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Tag: Realistic Fiction

December 17, 2013

CYBILS REVIEW: Namesake, by Sue MacLeod

This book is a 2013 Cybils YA Speculative Fiction nominee. Unlike a lot of other people, I don’t actually like time travel novels. I…

October 8, 2013

Monday Reading Roundup: BROKEN and THE SHADE OF THE MOON

Broken, written by Elizabeth Pulford with illustrations by Angus Gomes, was one of the review copies I was recently offered. It’s a book by…

September 3, 2013

TURNING PAGES: THIS IS HOW I FIND HER, by Sara Polsky

For awhile now, I’ve been collecting recent YA books dealing with mental disabilities. It’s not that huge of a list, nor is it comprehensive;…

August 23, 2013

TURNING PAGES: Killer of Enemies, by Joseph Bruchac

Even before this summer’s box office flop of The Lone Ranger, the issue of Native appropriation has haunted writers. Stereotype, thy name is Laura…

August 6, 2013

TURNING PAGES: The Panopticon, by Jenni Fagan

A little disclosure: One, I lived in Glasgow, Scotland, for five years. Two, I taught the State of California’s young offenders for three years….

June 25, 2013

TURNING PAGES: THE COLOR OF RAIN, by Cori McCarthy

I don’t read a lot of realistic fiction, because reality – meh. Completely overrated. However, fiction well done provides links to reality, and this…

June 11, 2013

TURNING PAGES: SHREDDED, by Karen Avivi

“Remember, the only thing guys have that we don’t just gets in the way on a bike.” Reader Gut Reaction: This book is not…

May 24, 2013

Thursday Review: THE SHORT SELLER by Elissa Brent Weissman

Reader Gut Reaction: Elissa Brent Weissman’s earlier novel Nerd Camp won the 2011 Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction, so although I don’t read/review…

May 3, 2013

Thursday Review: HATTIE EVER AFTER by Kirby Larson

Reader Gut Reaction: Kirby Larson is a familiar face to many of us old-school bloggers, since she’s been to many a Kidlitcon and SCBWI…

April 24, 2013

TURNING PAGES: Guys Against the Girls, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Once we started talking about authors who straddle the line between traditional publishing and ebooks, they seemed to be all over the place! Lauren…

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