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Michelle Isenhoff

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

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I became a teacher because I never outgrew children's literature. Then I tried my hand at one--I was hooked! When I'm not teaching, writing, chauffeuring children, blogging, or reading, I like to garden and take road trips with my family, but not necessarily at the same time.

Visit me at www.michelleisenhoff.com for free classroom materials to accompany my novels.

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An Awesome New Group

I have been busy, busy, busy this month. Not only am I trying to maintain my writing pace of a new 10,000 word episode every other week for Taylor Davis 2 (I’m not quite making it anymore, though I did just finish episode 2–yeah!), I’m working hard at maintaining a low level of promotional advertising (which I just suck at because I hate it but it must be done or I sell no books), I’m down to t...

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Average rating: 4.18 · 136 ratings · 57 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Quill Pen 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Candle Star (Divided Decade Trilogy, #1) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Color of Freedom 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Slashings (Divided Decade Trilogy, #3) 4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Mountain 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Ladders (Divided Decade Trilogy, #2) 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Candle Star: Classroom Resources 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Big Bank Burglary, the
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This is the second in Kim Donovan’s St. Viper’s series, and it’s just as fun as the first one. The school hidden within the volcano is back, and the lessons to train young villains in World Domination continue. This time, the Syndicate of Supreme Evi...more

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Magian High
by Lia London

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All three high schools in Kincaid Riley’s town are being desegregated, which means the Mages will be mixing in with non-magical students. Intermingling seemed like a good idea to Kincaid, who worked to see it happen, until violent protests break out....more

May 22, 2013 09:59am · see review

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Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul
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Black Sea Gods (Chronicle of Fu Xi)
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I thought at first Black Sea Gods was YA literature because it came unsolicited to my inbox and my blog features MG/YA lit. It is not. But it is an exquisitely crafted story, a unique blending of the author's own mythology and a well-known Bible stor...more

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Michelle Isenhoff liked Jonne Adams's review of The Candle Star (Divided Decade Trilogy, #1):

" An enlightening historical novel about a young southern girl who spends the summer with her uncle in the north and, shall we say, has the veil removed from her cherished and spoiled Southern way of life and the institutioin of slavery. She faces a... " Read more of this review »

Feb 09, 2013 04:17pm · see review

Michelle Isenhoff liked Stacy's review of Song of the Mountain:

Song of the Mountain by Michelle Isenhoff

" Song Wei's name means 'Great One' but Song doesn't feel great at all. He feels like an outcast who will never truly know who he is. But when a force of darkness threatens the village and the people he cares for, he finds himself immersed in what h... " Read more of this review »

Feb 07, 2013 11:45am · see review

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The Lemonade War
by Jacqueline Davies

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This was a short, easy read, and it just so happens I read it over Labor Day weekend, which is when this book takes place.

Evan Treski is about to start fourth grade. Then the week before the year begins a letter comes in the mail. His summer is ruine...more This was a short, easy read, and it just so happens I read it over Labor Day weekend, which is when this book takes place.

Evan Treski is about to start fourth grade. Then the week before the year begins a letter comes in the mail. His summer is ruined! His school year is ruined! All because of his little sister, who is now going to be in his class. Well, she’s not that little. Only fourteen months younger. And he even likes her most of the time. But she’s so smart she got to skip third grade. He has so much trouble with math, and he’s the slowest reader in the class. Now everyone will know how much smarter Jessie is than him, and Jessie will know it, too.

Jessie Treski can’t figure out why her brother has been so weird ever since the letter came. Why wasn’t Evan as thrilled as she was? They always had fun at home. Now they’d have fun at school. And he’d help her make friends in fourth grade and figure out what all the girls were really saying. Girls could say so much with a look, with a smirk. Jessie just didn’t understand it. But Evan knew all about getting along with people. It was easy for him, and everyone liked him. Sometimes she wished she could figure things out so easily.

Such a simple misunderstanding between siblings suddenly turns into an armed conflict. Hurt feelings, shouted words, and the Lemonade War is on. Even though he’s no good at math, Evan wants to prove he can still outperform his kid sister. He’ll make more money selling lemonade than she will during the last five days of summer. And she wants to prove she’s not a baby.

For such a short read (173 pages of large type), the characters in this story are pretty well developed and they interact with each other in a very real way. Every kid with a sibling will resonate with the conflict immediately. But I wouldn’t call the quality of literature outstanding, because the greatest strength of this story isn’t really story at all. It’s the very fun way two siblings (and the audience) learn about math and economics and running a business. Yes, there’s a whole course of information in here, but it’s boiled down into an engaging, kid-friendly narrative. It really is fun to see the ways each kid comes up with to earn more money than the other. One business term (like “profit margin” and “negotiation”) is defined before each chapter and then cleverly woven into the story line. And the mess the kids get into keeps getting deeper and deeper. It really is fun, and teachers and parents would be wise to grab this one up and take advantage of the entertaining teaching opportunity.

The Lemonade War is appropriate for fourth graders and would be a wonderful read aloud.(less)

Feb 03, 2013 03:59pm · see review

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