Bibliography:
Ain, Beth Levine. 2008. The Revolution of Sabine. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763633967
Plot Summary:
Sixteen year old Sabine, daughter of a 18th century French aristocrat, thinks of nothing more than the next ball, getting fitted for her next dress. But when her mother tries to arrange her marriage to a vulgar young man of her [...]
Bibliography:
Krueger, William Kent. 1998. Iron Lake. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 9780671016968
When I started learning about reader’s advisory, the service of suggesting books to readers based on their likes and dislikes, I was very interested to learn about what are called appeal factors. Appeal factors take recommendations beyond the genre or favorite author level [...]
I have not, by any means, read every buzzworthy book for teens that has been published this year. However, my favorite book of the year so far has been The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. I first blogged about it here.
This book had me almost at a lose for words, and certainly [...]
Bibliography:
Bannerman, Helen. 1899. Little Black Sambo. London: Grant Richards. Reprinted 2003 by HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780397300068
This week, in recognition of Banned Books Week, Patti wanted to recruit as many librarians as possible to blog about banned books and the freedom to read. I thought about what I wanted to write about…I could write about banned books [...]
Bibliography:
Underdahl, S.D. 2008. Remember This. Woodbury, Minnesota: Flux. ISBN: 978-0-7387-1401-1
Plot Summary:
16 year old Lucy has the summer all figured out. She and best friend Sukie will make the cheerleading squad, and spend their days learning cheers and becoming friends with some of the most popular girls in school. Lucy isn’t sure she really wants to [...]