review: Ship of Souls author: Zetta Elliott date: Amazon Publishing; 28 February main character: Dmitri “D” D never really had a lot of friends so the loss of his mother is particularly devastating to him. As the only child of a single mother, there’s little else for him other than the foster care system. D… Read More review: Ship of Souls
book review: The boy who harnessed the wind authors: William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer date: 2009; Harper Perennial non-fiction browse inside The boy who harnessed the wind is the story of William Kamkwamba’s imaginative growing up in Malawi. In the beginning of the book, we learn a little about Malawi: its customs, beliefs and practices.… Read More review: The boy who harnessed the wind
book review: Beneath a meth moon: an elegy author: Jacqueline Woodson date: Nancy Paulsen Books; February 2012 main character: Laurel Daneau “Moon” is meth and Laurel has fallen deeply under its spell. Woodson weaves Laurel’s story from the middle to the front and back again, letting readers uncover the path of Laurel’s addiction. We know… Read More book review: Beneath a Meth Moon: an elegy
title: Ain’t nothing but a man: my quest to find the real John Henry author: Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson date: National Geographic Books for Children, 2008 MG nonfiction In Ain’t nothing but a man, Scott Reynolds walks us through his research to find out whether John Henry was a real man. His conversational… Read More book review: Ain’t nothing but a man
title: Playground author: Fifty Cent date: Razorbill; November 2011 main character: Burton “Butterball” Reading Level: 5.0 I think I’ve done some pretty good book pairings here on CrazyQuiltEdi Blog. After a recent session at ALAN, I’ve come to realize there are many, many ways to pair books. In addition to book pairings, bloggers often pair… Read More Book Review and Pairing: Playground
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