Title: Stringz author: Michael Wenberg publisher: Westside Books main character: Jace Adams Jace changes schools every few months because his mother is unable to keep a job or a man. She loses them, and moves on, her child in tow. With so many new schools in his life, why does Wenberg choose to tell us… Read More book review: Stringz
Title: Out of My Mind author: Sharon Draper date: Atheneum; March 2010 main character: Melody Brooks Melody is an 11 year old 5th grader who spends much of her day in a pink wheelchair but, as Melody says, the pink doesn’t make it cute, it’s still a wheelchair. Melody’s got a mom and a dad,… Read More review: Out of My Mind
book review: He forgot to say goodbye author: Benjamin Alire Saenz date: 2008, Simon and Schuster main characters: Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove If I just said this is a superbly wonderful book would you rush out and buy it? He forgot will remain one of my all time favorites. This review, probably not so… Read More book review: He forgot to say goodbye
title: Chenxi and the foreigner author: Sally Rippin date: 2009, Annick Press main character: Anna White Given the title, you would think Chenxi would be the main character of this book. And given that the first chapter is his, you would expect to get to know him in this story and watch him develop. Throughout… Read More review: Chenxi and the foreigner
Book review: Sarah Winnemucca Scout, Activist and Teacher Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky Compass Point Books 2006 Non-fiction Thocmetony “Sarah” Winnemucca was a Kuyuidika-a woman born in 1844. Her birth shortly preceded the arrival of Whites from the east who, through Manifest Destiny felt entitled to the land. Sarah’s life began on a very traditional… Read More book review: Sarah Winnemucca Scout, Activist and Teacher
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