I’m reviewing this month that have received the Schneider Family Book Award which honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic … Continue reading →

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Mockingbird

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Mrs.N

Mockingbird by Kathryn Eskine I love this book.  I know you’re supposed to say that sort of thing about books that have won the National Book Award, but I am not one to love a book just because someone smacked … Continue reading →

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Goddess Girls GIVEAWAY – Athena the Brain

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Mrs.N

For our very last Mythical March entry, I have a giveaway for you – a brand new copy of Athena the Brain.  It is one hundred percent mythological fluff.  It’s also highly endorsed by a fourth-grader former student of mine … Continue reading →

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The Last Olympian

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Mrs.N

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan is the fifth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. For most of this school year I’ve been having an ongoing discussion about what is appropriate in books with a parent I … Continue reading →

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