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“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”

It should come at no surprise that I absolutely adored the novel The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne. The main character’s parents are professors of Shakespeare and her little sister is a girl genius–a seven year old taking college courses, but who must attend public school for a year before [...]

March 25, 2010 Posted in: fiction No Comments

Local CYRM Results Are In!

For any of my dear readers who are not from California or who are not involved in teaching, CYRM stands for the California Young Reader Medal. It is an award that is given to recent books meant for school age children, from primary to young adult. The books are group by age appropriateness/reading level. Students [...]

March 24, 2010 Tags: California Young Reader Medal Posted in: fiction One Comment

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With a BA in English Education, an MA in English Literature, and over ten years of teaching experience at both the middle and high school level, it is an understatement to say that I've read a lot of books.

The book reviews I write are from the perspective of someone who has studied literature and literary criticism, who has taught young people how to read and interpret literature, and who has grown up in a Christian home with parents who put everything we saw and read into the context of our faith.
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