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Review: Kiya: Hope of the Pharaoh (Hamstead)
AUTHOR: Katie HamsteadSERIES: Kiya, book 1PUBLISHER: Curiosity QuillsPUBLICATION DATE: April 30, 2012 ISBN: 9781620072479PAGES: 257 SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: historical fictionGIVE IT TO: adults SUMMARY:...
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Review: Rotten Pumpkin (Schwartz, Kuhn)
AUTHOR: David M. Schwartz PHOTOS BY: Dwight Kuhn SERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Creston BooksPUBLICATION DATE: August 13, 2013ISBN: 9781939547033 PAGES: 32SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: nonfictionGIVE IT TO:...
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2012-2013 Top 25 Most-Circulated Titles
Welcome to the yearly "Top 25"! This is the third year I've compiled this list, and it's funny how many books have been on the list all three years! If you want to see your library's Top 25 (and you...
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Review: 45 Pounds (More or Less) (Barson)
AUTHOR: K.A. BarsonSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Viking JuvenilePUBLICATION DATE: July 11, 2013ISBN: 9780670784820PAGES: 256SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: contemporary GIVE IT TO: MS, HS SUMMARY: Sixteen-year old...
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Review: The 5th Wave (Yancey)
AUTHOR: Rick YanceySERIES: The Fifth Wave, book 1PUBLISHER: Putnam JuvenilePUBLICATION DATE: May 7, 2013ISBN: 9780399162411 PAGES: 457SOURCE: Publisher's ARC from TLAGENRE: science fiction/...
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Review: Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick (Holm)
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. HolmILLUSTRATOR: Elicia CastaldiSERIES: sequel to Middle School Is Worse Than MeatloafPUBLISHER: Random HousePUBLICATION DATE: August 7, 2012ISBN: 9780375968518 PAGES: 128 SOURCE:...
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Review: Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve Histories Mysteries(MacLeod)
AUTHOR: Elizabeth MacLeodSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Annick PressPUBLICATION DATE: March 5, 2013ISBN: 9781554514823PAGES: 156SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: nonfictionGIVE IT TO: MS SUMMARY: Attempts to solve seven...
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Review: Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron (Losure)
AUTHOR: Mary LosureSERIES: none PUBLISHER: Candlewick PressPUBLICATION DATE: March 26, 2013ISBN: 9780763656690 PAGES: 176 SOURCE: public libraryGENRE: nonfiction GIVE IT TO: MS RATING/CONTENT...
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Review: Joshua Dread (Bacon)
AUTHOR: Lee BaconSERIES: Joshua Dread, book 1PUBLISHER: DelacortePUBLICATION DATE: Sept. 25, 2012ISBN: 9780375990274PAGES: 272 SOURCE: public libraryGENRE: fantasy; superheroesGIVE IT TO: MS SUMMARY:...
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Review: Siege & Storm (Bardugo)
AUTHOR: Leigh BardugoSERIES: The Grisha, book 2PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Co.PUBLICATION DATE: June 4, 2013ISBN: 9780805094602 PAGES: 435SOURCE: publisher's ARCGENRE: dark fantasyGIVE IT TO: upper-MS,...
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Review: Torn (Massey)
.AUTHOR: David MasseySERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Chicken HousePUBLICATION DATE: July 30, 2013ISBN: 9780545496452PAGES: 288SOURCE: NetGalleyGENRE: realistic/contemporary fiction GIVE IT TO: HS SUMMARY: In...
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Reading Incentive Idea: Reading Bingo
Party for the Purple People Grades K-1 (May 2007)--2 different t-shirt designs!Before I landed my middle school library position, I was an elementary librarian for five years in Keller ISD in Fort...
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Review: This Is What Happy Looks Like (Smith)
AUTHOR: Jennifer E. SmithSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: PoppyPUBLICATION DATE: April 2, 2013ISBN: 9780316212823PAGES: 416SOURCE: public library (Overdrive)GENRE: contemporary romanceGIVE IT TO: MS, HS girls...
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Review: Fever 1793 (Anderson)
AUTHOR: Laurie Halse AndersonSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: AladdinPUBLICATION DATE: September 1, 2000ISBN: 9780689848919PAGES: 272SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: historical fictionGIVE IT TO: MS SUMMARY: In the...
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Review: Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead (Johnson)
AUTHOR: Rebecca L. JohnsonSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Millbrook PressPUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2012ISBN: 9780761386339PAGES: 48 SOURCE: public libraryGENRE: nonfiction; scienceGIVE IT TO: MS readers who...
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Review: Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin (Shurtliff)
AUTHOR: Liesl ShurtliffSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersPUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2013ISBN: 9780307977939PAGES: 272 SOURCE: public library OverdriveGENRE: fairy tale...
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Celebrate Bastille Day! YA/MG books featuring The French Rev
"You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the worldYou tell me that it's evolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the world"--The Beatles, "Revolution"July 14 (le quatorze...
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Review: Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass (Medina)
AUTHOR: Meg MedinaSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: CandlewickPUBLICATION DATE: March 26, 2013ISBN: 9780763658595PAGES: 272SOURCE: public libraryGENRE: contemporary/realistic (bullying)GIVE IT TO: HS SUMMARY: In...
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Review: Chuck Close: Face Book
AUTHOR: Chuck Close, Ascha DrakeSERIES: nonePUBLISHER: Harry AbramsPUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2012ISBN:9781419701634PAGES: 64 SOURCE: public libraryGENRE: nonfiction; artGIVE IT TO: MS, HS art...
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Review: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century (Harris)
AUTHOR: Rachel HarrisSERIES: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, book 1PUBLISHER: Entangled TeenPUBLICATION DATE: Sept. 18, 2012ISBN: 9781620611357PAGES: 260SOURCE: my libraryGENRE: historical...
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