Reviews
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Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert Source: Digital galley courtesy of Disney-Hyperion via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 19, 2015 Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: Ten years ago, God gave Braden a sign, a promise that his family wouldn’t fall apart the way he feared.But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has… Read more
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Picture Book Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary & Julie Morstad
Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 12, 2015 Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the… Read more
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Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: Hardcover and Kindle edition, May 12, 2015 Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but “ungifted” socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is… Read more
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Review: The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman
Review: The Fair Fight: A Novel by Anna Freeman Source: ARC courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Publication: April 14 2015 by Riverhead Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Moving from a filthy brothel to a fine manor house, from the world of street fighters to the world of champions, The Fair… Read more
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Board Book Look (1): The Swing & Saffy and Ollie
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simply Read Books. Thank you! Publication: November 5, 2012 by Simply Read Books Verdict: Excellent “How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child… Read more
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Review: Little Miss Evil by Bryce Leung & Kristy Shen
Review: Little Miss Evil by Bryce Leung & Kristy Shen Source: Digital galley courtesy of Spencer Hill Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication date: March 10, 2015 Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: When you live in a volcano, ride to school in a helicopter, and regularly see your dad on the news with the caption “EVIL… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Mo and Beau by Vanya Nastanlieva
Mo and Beau by Vanya Nastanlieva Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simply Read Books. Thank you! Publication: February 20, 2015 by Simply Read Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Little mouse Mo wants to play. But big bear Beau is tired, and getting ready for sleep. Luckily Mo finds the perfect way to have fun: by… Read more
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Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan Source: Digital galley courtesy of Grand Central Publishing via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: April 7, 2015 by Grand Central Publishing Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: “If I’m Cinderella today, I dread who they’ll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do… Read more
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Review: The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
Review: The Truth Commission by Susan Juby Source: ARC courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Expected Publication: April 14, 2015 by Razorbill Canada Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Open secrets are the heart of gossip—the things that no one is brave or clueless enough to ask. That is, except for Normandy Pale… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (3)
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach. With vibrant illustrations and a fun-with-a-twist story to boot, this picture book is a real joy. From the opening page the narrator tells us that “It all started with the bear”… And so follows a grand tale about a joyously illustrated bear and how he gets to… Read more
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