Showing posts with label middle grade novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label middle grade novel. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2023

Book Review: Flipping Forward Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Sarah Mensinga (MG graphic novel)

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 Claire Cardin is dedicated, kind-hearted, empathetic, creative, smart, and a problem solver. She excels at gymnastics but she struggles to ...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Book Review: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (MG) by Julia Nobel

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 Emmeline "Emmy" Willick is happy kicking balls and scoring goals on the soccer field in Connecticut until her mother sends her aw...
Sunday, January 6, 2019

Book Review: Sweep by Jonathan Auxier (MG historical fiction)

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"A sweep is as lucky/as lucky can be," sings Dick van Dyke ( watch him on YouTube ) Sweeps are lucky because they survived thei...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Book review: Super! by Jennifer Chen (MG)

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Buy this book (I received my copy from the publisher) Publisher:  Insomniac Press Publishing date:  2018 What's it like...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Author Susin Nielsen's writing workshop notes by Leanne Dyck

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"at the writers' workshop"  ldyck On a soggy Friday in June, seven writers met at the Mayne Island library to attend aw...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Book Review: Wonder by RJ Palacio (middle grade novel)

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People with craniofacial disorder can't hide their "otherness". And you can't help noticing them. How do you react? Do you...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

My Writing Strategy for 2018

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"Beyond the Fog" ldyck I write in many different genres. To date, I've written... 37 picture books for children 1 Y...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Book review: Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan (MG novel)

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I've written short stories and novels. I've written picture books and a novel for young adults and books for adults. But I've ne...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Book review: The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue (middle grade)

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Following her popular novels Room (a story told by a 5-year old narrator) and The Wonder (the plot revolves around an 11-year old), Emma D...