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Jazmin writes about nonfiction (self-help), graphic novels, YA fiction, and audiobooks. |
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Kim writes about nonfiction (true crime, disasters, investigative journalism, pop culture, history), thrillers, YA magical realism, science fiction, dystopias, and graphic novels/manga. |
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Zoe writes about YA fiction, manga, nonfiction, fantasy, and science fiction. |
April 19, 2023
The Book of Awesome is one of those books that you should read at least once in your life to see if it lives up to the hype of just how awesome it is (it does) and then go back and riffle through it several more times throughout your life when you need to be reminded that awesome things do indeed exist even when it feels like they don't.
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April 12, 2023
My current viewing diet consisting of shows like Only Murders in the Building put me in the mood to revisit murder mystery books. I looked at the wonderful list on our NoveList resource entitled, “For Fans of Only Murders in the Building.” Sulari Gentill’s The Woman in the Library immediately jumped out at me. NoveList was, of course, spot on.
Winifred (Freddie) is at the Boston Public Library battling an elusive muse. Serendipity provides three other library visitors that seem interesting enough to use as character bases for a story.
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April 5, 2023
Money was coming in, and the neighborhood was shifting. Amal Shahid and friends got into a fight with a group of boys that looked unlike them-- they were white. One of the boys from the opposing group ended up in a coma. Amal never threw that punch, yet he was now in the juvenile detection center and found guilty.
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March 22, 2023
Rick Bragg and his mother have seen and adopted plenty of animals in their time, but none were quite like the speckled stray that wandered into their yard one day. When Speckled Beauty showed up, he seemed spent “the way a beatdown boxer is done....” and likely not to make it past the week. With kindness and delicious southern food given, he slowly seemed to get better. At first, he seemed to be a gentle and sweet dog, but that was before he got his strength back.
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March 15, 2023
The Marvel Universe might be known for Iron Man, but the greatest hero for middle-grade and young adults is, undoubtedly, Squirrel Girl, aka Doreen Green.
That's right. She's a lean, teen, squirrel-powered machine.
Squirrel Girl's quirky optimism is a throw-back joke to superheroes of the 1950s. Her goals are as simple as her clear-cut worldview: she wants to make new friends at school without revealing her new super-hero identity as the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
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