My fabulous teacher friend, Sarah, at Y.A. Love Blog does a Book Trailer Thursday feature every week to help introduce her students to new books coming out. Now, I’m not doing it every week with her, but this week I’m so excited about the beautiful trailer for THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater (one of my favorite authors-I would read… Read More
Are you joining us for #summerthrowdown?
We’re launching Summer Throwdown: Librarians vs. Teachers! Perhaps you’ve seen/heard the buzz on twitter (where, I’ve found, most awesome ideas begin with a 140 character spark). Perhaps a friend encouraged you to visit. Perhaps you’re just coming across this and think it sounds fun. No matter how you found us, we’d love for you to join in! (No twitter account… Read More
FROM WHAT I REMEMBER… by Stacy Kramer & Valerie Thomas
Title: FROM WHAT I REMEMBER… Author: Stacy Kramer & Valerie Thomas Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release Date: May 15, 2012 Number of Pages: 462 Source of Book: Bought the hardcover on the recommendation of Jen (@mentortexts) KYLIE: Tijuana WHAT? I should be putting the finishing touches on my valedictorian speech. Graduation is TODAY, and is this a wedding band on my… Read More
My Summer #bookaday Plans & TBR Piles
Donalyn Miller (aka The Book Whisperer and All-Around Awesome Person) started the #bookaday hashtag on twitter and it’s now in its fourth year (the “rules” are there). It was a way for teachers to challenge themselves to read as much as possible during the summer to increase their knowledge for the following school year, and to network about what they’re… Read More
KEEP HOLDING ON by Susane Colasanti
Title: KEEP HOLDING ON Author: Susane Colasanti Publisher: Viking Juvenile (a Penguin imprint) Release Date: May 31, 2012 Number of Pages: 224 Source of Book: NetGalley electronic ARC A romantic and empowering book about bullying Noelle’s life is all about survival. Even her best friend doesn’t know how much she gets bullied, or the ways her mom neglects her. Noelle’s… Read More
Interview with Lynne Kelly, Author of CHAINED
I’m really excited to be hosting author interviews with a couple of the Class of 2K12 authors who have middle grades books coming out this year. Next up is Lynne Kelly, author of CHAINED released on May 8th. After ten-year-old Hastin’s family borrows money to pay for his sister’s hospital bill, he leaves his village in northern India to take… Read More
Giveaway: ARC of REVIVED by Cat Patrick
Yay, it’s the end of May Giveaway! Being a teacher, the end of May is always an exciting time, so I decided to celebrate with a giveaway! I recently read and reviewed REVIVED by Cat Patrick (you can read my review here). Reading Cat’s second book (after last year’s FORGOTTEN), convinced me that she’s an author whose future books I’m… Read More
So what is this #throwdown thing anyway?
We keep getting questions on twitter, so decided to clear it all up in more than 140 characters! (Brian and I are both posting our own #throwdown explanations today-the link to his is at the bottom.) So, maybe you’ve seen the #throwdown2 or #teacherthrowdown hashtags lately on twitter. Likely between Brian Wyzlic (@brianwyzlic) and myself (@heisereads). We’ve been doing a sister… Read More
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