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You are as brave as you know

Brave Enough by Rob Justus

May 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Since I knew that Brave Enough was a Rob Justus production, I could see hints of their illustrative style. Especially with the skeleton that was meditating and looks like Death from Sparkles & Death novel series. However, had I not known that I do not think I would have realized it as the two books are different. Brave Enough is a picture book that came out last year. It is a book about two siblings (Younger Brother and Older Sister) who are off monster hunting. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Brave, brothers, family, monsters, Rob Justus, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:306 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Brave, brothers, family, monsters, Rob Justus, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes ·
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Parent Trap meets Freaky Friday without the magic but lots of music

Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca

April 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Awhile back I found a reader copy by Rajani LaRocca called Mirror to Mirror. I was interested in it due to the diverse characters and the prose poetry format.  However, as I started reading (at lunch) it was going slowly, and I put it aside. I picked it up months later and was able to finish it finally. It was mostly worth the wait. I say mostly, as for me, there were a few bumps. I was not a fan of some characters, and a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, brothers, drama, Emotions & Feelings, family, mental illness, music, Performing Arts, Rajani LaRocca, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stage, twins

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:268 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, brothers, drama, Emotions & Feelings, family, mental illness, music, Performing Arts, Rajani LaRocca, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stage, twins ·
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“He was wrong, somehow, and he wanted to be all right, but it was almost as if there was some secret nobody would tell him, so he was always going to be stuck outside.”

Sons from Afar (Tillerman Cycle #6) by Cynthia Voigt

February 28, 2023 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In book six of The Tillerman Cycle, we spend time with James, the Tillerman family’s deepest thinker, and in many respects, its most troubled family member. Sweet Maybeth, though clearly developmentally disabled, has her siblings to look out for her and though academically challenged, is a popular and beloved classmate. Both younger brother Sammy and older sister Dicey are unwilling to bend to social mores and remain fiercely independent despite the pressures of high school. Despite their gruff exteriors and nonchalance, friends seek them out. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 1980's, brothers, Cynthia Voigt, family, Newberry Medal winner

ardaigle's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 1980's, brothers, Cynthia Voigt, family, Newberry Medal winner ·
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You got spunk Mazie

Mazie’s Amazing Machines by Sheryl Haft

February 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Mid-September 2023 will see Mazie’s Amazing Machines by Sheryl Haft and Jeremy Holmes. And I will be finding a finished copy. Not so much because I loved this book, but I need to have the final product in hand and not read online via a reader copy, as that was not the way to read it (at least for me). I need to feel this book, and slowly explore the details that hide when you are reading on a small phone screen. The idea of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: brothers, family, Imagination & Play, Jeremy Holmes, Sheryl Haft, siblings, technology

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:123 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: brothers, family, Imagination & Play, Jeremy Holmes, Sheryl Haft, siblings, technology ·
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Does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

December 19, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“She didn’t want this, she thought. She wanted to stop being afraid.. and she wanted a future that didn’t look exactly like her past. There had to be something they could do. This wasn’t living, it was just giving up while still breathing.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk “Farooq-Lane’s fist smarted as if it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face, because it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk Spoilers for The Raven […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters ·
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Follow the rules. Get Revenge.

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff

October 24, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was not sure I was going to like the graphic novel version of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. It started out oddly, slow, and frankly a tad uninteresting. (Semi-spoiler) even the death of one character was not grabbing. It was not until the main character seeks revenge did things get intriguing. The way the character is going to/getting revenge, the way they are slowly building to a climax (that makes the information come to light, showing the foreshadowing), the way the other characters […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, brothers, code of ethics, Danica Novgorodoff, family, ghosts, Jason Reynolds, Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:534 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, brothers, code of ethics, Danica Novgorodoff, family, ghosts, Jason Reynolds, Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff, Social Themes ·
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