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Showing posts with label Pub year: 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pub year: 2014. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Debbie--have you seen... Josephine Angelini's TRIAL BY FIRE

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Update, Jan 5, 2017: -- I read Angelini's book. If I write a review, it will get a not recommended tag. Among the many reasons: inaccura...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Kenneth Oppel's THE BOUNDLESS

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A few days ago, I began to see Sujei Lugo's tweets about Kenneth Oppel's The Boundless. Intrigued, I got a copy from the library. Pu...
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Alaya Dawn Johnson's LOVE IS THE DRUG

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I read Alaya Dawn Johnson's Love is the Drug in 2014 when it came out. I think Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, or maybe Edith Campbell, told me ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Cookie Thomas's CINNAMON AND THE BAT PEOPLE

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Cinnamon and the Bat People by Cookie Thomas came out in 2014. Published in London, England by TMC London, here's the synopsis from the ...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Martina Boone's COMPULSION

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This is my second post about Martina Boone's book. My first one  is about Boone's use of Gone With the Wind in her YA novel. In Apri...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

GONE WITH THE WIND in Martina Boone's COMPULSION

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Eds. note: Updated on June 28 2015 with a list of other children's and young adult books that include a reference to Gone With the Wind....
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Teddy Anderson's THE MEDICINE WHEEL: STORIES OF A HOOP DANCER

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Several people in Canada have written to ask me about a self-published book that is being promoted via social media. From the author's...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CCBC Statistics for 2014: Books by/about American Indians

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Today (Feb 18, 2015), the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, released stati...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Thumbs down to THE MAYFLOWER by Mark Greenwood

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In July of 2014, Holiday House released The Mayflower  written by Mark Greenwood. Illustrated by his wife, Frane Lessac, some people think i...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Eoin Colfer's THE RELUCTANT ASSASSIN (WARP BOOK 1)

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One of the main characters in Eoin Colfer's The Reluctant Assassin (Disney-Hyperion, 2013) is a 16 year old girl named Chevron Savano wh...
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

A CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO ARCTIC BIRDS by Mia Pelletier, illustrated by Danny Christopher

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When my daughter was in college, one of the elective courses she took was about birds. It contrasted with the readings she was doing in phil...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

TEEN SPIRIT by Francesca Lia Block

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I'll start with this: I think Francesca Lia Block likes Indians. I'm just not sure what she knows about us. I kinda think she does...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

PUKAWISS THE OUTCAST by Jay Jordan Hawke

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Pukawiss the Outcast by Jay Jordan Hawke is an unusual book. The protagonist--Joshua--is a 14 year old teen who is gay. Because his mother i...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

Playing Indian in Victoria Kann's PINKALICIOUS: THANKSGIVING HELPER

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Will we ever get to the point in time where creators of children's books stop showing kids playing Indian at Thanksgiving?! Here's...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Sebastian Robertson's ROCK & ROLL HIGHWAY: THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON STORY

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Decades ago--and now, too--I revel in the music of The Band. I was amongst those who went to see the film The Last Waltz. Of course, I bough...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Julie Flett's WE ALL COUNT: A BOOK OF CREE NUMBERS

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There's a new board book out by Cree Metis artist, Julie Flett , and like her other ones, it is a winner! Like her previous work...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

K.V. Flynn's ON THE MOVE

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There's a lot to like about K.V. Flynn's  On The Move.  As far as I know, Flynn is not Native. His main character, Callum, isn'...
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