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August 27, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Down at the Jersey Shore, we’re getting prepared for Hurricane Irene! While I live down the Shore, I am not in an area with either mandatory evacuation or an area prone to flooding. I’m not on the water. We’re pretty much all prepared: full tank of gas, check. Extra cash? Check. Candles and flashlight, check. […]
August 26, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
KidLitCon and RIF have teamed up! As Colleen Mondor explains at Chasing Ray, “What we decided was to shift things just a bit, both by moving away from publisher donated ARCs as raffle prizes and also toward a long term partnership with one organization. Ultimately what we came up with made sense in so many […]
August 25, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones. Candlewick. 2011. BrillianceAudio. Narrated by MacLeod Andrews. 2011. Review copy from publisher. The Plot: Blink accidentally witnesses a crime — actually, a non-crime. Jack Niven, an important businessman, has been kidnapped, but Blink saw Niven with the so-called kidnappers and knows he not only went willingly; Niven was in charge, the boss. […]
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August 23, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Stay With Me by Paul Griffin. Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin. 2011. Review from ARC. The Plot: Cece and Mack are fifteen when fate — in the form of Cece’s older brother, Tony — brings them together. They have a hundred and two days, from meeting to falling in love to fate bringing it […]
August 18, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
It’s The First Day of School . . . Forever! by R. L. Stine. Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. 2011. Review copy from publisher. Middle grade. The Plot: Artie, eleven, is nervous about his first day of sixth grade at Ardmore Middle School. From the moment his alarm rings and he falls out […]
August 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Everyone’s reading it. Come on, you read it, too! Adults read books for many reasons, including what their peers read. When talking about kids, what about when eighth graders want to read that book the cool kids in high school are reading? And so on and so on and now the fifth graders want it, too. […]
August 16, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce. Little, Brown. 2011. Reviewed from ARC from publisher. The Plot: Gretchen and her older brother, Ansel, are on the road, driving through South Carolina, when their car breaks down. Bad luck turns to good luck when they meet Sophia Kelly, owner of Kellys’ Chocolatier. Sophia needs some help around her house […]
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