Month: July 2011
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There’s a new boy in Frannie’s class. He’s different. For one thing, he’s white, which is a big deal on this side of town. The other noticeable difference is that he has long hair down to his shoulders. The kids in the class dub him Jesus Boy. Frannie is interested in the new boy, but…
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Jerome Foxworthy is a black high school student growing up in the sixties in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jerome is smart, athletic and lucky enough to have a strong family. Basketball is Jerome’s passion and every evening he spends out on a basketball court on the edge of town practicing his moves. When Jerome…
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It’s the summer of ’61 and Louis May has a lot of new things in his life. His parents have recently divorced and he and his dad have moved in with his stepmom and stepbrother in White Plains, New York. It’s an uncomfortable arrangement and Louis constantly feels that he’s getting overlooked. Baseball is the…
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Mr. Collins has taught math at an urban middle school in Cleveland, Ohio for the past twenty years. Frustrated with his students’ lack of interest in the subject matter, he offers them a challenge: build the biggest tetrahedron structure in the world and make it into the record books. For those who don’t know what a…
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If you’re looking for a book to make you cry, this is it. Eleven year old Sam has leukemia, so he stays home everyday with his teacher Ms. Willis and his friend Felix, who also has cancer. Sam likes to list facts about himself, such as he has always wanted to go up a down elevator or take…
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Beginning with those famous words “it was a dark and stormy night,” A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle remains as readable as when it was first published in 1962. A Newberry Medal winner, it mixes science fiction, fantasy, philosophy and religion in an interstellar adventure that will appeal to both children and adults. Plot: Meg Murry’s…
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