false 3 122 126 true 6524177 read 1 true 4968320 currently-reading 3 true 4968319 to-read 11 false 5219743 children-s-lit 2 false 5219744 teaching http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74131753 Dragon Tears (Paperback) by Dean Koontz
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74131549 to: Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover) by Christopher Paul Curtis
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74131369 to: The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School (Paperback) by Candace Fleming
bookshelves: children-s-lit
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74131237 to: Lawn Boy (Hardcover) by Gary Paulsen
bookshelves: children-s-lit
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74131160 to: Eleven (Hardcover) by Patricia Reilly Giff
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64700589 to: Sold (Hardcover) by Patricia McCormick
This is an incredibly well written account of a young girl from an impoverished family in Nepal who is sold, unkknown to her, into prostitution in India. Each "chapter" varies from a paragraph to a few pages and each gives a telling glimpse into her world. I could not put this book down. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64700399 to: Falling Star (Paperback) by Diana Dempsey
Took a while to get into it but it picked up midway through. A light read for summer. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64549706 to: The Power of One (Paperback) by Bryce Courtenay
This is not a book about boxing or music or prison or cactus or fundamentalist religion, but all of those elements play a central role in the development of the main character. It's a book about maturing in a nation where racism exists on many levels and prejudice shapes every experience. The setting and characterization in this novel give it incredible depth and I often found myself underlining passages that spoke to me. There is a great deal of brutality in this book, all of it witnessed by the young main character, so be forewarned. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64549237 to: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover) by John Boyne
Incredibly well written story set in Berlin and Auchwitz from the point of view of a 9 year old German child. Not at all preachy but an incredibly strong message in a book which I couldn't put down. Highly recommended. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57577668 Practice With Purpose: Literacy Work stations for Grades 3-6 (Paperback) by Debbie Diller
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