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I have been variously an English professor, a librarian, a legal research assistant, and a writer for many years now. Obviously, I love books and nothing gives me greater pleasure than sharing that with others. If ever you have any questions about any book I've reviewed, don't hesitate to email and ask. Keep reading!
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In the great recent tradition of jarringly real young adult fiction from the likes of Bruce Brooks and Chris Crutcher, comes Randy Powell. Winning kudos from such taciturn review sources as Kirkus and high praise from the American Library Association for his earlier works Dean Duffy, The Whistling Toilets, and Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray?, Powell delivers a page-turning speed read with well-developed and memorable characters that break and mend hearts, readers' and each others'. Grady Grennan is the son of Debbie Grennan, the titular dead rock star --- something along the lines of a cross between Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain. There's to be a tribute to dead… Mehr dazu
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The latest installment of the adventures of the boy-wizard at Hogwarts will not disappoint the legions of Potter fans. All of Rowling's imaginative and intelligent school kids are back and fill the book's 700+ pages with more of the rapid paced twisty-turny plot that is the hallmark of this series. While no spoilers here, some surprises await the reader as among other things, Harry discovers girls. The situation of course is handled deftly with great wit and humor as we expect from the author. Conversely, this one is a tad darker in tone than the previous three and a death and its effects on those who survive is very realistically portrayed; frankly these only add to the vivid… Mehr dazu
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This, the second in the Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans series, is the story of a slave boy who moves from Carter's Grove Plantation to Williamsburg when his young master attends the grammar school at the College of William and Mary. This brief tale of mid-seventeenth life is fast-paced and full of action, while yet vibrantly aware of the emotional turmoil suffered by all parties to the blight that was slavery. Nixon, a prolific and talented children's novelist, never allows her writing to dwindle into maudlin political correctness or weep sentimentality. This is a highly recommended book not just for the young readers for which it is intended, but anyone who appreciates a… Mehr dazu
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