Children's and Young Adult Literature

This blog began as a project for the School of Library and Information Sciences Graduate School at Texas Woman's University. It now serves students and teachers of Mann Middle School in Abilene, Texas. Featured in this blog are reviews for the Lone Star Reading List, multicultural literature, poetry, and various genres of current literature for children and young adult.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Diversity on the Shelf Challenge

Challenge Details 1. Any book (by any author) with a main character that is a person of color qualifies for this reading challenge, ...

Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Vengekeep Prophecies

BIBLIOGRAPHY Farrey, B. (2012). The Vengekeep prophecies . Ill. by Brett Helquist. New York: HarperCollins. SUMMARY Jaxt...

School Spirits

BIBLIOGRAPHY Hawkins, R. (2013). School spirits. New York: Hyperion. SUMMARY Izzy Brannick has never done the school/friends/bo...

Thursday, August 1, 2013

How They Croaked

BIBLIOGRAPHY Bragg, G. (2011). How they croaked: The awful ends of the awfully famous. New York: Walker & Co. ...

The One and Only Ivan

REVIEWS & RECOGNITION Newbery Medal, 2013 Texas Bluebonnet Reading List, 2013 "How Ivan confronts h...

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Tua and the Elephant

AWARDS & RECOGNITION Texas Bluebonnet Reading List, 2013 “Vivid descriptions, a heavy sprinkling of Thai wor...

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