IMWAYR

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Bringing History to Life” by k.m. Huber, Author of Call of the Owl Woman

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Kellee

Middle Grade

 

• Isle of Ever by Jen Calonita: I am very excited to review this book tomorrow!
• Stuff Kids Should Know: The Mind-Blowing Histories of (Almost) Everything by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant (with Nils Parker): I listened to this with Trent, and it is full of fascinating information and history. I can see why this podcast was turned into a book; it teaches in a way that is funny AND informative.
• Spelling it Out by Margaret Finnegan: I’ll be reviewing this book on the 20th!

Young Adult

• Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richard: This was a scavenger hunt book like no other; it was literally life or death! I did not want to stop listening to this because I had to know how all the clues added up and who was behind everything, and I truly didn’t see it coming!

And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; I’ll be back next Monday.

Kellee

 

• Reading: Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore
• Listening: Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

Tuesday: Isle of Ever by Jen Calonita

Sunday: Author’s Guest Post: “The Whole Family: Story’s Ability to Connect Young Readers to Second Culture Heritage” by Mima Tipper, Author of Kat’s Greek Summer

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

 

Tuesday: Student Voices: What Kellee’s Middle Schoolers are Reading, Loving, and Promoting

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “The Power of Story: Inspired by the Classroom” by Trevor B. Spisto, Author of The Tiger and the Crane

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Kellee

This is my week off; I will see you next week! You can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

My head is spinning with the semester ending, so I have to miss this week. I will see you in two weeks!

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Bringing History to Life” by k.m. Huber, Author of Call of the Owl Woman

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

  and

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Author Guest Post: “The Girl Who Gets the Girl” by Zakiya N. Jamal, Author of If We Were a Movie

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Kellee

Middle Grade

• Adrift by Tanya Guerrero: This book was so good in so many ways and disappointing in others. I read this for my teacher book club, so I look forward to hearing what others say about it. I wish there had been more of an exposition, so I really knew the characters before tragedy hit. I found the imagery, survival aspects, and suspense surrounding Coral’s time alone on a deserted island wonderful–the part where she is fishing and killing fish for the first time made me gaggy, so you know it was written well! But I wish that there was more of Coral’s story; I didn’t find Isa’s story as intriguing. However, I know one teacher felt the opposite of me and liked Isa’s story better than Coral’s, so I think it really depends. In the end, I enjoyed the book enough and am glad I read it.

Young Adult

• Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore: I reread this book with my friend Jewel (we’re talking about it tomorrow!), and the review I wrote the first time I read this book in 2012 actually still holds truth: There was so much hype about this 3rd book in the Graceling trilogy and I can see why people feel that it lived up to the hype and why others didn’t. This book was different than the other 2. This one was much more a mystery than an action/adventure like the first two. This book is not a journey and is not about a woman that is scorned for one reason or another. This book is about a queen and it primarily takes place in her kingdom. But that does not mean that this book is any less exciting. Bitterblue is filled with twists and turns and unexpected conflicts. I did love how characters that were more skeletal in Graceling are really beefed out in Bitterblue- especially Helda and Giddon. Even if you are not impressed with this story, you will definitely be blown away once again by Kashore’s writing and world building. She is a master.

You can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; I will see you next week!

Kellee

• Listening: Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards
• Reading: The Isle of Ever by Jen Calonita

 

Tuesday: Student Voices: What Kellee’s Middle Schoolers are Reading, Loving, and Promoting

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “The Power of Story: Inspired by the Classroom” by Trevor B. Spisto, Author of The Tiger and the Crane

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

  and

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Tuesday: George O’Connor’s Visit to Kellee’s Middle School

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Kellee

It’s my week off! You can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

I had to take a break this week because my son’s team made it to Odyssey of the Mind Worlds, so I’ve been planning that!

