title: The knife and the butterfy author: Ashley Hope Perez date: 2012, Carolrhoda Lab Books main character: Martin Azael Arevalo The plot seems simple: where is Azael? He walks us through his own memories of how he got wherever he is, what his life has been like and some of his most recent memories with quite… Read More review: The knife and the butterfly
title: The whole story of half a girl author: Veera Hiranandani date:Delacorte Press; 2012 main character: Sonia Nadhamuni reading level: 4.2 Being ‘half a girl’ doesn’t matter much until Sonia has to change schools. She was accepted by everyone in her small private school, but she has to find new friends in her new school… Read More book review: The whole story of half a girl
title: D J Rising author: Love Maia date: Little Brown and Company, February 2012 main character: Marley Johnnywas Diego-Dylan aka DJ Ice “…Try not to get into too much trouble with the ladies. Any questions? I hate questions by the way.” “No question,” I tell him, even though I didn’t understand hardly anything he… Read More book review: DJ Rising
title: Panther Baby author: Jamal Joseph date: Algonquin Books; February, 2012 non-fiction/autobiography reading level: 6.0 Honestly, I didn’t want to read Panther Baby when Doret first suggested it. But since I trust her judgment of books, I read the book and I’m so glad I did! I’ve wanted to put Panther Baby into the hands of… Read More review: Panther Baby A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention
title: Riot author: Walter Dean Myers date: Egmont; 2009 main character: Claire Johnson In developing the history of this book, Myers states that the first Africans came to America as slaves in 1619. I have to correct this statement and please know that in doing so, I’m not discrediting Myers further historic details. I have… Read More review: Riot
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