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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

2013 Contenders: Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is an excellent book. Grace Lin basically used it to invent a new genre, or at least bring an existing gen...

2013 Contenders: A Black Hole Is Not a Hole, by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

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It's not the only -- or even the primary -- criterion that I use when evaluating children's books, but I get a special thrill when...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Winner's Circle: The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (1979)

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The Westing Game is an odd Newbery, one that exists as a kind of anomaly in the world of children's literature. Its genre, a sort of ...
Monday, August 20, 2012

2013 Contenders: The Brightworking, by Paul B. Thompson

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A few months ago, Rachael wrote a review of Jennifer A. Nielsen's The False Prince . In it, she discussed the idea that plots -- and fa...
Friday, August 17, 2012

2013 Contenders: Splendors and Glooms, by Laura Amy Schlitz

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I've been having the darnedest time figuring out how to review Splendors and Glooms . I first read it back in June, I think. I gave it f...
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2013 Contenders: No Crystal Stair, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

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It's a problem that I suppose every reviewer -- maybe even every reader -- experiences at some point. What happens when your take on a...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

2013 Contenders: Wooden Bones, by Scott William Carter

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No history of writing for children is complete without a mention of Carlo Collodi's book, The Adventures of Pinocchio . Published in i...