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February 2019 Reading in Review

March 2, 2019 by Amy 2 Comments

February is the month of my birth and so is one of my favorite months of the year. I love feeling special (classic Enneagram 4 here, yes), and February makes me feel special. I’m glad I can finally admit it. Ha! Another reason to like February this year is that I have done a fair … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Best Books, Coretta Scott King Award, memoirs, Monthly Reading Report, National Book Award, Newbery Award, novel in verse, Printz Award

Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes

February 20, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

 Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes is a short novel-in-verse that is written entirely in tanka poems.  These poems consist of five lines each, and Grimes follows the format of a 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllable-count for the lines of her tanka poems (English syllable count may vary as this is a Japanese poetic form). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, novel in verse, Poetry

To Stay Alive by Skila Brown

February 15, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

To Stay Alive:  Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown was shortlisted for the poetry category of the 2016 Cybils.  It is a novel-in-verse that chronicles the experiences of one of the actual members of the Donner party, the group of settlers who left their Midwestern homes for California … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Cybils poetry, historical fiction, novel in verse, Poetry, Young Adult Fiction

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan

February 14, 2017 by Amy 2 Comments

What a joy it has been this year to be a second-round judge for the 2016 Cybils!  And so it is with great honor that I share my thoughts on this year’s poetry winner, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan.  Do you like novels-in-verse?  I confess that after several years of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, cybils poe, Cybils poetry, Juvenile Fiction, novel in verse, Poetry

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

October 17, 2016 by Amy 1 Comment

I’ve changed my mind about novels-in-verse; I always used to begin my reviews of them with a disclaimer that I don’t really like them.  Now I know that I do.  I mean, I LOVE poetry, and I love a good story, so what’s not to love in a mashup of the two?  However, Kwame Alexander’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Coretta Scott King Award, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Newbery Through the Decades, novel in verse, Poetry
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