Monday, November 29, 2010

Cuba My Revolution by Inverna Lockpez and Dean Haspiel with Jose Villarrubia

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Inverna Lockpez was 17 in 1958; she joined many other Cubans in rejoicing the overturn of Batista's corrupt government and the coming t...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow

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Lydia and Julie are two girls in Grade 5 doing " Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Ju...
Friday, November 26, 2010

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

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Somehow I managed to listen to two audiobooks in a row that were narrated in first person by a young woman who didn't have a mother and ...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

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In his latest collection, David Sedaris switches from his usual subject - himself - to tell cynical stories about other people instead. Exc...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Mockingbird (mok'ing-burd) by Kathryn Erskine

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Life is really hard for Caitlin Smith. She is in Grade 5 and has no friends. She has Asperger's. Her mom died of cancer a while back. H...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

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In a series of interconnected stories, a portrait of Beatrice Hempel emerges. Her mother is a Chinese immigrant and her father was mixed c...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe

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A Canada Reads winner from several years back, The Last Crossing probably doesn't need much promotion from me. It's a richly layere...