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Out of print, but my (and yours too) library should have a copy of this

Peanut by Ayun Halliday

January 29, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you are moving to a new school, leaving our best friend behind and live with you recently divorced mother and are not the most pretty or outgoing person? You reinvent yourself as someone more exciting, glamorous, someone with a peanut allergy. Only, you do not have an actual peanut allergy. Ayun Halliday’s Peanut is a slightly different take on trying to fit in. It is a semi-text heavy graphic novel with sketch-like art by Paul Hoppe. And to show the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Ayun Halliday, Emotions & Feelings, Paul Hoppe, popularity, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:43 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Ayun Halliday, Emotions & Feelings, Paul Hoppe, popularity, Social Themes ·
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Neymar: A Soccer Dream Come True

June 4, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Born in Brazil, Neymar da Silva Santos Joenior grew up imagining what it would be like to be a soccer player. As many kids who are fans of a sport, he would become the announcer, star and every player on the team as he played in his grandfather’s house. And like many kids he has the dream of making it big someday. Unlike many, however, he did make his dream come true. More of a 4.5 as I would have liked to have seen more […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Mina Javaherbin, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, Paul Hoppe, Soccer

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:187 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Sports · Tags: Mina Javaherbin, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, Paul Hoppe, Soccer ·
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