Archive for February, 2012

A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz

Brilliant! Gidwitz retells the Hansel and Gretel story while incorporating many of the lesser known, un-Disney-fied stories. I love that he has truly held onto the grim aspects of the Grimm versions of these tales; they were not sweet, cute stories with happy endings. Many of them were grusome and ended with morals and warnings [...]

February 13, 2012 Tags: middle grades Posted in: fantasy No Comments

Bitter Melon by Cara Chow

I finally got to the point in this book where I couldn’t put it down–about halfway through–and finished it last night. There’s still something I find unsettling about it, though I can’t decide if it is in a good way or a bad. On the one hand, this story is empowering for young women. It [...]

February 7, 2012 Tags: culturally relevant, teen issues Posted in: realistic No Comments

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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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