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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The Ones That Got Away: Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
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Almost every good children's book has well-developed child characters, but there are certain authors whose works seem to exhibit a tru...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
2016 Contenders: Drowned City, by Don Brown
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Hurricane Katrina was the sixth-deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Even that fact possibly understates the si...
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Friday, October 23, 2015
2016 Contenders: Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate
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This past weekend, I was having brunch with two of my favorite people, Sam and Rachael, and the inevitable topic of conversation among a g...
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Friday, October 9, 2015
2016 Contenders: Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sachar
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Marshall Walsh's life has steadily been getting worse for quite some time, and today, bully Chad Hilligas has promised to fight him af...
Monday, October 5, 2015
2016 Contenders: Dear Hank Williams, by Kimberly Willis Holt
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The year is 1948 in the small town of Rippling Creek, Louisiana (which has several creeks, none of which are particularly rippling, come t...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
2016 Contenders: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, by Kelly Jones
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I can't remember the last time I saw Daniel Pinkwater blurb a book. Of course, this one is not only about chickens (a special interest f...
Thursday, October 1, 2015
New Member of the For Those About to Mock Team: Tess Goldwasser
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We've got an exciting announcement to make today! For the first time ever, For Those About to Mock is officially adding a new blog wri...
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