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A Fera by Alex Flinn6/30/2023 Honors AwardsĪmerican Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, both 2001, American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists, Book Sense 76 list, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age designation, Tayshas (TX) State List, Iowa Educational Media Association High School Book Award Master List, Rhode Island Teen Book Award Master List, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults List nomination, and Children's Literature Choices List, all 2002, Oklahoma Sequoia Young Adult Master List, 2003-04, and Maryland Black-eyed Susan Award, 2004, all for Breathing Underwater ALA Quick Picks and Young Adults Books nomination, both 2002, both for Breaking Point. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, intern Martinez & Gutierrez, Miami, practicing attorney, 2001. Agent-c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins Children's Books, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
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South of Broad by Pat Conroy6/30/2023 Enough, already - tell us a story! We don't need the endless stream of one-liners. There was way too much emphasis on the fact that some were black and some white, way too much ostantatious acceptance of Trevor's sexuality (What? were you afraid we wouldn't get it, so it had to be laid on with a trowel?) But overall, all that witty byplay just got tiring. I also disliked the never ending chatty banter among this group of whatever-may-happen,we-always-hang-together friends. It didn't take long at all before I was all-full-up with listening to Leo's pious and perfect responses to whatever bad stuff came his way - and an awesome amount of bad stuff it was. No gay man could ever be as marvelously talented, creative, tolerant and all-around perfect as Trevor. The biggest problem was that the cookie-cutter "good" characters never rang true - no human is (or ever has been) as saintly as Leo. I didn't have a problem with the narrator as some did, although the grating mispronounciation of "Herb Caen" - aauuuuggggghhhh - over and over was annoying. If it had been almost any author other than Conroy, I no doubt would have. But bottom line: several times, I nearly quit listening. I'm a real Pat Conroy fan, so this was a book I looked forward to listening to - in fact, I saved it for a time when I could really enjoy it.
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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool6/30/2023 Abilene is confused over her father's sudden need to send her away, a need that recently came between them after Abilene nearly died from an infection in a cut on her knee. Gideon has sent Abilene to live with Shady Howard, an old friend of his from his childhood that Abilene never knew about. Moon Over Manifest is a touching story of one girl who learns to be a child even as she discovers what it means to be an adult with too much responsibility.Ībilene Tucker has grown up on the rails, moving from town to town with her father, Gideon, until recently. This mystery, however, will reveal more than the identity of a spy as Abilene finds her place in Manifest. To keep her occupied, Abilene attempts to unravel a mystery apparent in a group of letters she finds hidden in the room she is living in in the home of her father's friend, Shady Howard. Abilene is unhappy being separated from her father and hopes that he will return for her before the end of summer. In this novel, Abilene Tucker has been sent to stay with friends of her father in Manifest, Kansas in 1936. Moon Over Manifest is a novel by author Clare Vanderpool.
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If you’d like, record a short summary of each story in this mini-book. Add characters’ names and character traits to the fan. Your student will be introduced to many characters throughout this story. Note: This book will be used throughout the entire book. Use this book to write about how the Ingalls family prepared for winter. If necessary, look back through chapter 1 to find descriptive words used for the little house. Throughout the study, your student will be asked to research and write about various animals.Īfter you finish the chapter, use this mini-book to describe the little house where the Ingalls family lived. When did this story take place? (It says 60 years ago in order to get the true time, look at the copyright date and subtract 60 years.) Where did this story take place?Īt the beginning of chapter one, we learn of many animals who live in the big woods: bears, wild cats (cougar/panther), muskrats, mink, otter, foxes, and deer. The setting of the story is the location and time frame in which the story takes place. This lapbook doesn’t include lessons, but it does include a lapbook guide.
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John Clute has called her criticism “spiky” and “erudite.” She was a runner-up for the Pioneer Award for best essay on SF of the year, and is on the editorial board of The New York Review of Science Fiction, for which she has been nominated for the Hugo Award many times. She also co-edited several anthologies of Christmas and fantasy stories with Hartwell. She won a World Fantasy Award for best anthology for The Architecture of Fear co-edited with Peter Pautz she was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for her anthology, Walls of Fear. Schuyler Miller Critic Guest of Honor at Confluence 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. Their previous hard SF anthology was The Ascent of Wonder(1994). Her most recent historical anthologies include The Space Opera Renaissance and The Hard SF Renaissance, both co-edited with Hartwell. She is a writer, critic, and anthologist who co-edited the Year’s Best Fantasy and Year’s Best SF series with David G. Her story “ Am I Free to Go?” was published by Tor.com in December 2012. She is an editor of Project Hieroglyph, inspired by Neal Stephenson and sponsored by the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. |