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    Review: Paper Butterflies

    by Janna October 26, 2017
    by Janna October 26, 2017

    Annie, another LQ contributor, works for a publishing company in Minneapolis and asked if one of us would be interested in reviewing the YA novel Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield. Everyone else wrote back and said they’re not fans of …

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    Audiobook Review: The Hate U Give

    by Kathleen April 10, 2017
    by Kathleen April 10, 2017

    There’s considerable buzz around Angie Thomas’s debut young adult novel, The Hate U Give.ย The Timesย (UK) reviewer says that it could very well be the YAย book of the decade, and The Atlantic calls it “incisive and engrossing.” This is a novel …

  • Book ReviewsHistorical FictionYoung Adult

    Audiobook Review: The Fifth of March

    by Becky September 20, 2016
    by Becky September 20, 2016

    Why: I spend quite a bit of time in my car. My evening commute in particular can be quite lengthy and irritating. Admittedly, I was a skeptic of audiobooks. I started seeing Kathleen post some reviews on here and I …

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    Review: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    by Kathleen July 27, 2016
    by Kathleen July 27, 2016

    In 1911, fourteen year-old Joan Skraggs finds herself trapped at home on a run-down farm, working tirelessly for her cruel father. He pulls her from school and requires her, โ€œan ox of a girlโ€ and โ€œuglyโ€ in his estimation, toย mend, …

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    5 Newbery Winners for the Young-at-Heart

    by Kathleen June 8, 2016
    by Kathleen June 8, 2016

    School’s out (at least in my neck of the woods) and summer reading season is upon us! ย As I loaded my 6th grade students up with top picks,ย I grabbed a few middle-grade novels for myself. ย My stack included a prime …

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    Tween Tearjerkers, 80s and Now

    by Kathleen May 17, 2016
    by Kathleen May 17, 2016

    I remember reading Katherine Paterson‘s Bridge to Terabithiaย while on vacation with my family. ย I was maybe nine years old, and it was far past my bedtime. Tears (and let’s get real: probably snot) soaked my t-shirt, and I woke my …

  • Book ReviewsHistorical FictionYoung Adult

    Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

    by Kathleen May 12, 2016
    by Kathleen May 12, 2016

    In the fall of 2011, an eighth-grade student of mine wrote a beautiful letter to Ruta Sepetys, the author of Between Shades of Gray, detailing what she’d gleaned from Sepetys’ย first novel ย – the power of perseverance, integrity, and love.ย Since then, …

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