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Emmie is a Gem of a girl

Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

March 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Invisible Emmie is another gem in the author/illustrator series of middle school. Terri Libenson has taken her character Emmie and shown her through her own eyes. As well as showing some of the characters from the other books in a different light. When you see a person through another character’s eyes you start to get a bigger picture of the world Libenson wanted to tell. And that story is the world of middle school. Yet, each character is one that we know, want to be […]

Filed Under: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult Tagged With: anxiety/fears/worries, friendshiop, middle school, school, Social Theme, Terri Libenson

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:104 · Genres: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult · Tags: anxiety/fears/worries, friendshiop, middle school, school, Social Theme, Terri Libenson ·
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I see your “Snake Jazz” and Raise You LIZARD MUSIC!

Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater

December 31, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

I found a new favorite author back in April of this year when I FINALLY read Kelly Link’s Magic For Beginners. The titular novella (within a collection of stories) immediately reminded me of, to plagiarize myself, “two of my all-time ‘is this really happening’ favorites: Daniel Pinkwater’s Lizard Music and Nickelodeon’s Pete and Pete.” While I have not watched any Pete and Pete recently (although I really should), I did impulse buy a fun new paperback edition of Lizard Music back in October. Instead of giving in to my […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: adventure, childhood favorite, Daniel Pinkwater, late night TV, lizard people, middle school, reread, walter cronkite

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:159 · Genres: Children's, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: adventure, childhood favorite, Daniel Pinkwater, late night TV, lizard people, middle school, reread, walter cronkite ·
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Crazy New BEST Friend?!

I Want to be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

December 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 8 Comments

I must start by thanking ASKReviews for letting us all know that there was a SECRET MUSICAL in the middle of this audiobook! I heeded their recommendation to “Get the Audio Version”, and boy howdy am I glad I did! Not only do we get a musical adventure about Rachel Bloom’s desire to be a musical theater STAAAR, the musical is performed by her harmonizing with herself, herself, herself, herself, and maybe another Rachel Bloom or two. Bloom’s voice is so important here; her style, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: adam schlesinger, audio, audio book, crazy ex-girlfriend, creativity, Mental Health, middle school, musical comedy, musical theater, personal essays, Rachel bloom, read by the author, rebecca bunch, showbiz, sketch comedy, theater kids

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:133 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: adam schlesinger, audio, audio book, crazy ex-girlfriend, creativity, Mental Health, middle school, musical comedy, musical theater, personal essays, Rachel bloom, read by the author, rebecca bunch, showbiz, sketch comedy, theater kids ·
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The kids are alright

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

October 2, 2020 by J Leave a Comment

I finished this lovely novel and immediately downloaded it to my tween’s Kindle so she could read it, too. (She did not. I regret every time I try to make her read something and she insists on choosing her own reading material. It’s the worst.) Dress Coded opens with Molly Frost interviewing her classmate Olivia for a podcast. Olivia is currently the most hated girl in 8th grade. See, Olivia was busted for a dress code violation and in doing so, lost the entire class […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: Carrie Firestone, middle grade, Middle Grades, middle school

J's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: Carrie Firestone, middle grade, Middle Grades, middle school ·
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Self-love out of self-loathing: Genesis Begins Again

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

February 25, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Genesis has taken hating herself to a new level: she has a long list of reasons she can’t stand herself and she’s adding to it every day. She gets help, too: from her father, who can’t help commenting in his drunken rants on how she had to end up dark like him instead of light like her beautiful mother, to the kids at school who’ve covered every cruel name for her dark skin.  Genesis has a hard time making friends anyway. Every time she starts […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alicia D. Williams, black girl magic, Children, children's book, colorism, jazz, kid lit, middle school, Newbery Honor Book

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alicia D. Williams, black girl magic, Children, children's book, colorism, jazz, kid lit, middle school, Newbery Honor Book ·
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