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Sara Holbrook's Blog Spot: Teen Books
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Whats so Big About - Where? Poems from Him and Her. Grade 7 Up—Through a series of "he" and "she" poems, Holbrook and Wolf detail the range of emotions when a childhood friendship become a teenage romance. The relationship goes from shy uncertainty to blissful togetherness, dark rejection, and, finally, a return to friendship. Most of the poems are complementary and conversational, such as the excellent opening selections: "What to Do When She Looks at You? And "What to Do When He Looks at You? But teach...
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Louise Halvardsson: National Poetry Slam Championship in Malmö, Sweden
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Monday, 20 May 2013. National Poetry Slam Championship in Malmö, Sweden. The Teams in the Final: Göteborg, Malmö, Gotland and Huddinge. No, I’m not talking about Eurovision Song Contest. I’m talking about what happened in Malmö in Sweden the weekend before Eurovision. I’m talking about the National Poetry Slam Championship. SM = Svenska Mästerskapen = Swedish Championship). Jamila Woods and Robbie Q Telfer. Robbie Q. Telfer. And for the brave ones there was an improv slam, a speed slam and a “Eurov...
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Mrs. Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011: The Berlin Boxing Club, by Robert Sharenow (2011)
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Mrs Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011. Sunday, November 6, 2011. The Berlin Boxing Club, by Robert Sharenow (2011). As Herr Boch finished the last lecture of the school year, I sketched one final caricature of him into the margins of my notebook. His mom is agnostic, his father is atheist. Fourteen year-old Karl Stern grew up in a secular household; he has no religious background or education. Living in Berlin in 1934, Karl and his family are Jewish. The champion boxer, hero of Germany. Max offers boxing less...
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Mrs. Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011: April 2011
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Mrs Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011. Friday, April 29, 2011. Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld (2010). Alek raised his sword. "On guard, sir! Picking up exactly where first novel, Leviathan. Left off, Alek spends six days with Deryn (or Dylan) aboard the airbeast. For the first time, Alek feels like he is in a place where he belongs. Even though he is a Clanker, he quickly becomes attached to the beasts of the Darwinists. Rating: 10 out of 10 stars. Labels: being who you really are. Friday, April 22, 2011.
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Mrs. Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011: Goliath, by Scott Westerfeld (2011)
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Mrs Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Goliath, by Scott Westerfeld (2011). Siberia," Alek said. The word slipped cold and hard from his tongue, as forbidding as the landscape passing below. The third book in the. Series, picks up exactly where Deryn and Alek left off in Behemoth. A thousand-foot-long airship made from the life threads of a whale and over one hundred other species, is traveling farther from Europe and the war. No one will confirm their destination. Dylan helps re...
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Mrs. Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011: Crossed, by Ally Condie (November 2011)
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Mrs Sanders' Favorite Reads 2011. Sunday, November 13, 2011. Crossed, by Ally Condie (November 2011). I'm standing in a river. It's blue. Dark blue. Reflecting the color of the evening sky. Far from her safe home in Oria Province, Cassia Reyes is in a work camp looking for Ky. If I'm going to find Ky, it has to be soon. Ky is somewhere in the Outer Provinces. Young men are sent to abandoned villages so the Enemy thinks the Society still lives there. Can Cassia find Ky? What is Xander's secret? The Power ...
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New This Spring: The Bookworm Club | Book Witches Blog
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From Spellbound Children's Bookshop. New This Spring: The Bookworm Club. The Spellbound Bookworm Club is a book-of-the-month club that we’ll be launching in the spring. The perfect gift that keeps on giving… each month your child or teen will receive a book personally selected for him or her by Spellbound staff. It will arrive, gift-wrapped, with a card from you. Subscriptions are available for either hardcover, paperback, or board books and with 6-month and 12-month options. Sent this wonderful gift.
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Bookmark this Post: Creative Funding | Book Witches Blog
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From Spellbound Children's Bookshop. Bookmark this Post: Creative Funding. These bookmarks were designed exclusively for Spellbound to help raise money for our campaign. They can be purchased for $3 at Spellbound or Zapow. Handmade by Zapow artist Helena Hannukainen, who donated her time and talent to help Spellbound grow. And don’t forget to visit the Indiegogo campaign page at http:/ bit.ly/GrowBks. Before May 15th to help us grow into a bigger, better Spellbound. To TrackBack this entry is:. Visit our...
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