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Friday, August 26, 2022

The (Official) End of an Era

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 Hi, folks. For anyone who may be wondering, For Those About To Mock is officially closing its electronic doors. We haven't posted anyth...
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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Newbery Wayback Machine: The Higher Power of Lucky (2007)

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  January 2007. After two years of study, I received my shiny new Master of Library Science degree, and interviewed for what would become my...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Newbery Wayback Machine: The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman (1987)

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  The prince's real name may be Horace, but everyone thinks of him as Prince Brat. He is constantly pulling pranks and causing trouble, ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

2022 Contenders: The House That Wasn't There, by Elana K. Arnold

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  Plenty of our authors who write for young people produce books for different age groups. However, it's usually easy to spot a common s...
Friday, April 30, 2021

2022 Contenders: The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, by Anne Ursu

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  One of the great pleasures of spending time with an author's work over the course of several books is coming to understand what's ...
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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Newbery Wayback Machine: Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty (1940)

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  Hooooooo boy. I don't know how well it comes across, but I've tried to be fair to these early Newbery winners. While not glossing ...
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Friday, March 19, 2021

The White Stag, by Kate Seredy (1938)

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It occurred to me while reading The White Stag that it's possible to divide those early Newbery winners into two categories. On the one ...