Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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“Hello, Peppina”

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey caught my eye in an email sent around by the publisher rep. I was wondering why: was it the simple cover? The blue and green combination of colors that was fresh and soft? Was it that hint of yellow of the shirt or the cat peeking out from the cover? Or was it the fact the name Rainey was catching my eye as I have a cousin whose last name is Rainey? Whatever was drawing me to Erin Entrada Kelly’s book […]

“you can play as a dog, a boot, or a trebuchet”

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

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Man, I really wish Monopoly (oh wait- World Domination) had a trebuchet. I’m usually the shoe, but I would LOVE to be a trebuchet. It has been perpetually gray here in New Hampshire for the last…oh jeez, three weeks? I needed something familiar to hunker down with while waiting for the sun to return, and while shuffling around my house I remembered LittlePlat‘s recent Nimona review. A great review about a great book? Just the spark I needed! Thank you, LittlePlat, and thank you to […]

Lights, Camera, Jersey Devil and the Gang

The Big Break by Mark Tatulli

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This review of The Big Break has a few almost spoilers. This graphic novel of Mark Tatulli’s is about two best friends who have a falling out. They have been best friends forever, and when one starts to branch out and has a new friend, things are no so great for the old friendship or their trying to get together to create their movie for the big contest. Therefore, you have read this tale before. You know the idea, “It is okay to have new […]

Don’t be suck a pain in the neck

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane

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The Accursed Vampire looked like it would be a funny story. I mean, a story of three vampire kids? You know there is going to be hijinks. I was ready for Madeline McGrane to dazzle me. Instead, I was, not underwhelmed nor overwhelmed by the result. What happens when three kids set off on an adventure to steal a book that was stolen from the master of one of them? (A master who just happens to be a witch)? You get The Accursed Vampire. These […]

Sometimes you really do need to sit on the baby…..

Babysitter's Club V05 Dawn and the Impossible Three by Gale Galligan

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Dawn and the Impossible Three is a comfortable read for an adult and a good read for a kid aged 10 to 13 about rules, making limits, family and dealing with friendship woes. Gale Galligan has adapted the Ann M. Martin original Babysitters Club book, the graphic novels have the feelings of the years the book was set in during the novel. The novels of the Babysitters Club came out around the 1980s and early 1990s. And they dealt with some of the “uniqueness’s” of […]

A Bat mitzvah to go please

Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson

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Becoming Brianna is a fun story about becoming yourself and learning about your own beliefs, and what you want to do vs what you want to do for others. Terri Libenson has brought Brianna back for her own (mostly) solo story. The events of this book are taking place while the previous book is also happening. However, you are not seeing those events, they are just mentioned.  And while it would be a good idea to read the previous books, this graphic novel is a […]



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