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Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel...
AUTHOR: Ransom RiggsILLUSTRATOR: Cassandra JeanSERIES: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, book 1PUBLISHER: Yen PressPUBLICATION DATE: October 29, 2013ISBN: 9780316245289PAGES: 272SOURCE: my...
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Review: Starflight (Landers)
AUTHOR: Melissa LandersSERIES: Starflight, book 1PUBLISHER: Disney-HyperionPUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2016ISBN: 9781484723241PAGES: 320SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: science fiction, romanceSETTING: outer...
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Review: Squish: Super Amoeba (Holm, Holm)
Graphic Novel Challenge 2016, book #5 is Squish: Super Amoeba by brother-sister graphic novel team Jennifer and Matthew Holm. I didn't choose this book because it is ridiculously popular in our school...
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Review: Cardboard (TenNapel)
AUTHOR: Doug TenNapelSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: GRAPHIXPUBLICATION DATE: August 1, 2012ISBN: 9780545418737 PAGES: 288SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: graphic novel; light fantasy SETTING: present-day; suburban...
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Review: The Stonekeeper (Kibuishi)
AUTHOR: Kazu KabuishiSERIES: Amulet, book 1PUBLISHER: GRAPHIXPUBLICATION DATE: January 1, 2008ISBN: 9780439846806PAGES: 192SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: graphic novel; fantasySETTING: Norlen, a small town...
View Article14 tips to increase OverDrive circulation
Did your library recently purchase OverDrive? Are you wondering how to promote it and increase your circulation? As with any pricey database, if patrons are not using OverDrive, it isn't worth keeping....
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Review: Beyond the Red (Jae)
Two-Face= A book that starts off fantastic but quickly turns ridiculous. It refers to a Seinfeld episode where Jerry dates a girl who is sometimes attractive and sometimes scary-looking. George calls...
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Review: Did I Mention I Need You? (Maskame)
AUTHOR: Estelle MaskameSERIES: Did I Mention I Love You? trilogy, book 2PUBLISHER: SourceBooks FirePUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2016ISBN: 9781492632184PAGES: 384SOURCE:SLJ review copy via NetGalley...
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Review: Pokemon Adventures, book 1 (Kusaka)
AUTHOR: Hidenori KusakaSERIES: Pokemon Adventures, book 1PUBLISHER: Perfect SquarePUBLICATION DATE: June 2, 2009 (orig. Aug 8, 1997)ISBN: 9781421530543PAGES: 200SOURCE: my son's roomGENRE:...
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Defending Pokemon: Five reasons every library needs Pokemon
As part of my 2016 Graphic Novel Challenge , I recently read and reviewed my first Pokemon book. I did this partly because my son loves Pokemon and partly because I recently ordered lots of new manga...
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The Great Hunt (Higgins)
AUTHOR: Wendy HigginsSERIES: The Great Hunt, book 1PUBLISHER: HarperTeenPUBLICATION DATE: March 8, 2016ISBN: 9780062381330PAGES: 416SOURCE: EdelweissGENRE: fantasy, romanceSETTING: kingdom of...
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Review: Bad Island (TenNapel)
AUTHOR: Doug TenNapelSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: GRAPHIXPUBLICATION DATE: August 1, 2011ISBN: 9780545314794PAGES: 224SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: survival, mystery, graphic novelSETTING: deserted island;...
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Review: The Metamorphosis (Kafka, Kuper)
AUTHOR: Franz KafkaADAPTER/ILLUSTRATOR: Peter KuperSERIES: none PUBLISHER: Broadway BooksPUBLICATION DATE: July 20, 2004ISBN: 9781400052998PAGES: 80SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: classic; magical realism;...
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Review: Page By Paige (Gulledge)
AUTHOR: Laura Lee GulledgeSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: AmuletPUBLICATION DATE: May 1, 2011ISBN: 9780810997226PAGES: 194SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: realistic fiction; graphic novel SETTING: New York City,...
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Review: The Crossover (Alexander)
AUTHOR: Kwame AlexanderSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Harcourt BracePUBLICATION DATE: March 14, 2014ISBN: 9780544289598PAGES: 240SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: sports, free verse, realistic fictionSETTING: North...
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Review: Fear My Mortality (Frost)
If you were to read the pre-pub Goodreads reviews for Fear My Mortality, you might think this book is the next Hunger Games or Unwind. Trust me, it isn't. I am so tired of reading YA books that insult...
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Review: Finding Hope (Nelson)
AUTHOR: Colleen NelsonSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: DundurnPUBLICATION DATE: April 12, 2016ISBN: 9781459732452PAGES: 200SOURCE:SLJ review copy from NetGalley GENRE: realistic fictionSETTING: Lumsville, Ohio...
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Review: A Stolen Kiss (Keating)
AUTHOR: Kelsey KeatingSERIES: Stolen Royals, book 1PUBLISHER: Swanifide PublishingPUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2016ISBN: 9781943923007PAGES: 346SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: fantasy, princessesSETTING:...
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Review: How to Fake a Moon Landing (Cunningham)
AUTHOR: Darryl CunninghamSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Abrams ComicArtsPUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2013ISBN: 9781419706899PAGES: 176 SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: nonfiction graphic novelSETTING: n/a GIVE IT TO:...
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The Magic Finger, The BFG, and 5 reasons you should read Roald Dahl
I wasn't originally planning to write a formal review for either of these books, which I read aloud with my son recently. I thought, these books have been out for decades, how could I possibly have...
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