Author Guest Post: “The Girl Who Gets the Girl” by Zakiya N. Jamal, Author of If We Were a Movie

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

  and

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

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Kellee

Here is what I’ve read since March 10th:

Middle Grade

• Werewolf Hamlet by Kerry Madden-Lunsford: I reviewed this fascinating middle grade novel here on Unleashing Readers!
• Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea by Patricia Newman: I reviewed this wonderful nonfiction book here on Unleashing Readers!
• The World’s Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson: Over Spring Break, Trent and I were driving a lot, so we decided to listen to an audiobook, and Trent wanted a murder mystery. I am so glad that he choose this one! It is a kid’s version of Sherlock Holmes mixed with Clue with two main characters who are a perfect duo. We definitely recommend this to anyone who loves a good mystery!

Young Adult

• Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets by Chelsea Ichaso: When Piper jumps from “Suicide Point,” her sister, Savannah, at first blames herself, but after finding a strange note in her sister’s locker, she begins to notice that something isn’t right with the whole situation. Savannah then inserts herself into Piper’s old life in hopes of finding out the truth, and man, the truth is more twisted than you’ll even guess–the book was hard to put down, full of twists, and quite surprising.
• All Better Now by Neal Shusterman: Neal Shusterman does it again. His concepts are always so brilliant. This one is about a COVID-esque type illness that leads to pure contentment if you survive. But is contentment really the best for humans? That is one of the questions that Shusterman asks as we follow characters who are on very different sides of the coin: someone who wants to spread the illness to everyone and someone who is willing to anything to stop it. Another 5 stars for Shusterman!
• She’s Gone by David Bell: Hunter wakes up in the hospital after homecoming to learn that he has been in an accident and his girlfriend, Chloe, disappeared from the car. Hunter doesn’t remember the night at all, but everyone suspects that he killed Chloe; however, Hunter knows that he would never do that. This leads to a deadly investigation that leads to the surprising truth. (I do need to make one note that this author did have a side story of my least favorite trope which makes me like the book less than I would have if he’d stayed away from it…)
• You’re Dead to Me by Amy Christine Parker: When Ruby sees the ghost of herself, she knows that she is going to die on prom night, and with her whole town turned against her, it could be any number of people who kill her; however, she is going to do everything in her power to save herself. Parker did such a great job of mixing paranormal into this murder mystery–it is something that could have gone extremely wrong, but instead if added tension to this already intense book, elevating it and making it unique. I loved how the book was crafted, the characters in the book, the ending… everything. It was truly a rollercoaster read!
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green: John Green is brilliant. He has taken tuberculosis, a topic that many of his readers may not have been interested in, and humanized it in a way that no reader can ignore. The book is a mixture of a story of Henry, a young TB patient that John met on a visit to Sierra Leone; the history of TB and how it has shaped the history of the world; and a call for equity and equality in so many different ways. This book is fantastic and everyone should read it. It will change how you think of the world.

You can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; see you next week!

Kellee

• Reading: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
• Listening: Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World by Yuval Noah Harari, Illustrator: Ricard Zaplana Ruiz

Tuesday: George O’Connor’s Visit to Kellee’s Middle School

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

  and

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Tuesday: Werewolf Hamlet by Kerry Madden-Lunsford

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Kellee

It’s my week off! However, you can learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

Young Adult

I have never read a book that depicts homelessness in such a raw, emotional way. This memoir is beautifully written, and I am in such awe of Rex Ogle. I will be using Road Home with my young adult class.

Adult

In Katherine Center’s Hello Stranger, a woman goes in for brain surgery and ends up emerging with face blindness. I have read a lot about this condition, and it was really helpful to read and understand more about it.

Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating is a sweet romance. I loved the strong woman lead. Her confidence was really fun to read.

Thursday: Sofia’s YA Book Nook: How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

  and

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Thursday: Ben’s Kids’ Corner: Imagine Nation by Matt Myklusch

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Kellee

Because of Spring Break followed by the Florida Future Problem Solvers Competition, I was not able to get my IMWAYR post done–I’m sorry! However, you can learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

It is my week off–see you next week!

Tuesday: Werewolf Hamlet by Kerry Madden-Lunsford

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

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