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Camp, love, broken friendships

Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

October 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Friendship is at its best and worse in Paper Planes by Jennie Wood and illustrated by  Dozerdraws. We follow two characters at a camp that seems like any summer camp, until you realize the girls there have some interesting events in their past that have made them come to this point. And each girl has to show they can be “normal” and “safe” before they go back into the real world. And our two main characters have several issues, not only did they do something […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: camp, dozerdraws, friendship, Jennie Wood, LGBTGQ, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:511 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: camp, dozerdraws, friendship, Jennie Wood, LGBTGQ, Social Themes ·
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Campy

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

July 25, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR16 Bingo: and also…This is a repeat of the dun-dun square since the book is a mystery Has America found her Tana French? Bold words to be sure. French is my favorite writer and the person I’d argue is our greatest living crime writer. Her character-driven mysteries are sumptuous masterpieces. The Hunter, her 2024 release, is an early favorite for my personal best book of this year. At the very least, I can’t imagine it falling out of the top 3. French […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1950s, 1970s, and also, camp, cbr16bingo, dun-dun, historical fiction, liz moore, mystery, The God of the Woods

Jake's CBR16 Review No:112 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1950s, 1970s, and also, camp, cbr16bingo, dun-dun, historical fiction, liz moore, mystery, The God of the Woods ·
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Sisters finding each other

Unhappy Camper by Lily LaMotte

May 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I kept trying to read Unhappy Camper by Lily LaMotte for ages. But I couldn’t find a reader’s copy or if I had an online one, it would “time out” on me. Yet, in early May I found an online one and I jumped on it! (Well, not literally, as I would have knocked over my computer screen). And what I would finally read was a fun, thoughtful and interesting story about siblings and learning about who you truly are. Fun illustrations by Ann Xu […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History Tagged With: Ann Xu, Asian American & Pacific Islander, camp, family, friendship, Lily LaMotte, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, summer camp, Sunmi, Taiwanese heritage

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:203 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History · Tags: Ann Xu, Asian American & Pacific Islander, camp, family, friendship, Lily LaMotte, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, summer camp, Sunmi, Taiwanese heritage ·
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The Flame of the Heart

Flamer by Mike Curato

July 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The simplicity of Flamer is deceptive. There is a lot going on within an image driven story. The text is realistic, and could be from the year 1995 (when the book is set) or today. The black and white illustrations help the story stay the main focus, and the use of fire and the color red is telling. Red is a strong plot mover/plot point as the red color and images becomes its own character. There is even the use of fire and it too becomes its […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Boy Scouts of America, bullying, camp, coming-of-age, family, friendship, glbtq, Mike Curato, summer camp

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:509 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Boy Scouts of America, bullying, camp, coming-of-age, family, friendship, glbtq, Mike Curato, summer camp ·
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Dual Review Just for You …. And you and you and you ….

Nat Enough V03: Absolutely Nat by Maria Scrivan

Sunny Makes a Splash Volume 4 by Jennifer L. Holm

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In Maria Scrivan’s books, her plucky main character, Nat, gets up to lots of everyday, growing up issues. This time, Nat’s adventures continue at summer camp in Nat Enough V03: Absolutely Nat. And while things do not go horribly wrong, there are bumps in the road for her. She learns this time that fear is okay to have, if you do not let it stop you. This, along with friendship issues, funny camp adventures and some interesting confessions, make up a fun new story by […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: camp, family, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Maria Scrivan, Matthew Holm, summer events

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:309 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: camp, family, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Maria Scrivan, Matthew Holm, summer events ·
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As the crow flies we are already there. As the human walks, it will take a little longer.

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman

February 22, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As the Crow Flies was on several reading lists, award lists and being promoted for a while. I decided maybe I would investigate it after I noticed a couple schools had ordered it. When I noticed the price, I was “Um…okay, this is a library book.” However, it is worth the price of the book, if you decide it is after reading it from a library. You see, this graphic novel by Melanie Gillman is not … well it is a story that goes from […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: camp, Christianity, friendship, glbtq, hiking, Melanie Gillman

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: camp, Christianity, friendship, glbtq, hiking, Melanie Gillman ·
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