April 2010

11 Birthdays

1 Comment / 2010, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Cybil Challenge, Favorites, Young Adult /
11 Birthdays http://www.amazon.com/11-Birthdays-Wendy-Mass/dp/0545052408/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF… was tons of fun. I loved it – but I’m a big fan of the movie Ground Hog Day, so it makes sense that I would love this book. Two kids relive their 11th birthday over and over again until they can fix something that went wrong.

It’s a lot of fun – easy to read – by the end, you’re frustrated for them, having to do it over and over again even after they think they’ve fixed what needed fixing.

Excellent Cybil shortlist book. Kids will have a lot of fun with it.

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Fine. I’m a Freak.

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My library’s website is down. It’s going to be down until April 23rd. I’m more than a little freaked out by this. I’ve already logged in and tried to reserve things today, even though I knew it wasn’t going to let me. This morning, it just spun it’s wheels when I clicked the reserve button. But now… now I see this….

 

I’m not sure I’m going to survive until April 22nd. I need my library website. I need it BAD.

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Written in Bone

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I know I said I wanted the Claudette Colvin book to win the Cybil but I’ve changed my mind after reading Written in Bone.

I didn’t mean to even read Written in Bone last night. I carried it over to my bedside table thinking I’d read it after I finished Demon Chick. But, as I set it down, I flipped it open, saw the photos, and decided to read just a bit of the intro… and then I couldn’t put it down.

Great photos. Interesting stories about finding graves of early settlers in Maryland and Virginia – trying to piece together who the people were, how they lived and how they died. Really fascinating stuff. I should have been an archaeologist!

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice was a good book. Finally a book about bus segregation that digs deeper than MLK and Rosa Parks. Oh I know there are other books out there but they are rare – and they are rarely written for school age kids. Breath of fresh air, that’s what this book is. I’d like to see it win the Cybil. Colvin and the others who are often overshadowed by Parks and King deserve more attention.

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