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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Fern has her own personality as I have mine (see image….It is SO happily me)

Nerdy Corn by Andrew Root

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fern is a unicorn. She is creative. She prefers building robots and coding to jumping though rainbows that shimmer or splashing in waterfalls. She likes chemistry and reading. Glitter is not her thing, but she is always a good friend and willing to lend a helping hoof to help others. Still the other unicorns tease Fern and call her a Nerdy Corn. Andrew Root has taken the theme of bullies and being yourself on a slightly different journey in Nerdy Corn. Fern, when she is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Andrew Root, animals, bullies, Erin Kraan, friends, Mythical, Social Themes, teasing, technology, unicorns

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:223 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Andrew Root, animals, bullies, Erin Kraan, friends, Mythical, Social Themes, teasing, technology, unicorns ·
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Once upon a school year a girl named Izzy had feelings and more

Izzy Kline Has Butterflies by Beth Ain

July 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo FREE In late June 2021 I started Izzy Kline Has Butterflies while sitting at a table, outside the local café which was closed, and I was eating a greasy piece of pizza from the shop up the road. But I figured the owners would not mind. I know them well enough, and it was not like I was being disrespectful while enjoying this treat. Besides, it was too nice to sit inside.  Therefore, it was only appropriate that I finish Beth Ain’s book sitting […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Anxiety, Beth Ain, bullies, cancer, cbr13bingo, divorce, family, Free To Be You and Me, friendship, school, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:194 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Anxiety, Beth Ain, bullies, cancer, cbr13bingo, divorce, family, Free To Be You and Me, friendship, school, Social Themes ·
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When Langston Found Langston

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome is an interesting look at the late 1940s, Chicago, growing up and literature that was way too short. I would have enjoyed more of the history of the time and seen a bigger connection to the two people called Langston. Still, I enjoyed what I read but, like I said, there needed to be more: more of the history of the times (Why were the black families moving north? Why were the soldiers were coming back? Even the fact that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss ·
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Two books, one review and lots of love

Extraordinary Albert by Bonnie Grubman

The Boy in the Orange Cape by Adam Ciccio

March 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Both stories of this review are books that are about being different and acceptance. The execution and the endings are different, but their results are the same: both characters who are different are accepted, one by his peers and the other of himself. The Boy in the Orange Cape had intrigued me because I am thinking: Why is he wearing the cape? I looked at the cover, read the description and when the opportunity can to get a copy, I jumped on it. I will […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: acceptance, Adam Ciccio, being different, Bonnie Grubman, bullies, Emmanuel Volant, family, friendship, S. K. Y. van der Wel

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:112 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: acceptance, Adam Ciccio, being different, Bonnie Grubman, bullies, Emmanuel Volant, family, friendship, S. K. Y. van der Wel ·
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When the Bully is the Hero, the Girl is in love with a God and there are spaceships up your nose.

Animal Crackers by Gene Luen Yang

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven 12 Comments

Gene Luen Yang can write the instructions to how to make a sandwich and I would read it. That does not mean I will love it, but I will always appreciate it. And Animal Crackers is in that category. I was not jumping up and down about it, and even with a second reading (although a bit of a quick one) and being able to put together a few more pieces I missed the first time, I still did not love this graphic novel. This […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: bullies, emotions, Feelings, Gene Luen Yang, Gods/Devils, heroes, life, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: bullies, emotions, Feelings, Gene Luen Yang, Gods/Devils, heroes, life, Social Themes ·
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Earth Girl Reads About Earth Boy

Earth Boy by Paul Tobin

January 4, 2021 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

While I would have liked a little more action in this graphic novel with the name, Earth Boy, this was a fun book that has an overall story that is packed with just enough to keep me reading. In fact, I just might reread it at some point and that is something I rarely do. Now, granted, there are several plot point or story arc holes, but that did not take away from the fact it was just (as said above) a fun story. Paul […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, bullies, friendship, Paul Tobin, school

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, bullies, friendship, Paul Tobin, school ·
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