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Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 15:41 in africa, fiction, Identity, history, novel, democracy, morality, equality, violent, historical fiction
Author: David PesciFirst line: A cold touch woke him from a dreamless sleep.Why you should read this book: Singbe was just going to the next village to see about some livestock he might want to buy when he was set upon by thugs, sold into slavery, an...
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Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 13:17 in education, children, fiction, Identity, graphic novel, adolescents
Editor: Ariel SchragFirst line: Rebecca Ziff and I were best friends.Why you should read this book: Ah, junior high, middle school, the early teens: whatever you call it, it's the time period when you're most likely to feel self-conscious, most likel...
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Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 18:58 in children, fiction, inspirational, novel, Religious
Author: Cynthia RylantFirst line: It is said that when people die, they travel to a place of Perfect Happiness, a place of Complete Ecstasy, a place called Heaven.Why you should read this book: A strange little novel-in-short-stories, it describes th...
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Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 18:56 in fiction, robots, graphic novel, speculative
Author: Kazu KibuishiFirst line: Old habits die hard, don’t they?Why you should read this book: The artwork is lovely and expressive, a perfect blend of the gritty old West the a gleaming mechanized future, and the story perfectly encapsulates the ...
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Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 18:53 in collection, children, fiction, short stories, equality, violent, historical fiction, class
Author: Mildred D. TaylorFirst line: “Now don’t y’all go touchin’ nothin’,” Stacey warned as we stepped onto the porch of the Wallace store.Why you should read this book: Two stories by an award-winning author depict a moment in American ...
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Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 15:28 in collection, fiction, Identity, short stories, adolescents, freaks, speculative
Editors: Holly Black and Cecil CastellucciFirst line: it didn't matter which one of us had married a rival Dungeon Master (that would be Holly) or lived for six weeks in the line for Star Wars (that would be Cecil), the moment that we met one another...
Hi Beth,
What would hosting you entail?
My standard deal with authors/publishers is, if you send me the book, and I like it, I will review it on the site. I don't find a copy in my local library, but it sounds like a good book.
Let me know.
~Monica
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