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When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

By On October 4, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Fantasy, Language/Style, LGBTQ, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Novel, Symbolism
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When the Moon Was Ours
Author: Anna-Marie McLemore
Published October 4, 2016 by Thomas Dunne

Goodreads Summary: To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she […]

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There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

By On January 25, 2018 · 2 Comments · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Foreshadowing, Horror, Inferring, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mystery, Novel, Prediction, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Setting
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There’s Someone Inside Your House
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Published: September 26, 2017 by Dutton

Guest Review by Kaari von Bernuth

Goodreads Summary: One-by-one, the students of Osborne High are dying in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing […]

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Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil (Ricki’s Review)

By On March 26, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Language/Style, LGBTQ, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Voice
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Life in Outer Space
Author: Melissa Keil
Published August 1st, 2013 by Peachtree Publishers

Goodreads Summary: Sam is a geek movie-buff with a ragtag group of loser friends who have been taking abuse from the popular kids for years. But when the super-cool Camilla moves to […]

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Touched by Paul Maurer

By On September 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Fantasy, Foreshadowing, Novel, Prediction, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction
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Touched
Author: Paul Maurer
Published February 6th, 2013 by New Libri Press

Goodreads Summary: Landmines. Quicksand. Class warfare. Now if Jimmy Parker could only find high school that simple. It only gets more complicated when a mysterious female classmate with a special gift enters his life. […]

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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

By On August 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Author: Meg Medina
Published: March 26, 2013 by Candlewick Press

Summary: In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew […]

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Winger by Andrew Smith (Kellee’s Review)

By On August 13, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Dialogue, Graphic Novels/Comics, Humor, LGBTQ, Novel, Plot Development, Prediction, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Setting, Theme, Voice
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Winger
Author: Andrew Smith
Published May 14th, 2013 by Simon & Schuster

Goodreads Summary: Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby […]

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The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

By On May 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Allusion, Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Dialogue, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Inquiry, Language/Style, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Tone, Voice
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The Beginning of Everything
Author: Robyn Schneider
Published August 27, 2013 by Katerine Tegen

Goodreads Summary: Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed […]

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