The Swifts by Beth Lincoln I wasn’t sure about this one as it started off with what felt like a lot of detail that I didn’t think all my students would like. Some would, for sure, but a lot of them want action right away. Well, our main character is named Shenanigan Swift. Unusual name … More The Swifts
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky Set in the late 80’s, Iris is a young girl trying to navigate a world where AIDS is off limits to talk about, and she desperately wants to talk about it. Her dad is dying of AIDS, and she feels like she has to hide what she is … More World Made of Glass
Monster Down Deep by Amy Fellner Dominy Thank you Pushkin Press for the digital ARC! The first chapter is from “Monster Down Deep”. Well, that is what others call him. But he really is just “Very Afraid Fish”. I thought that was a fun way to start a book. There are chapters from the fish’s … More Monster Down Deep
The Secrets Below by Camilla Sten and Viveca Sten Another book in translation! This one is also from Sweden. I received this book as an e-galley from Amazon Publishing. The story takes place in the Stockholm archipelago. If you are like me and didn’t know what an archipelago was, it’s a group of islands. I … More The Secrets Below
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Simon moves to the middle of nowhere. Like, there is nothing for about a thirty-mile radius around the town of Grin and Bear It. This is because radio telescopes are used to detect faint radio signals from space. If you live here, you cannot use anything that will … More Simon Sort of Says
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown The third in the Wild Robot series! I love Roz! As soon as this book starts, the island animals learn that a poison tide is headed toward the island. Soon enough, the tide comes in, and it messes up their balanced ecosystem. All the animals are moving inland, … More The Wild Robot Protects
The Thing I’m Most Afraid Of by Kristin Levine It’s 1993, and Becca is heading off to Austria to spend the summer with her dad (and also his new girlfriend, Katarina, her son, Felix, and Sara, the nanny). Becca isn’t loving this, but there is a lot that Becca doesn’t love. In fact, she has … More The Thing I’m Most Afraid Of
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown Second book in The Wild Robot series! My school read the first books as a ‘One Book, One, School’ program and students were quick to come to the library for the next installment. So of course, I had to read it as well! Roz is on a farm! … More The Wild Robot Escapes
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum I started this book the day before a day off from school, so I admit I was already thinking about my day off. I also glimpsed someone’s review that said it was PG-15. What? 15? Sky had been living with her grandmother, but when her grandmother had to … More The Area 51 Files
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas Graphic Novel I started this one without reading anything about it. Bree and her father have just moved to Florida. She is excited to join a math club but finds out that the class is full, and she has to take Swim 101 instead. Bree can’t swim. Lucky for her, … More Swim Team
Literary Coffee 