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The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan

By On October 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Magical Realism, Multicultural, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Setting, Symbolism, Text Structure, Theme
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The Astonishing Color of After
Author: Emily X. R. Pan
Published: March 20, 2018 by Little, Brown

Goodreads Summary: Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian […]

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Miles Away from You by A. B. Rutledge

By On March 29, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, LGBTQ, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Symbolism, Text Structure
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Miles Away from You
Author: A. B. Rutledge
Published: March 20, 2018 by HMH Books for Young Readers

Guest Review by Kaari von Bernuth

Goodreads Summary: It’s been three years since Miles fell for Vivian, a talented and dazzling […]

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Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan

By On July 13, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Fantasy, Foreshadowing, Graphic Novels/Comics, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Mystery, Onomatopoeia, Sequence, Setting, Text Structure, Tone
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Snow White: A Graphic Novel
Author: Matt Phelan
Published: September 21, 2016 by Candlewick

A Guest Review by Emily Baseler

GoodReads Summary: Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan delivers a darkly stylized noir Snow White set […]

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The Dark by Lemony Snicket

By On June 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Dialogue, Fantasy, Foreshadowing, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Inferring, Making Connections, Mood, Personification, Picture Book, Plot Development, Prediction, Read Aloud, Reflection, Sequence, Setting, Simile/Metaphor, Symbolism, Theme
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The Dark
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Published April 2, 2013 by Little, Brown

Guest Post by: Nichole Pitruzzello

Summary: Laszlo is afraid of the dark. But is the dark afraid of Laszlo? They live in […]

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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

By On January 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Foreshadowing, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Point of View, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Setting, Text Structure, Theme, Voice
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All the Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Published: January 6, 2015 by Knopf

Goodreads Summary: The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this compelling, exhilarating, and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Theodore […]

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Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos

By On July 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Voice
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Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets
Author: Evan Roskos
Published: March 5, 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary: “I hate myself but I love Walt Whitman, the kook. Always positive. I need to be more positive, so I wake myself up every morning with a […]

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Bruised by Sarah Skilton

By On April 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Novel, Plot Development, Point of View, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Romance
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Bruised
Author: Sarah Skilton
Published March 5, 2013 by Amulet/Abrams

Goodreads Summary: Imogen has always believed that her black belt in Tae Kwon Do made her stronger than everyone else–more responsible, more capable. But when she witnesses a holdup in a diner, she freezes. The gunman […]

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