Apologies for the unannounced and extended silence.  First homework and then later life caught up with me, and once it got me, it sorta wrestled me to the ground and had me in a headlock for a while.  It wasn't pretty.  At least, the part that involved reading a good dozen or two middle grade novels in the space of about two weeks was a bit messy ( Read more... )

crossposted at my Homework Blog


( Read more... )

crossposted at my Homework Blog

Heinlein, R. (1953) Starman Jones. New York, NY: Scribner’s

Review:

( Max Jones dreams of traveling the stars )

crossposted at my Homework Blog

Marsden, J.  (1995) Tomorrow, When the War Began. San Diego, CA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Review:

When Ellie Linton and her friends head out to the bush for a week, their plan is to have some fun and explore - and to get away from school and parents.

( They never expect it will help them escape an invading army. )

Pfeffer, S. (2006) Life As We Knew It. San Diego, CA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Review:

( Miranda Evans tries her best to avoid looking at the moon. )

crossposted at my Homework Blog

LaFleur, S. (2009) Love, Aubrey. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.
( Aubrey’s first letter isn’t addressed to her late father. )

As some of you may remember, I warned you all at the start of the semester that I would be posting stuff from class.  Just in case anyone was wondering why I suddenly had a bunch of book reviews up.

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions or otherwise helped me decide which titles to include for my group's genre project.  Now that it's all done, ( Read more... )

crossposted at my group's Project Blog

O'Brien, R. (1971) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. New York, NY: Atheneum Books.
Genre: Science Fiction

Interest Level: 8-12

Review:

What do you do when someone else has made you into something that was never meant to be?  Where do you go when you no longer have a family, home, or community? 
( “Where does a group of civilized rats fit in?” )

crossposted at my group's Project Blog

Westerfeld, S. (2005) Uglies. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster

Westerfeld, S. (2005) Pretties. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster

Westerfeld, S. (2006) Specials. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster

Westerfeld, S. (2007) Extras. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster

Genre: Science Fiction

Interest Level: 11-16

Review:

( Hover boards! )

crossposted at my group's Project Blog

Clements, A. (2002) Things Not Seen. London, England: Puffin Books.

Genre: Science Fiction

Interest Level: 9-14

Review:

( What would you do if you woke up one morning to discover that you were invisible to the human eye? )