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Minor Matters: July 2008
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Thursday, July 31, 2008. Hiaasen, Carl. (2002). Hoot. New York: Alfred A. Knoph. 292 pps. Fiction, environmental protection, humor. A Newbery Honor Book. The SEBA Book Award for Best Children's Book. A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults. A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. A New York Times Bestseller. Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Hautman, Pete. (2004). Godless. New York: Simon and Schuster. 198 pps. Adolescent literature, fiction, religion, coming-of-age, friendship. Or maybe you've had it up to here.
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Minor Matters: Hoot
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Thursday, July 31, 2008. Hiaasen, Carl. (2002). Hoot. New York: Alfred A. Knoph. 292 pps. Fiction, environmental protection, humor. A Newbery Honor Book. The SEBA Book Award for Best Children's Book. A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults. A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. A New York Times Bestseller. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor. Adolescent Literature - Saint Joseph College - Fall 2007. When Katy Moore hands you a book, how do you say no?
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Minor Matters: Poetry for Young People
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Sunday, July 27, 2008. Poetry for Young People. 2006) Poetry for Young People. Avid Roessel and Arnold Rampersad. New York: Sterling Publishing. 48 pps. Coretta Scott King Award. A School Library Journal. Best Book of the Year, 2006. Washington Post Book World. Top 10 for Children, 2006. Poetry for Young People. Editors David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad include several great Langston Hughes poems in Poetry for Young People. For readers age 12 . So, were you looking for the shortest books possible? Kiddi...
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Miss Martha Says: THE COMPLETE MAUS
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Spiegelman, A. (1991). The complete maus. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. 296 pp. (illus.). Winner of The Pulitzer Prize. Yeah, that's all. . . ). Here's what Miss Martha says about THE COMPLETE MAUS . . . This book contains disturbing scenes of . . . well. . . the Holocaust. The effects on both criminals and victims? AND STILL PRACTICE RACISM? It took me awhile to learn that very few of my schoolmates knew much, if anything, about Dachau or Auschwitz or, or, or. . . Do not be dis...
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Miss Martha Says: House on Mango Street, a novel in vignettes by Sandra Cisneros
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Sunday, July 20, 2008. House on Mango Street, a novel in vignettes by Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York, Random House, 1984, 110 pp. Awards: American Book Award (Before Columbus Foundation) 1985. Genre: Coming of age story, Latina experiences, Chicago life/neighborhoods, girls' issues, short stories, verse, female narrations. Here's what Miss Martha Says about The House on Mango Street . And that's what Miss Martha says. This comment has been removed by the author.
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Miss Martha Says: HEAT, a novel by Mike Lupica
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Sunday, July 20, 2008. HEAT, a novel by Mike Lupica. Lupica, Mike. HEAT. New York: Puffin by Penguin Group, 2006, 220 pp. Awards: None (yet) but this is a #1 New York Times bestseller, and that's not too shabby. Mike Lupica is an accomplished author with many titles under his belt. And, uh, that Carl Hiassen guy likes this book a lot. Genre: Cuban Americans/adolescents, baseball, the Bronx, growing up in the city, surviving the death of a parent, non-traditional families, boys and girls athletes. That al...
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Miss Martha Says: July 2008
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Spiegelman, A. (1991). The complete maus. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. 296 pp. (illus.). Winner of The Pulitzer Prize. Yeah, that's all. . . ). Here's what Miss Martha says about THE COMPLETE MAUS . . . This book contains disturbing scenes of . . . well. . . the Holocaust. The effects on both criminals and victims? AND STILL PRACTICE RACISM? It took me awhile to learn that very few of my schoolmates knew much, if anything, about Dachau or Auschwitz or, or, or. . . Do not be dis...
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Miss Martha Says: The Lightning Thief: Book One of Percy Jackson & The Olympians
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. The Lightning Thief: Book One of Percy Jackson and The Olympians. Riordan, R. (2005). The lightning thief. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children. 375 pp. (in case you were wondering; there's no indication in APA Style where I should list the # of pages. WT-? Anyhoo. . . New York Times Notable Book of 2005. A Child Magazine Best Book of the Year. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. 799 US/$10.99 CAN. Here's what Miss Martha says about The Lightning Thief. There ar...
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Miss Martha Says: MONSTER, a novel by Walter Dean Myers
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Friday, July 18, 2008. MONSTER, a novel by Walter Dean Myers. Myers, Walter Dean. MONSTER. New York: Harper Colllins, 1999) 281 pp. Genre: Screenplay, Mixed Media, Trials, Prison, African-Americans, Fictional Autobiography, Male teen issues, Urban America issues. AWARDS: National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Award, Printz Award. Here's what Miss Martha says about MONSTER . . . The book would be appropriate at the 7th-8th grade level. Visit www.teenreads.com. And that's what Miss Martha Says.
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Miss Martha Says: Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailkas
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Sunday, July 20, 2008. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailkas. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood. NEW YORK: Penguin, 2005, 339 pp. Awards: None. This book has been favorably and extensively reviewed by those nice folks at The New York Times Book Review. As well as The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Anderson Cooper on CNN, Entertainment Weekly. And enjoys a starred review. Genre: Autobiography (non-fiction), teen drinking, drug/alcohol abuse, coming of age, women's issues, alcoholism.