★★★★ Your parents can't tell you to get off the computer if the computer is in your head Play Crazy! Marisa and her best friends are the Cherry Dogs - an all-girl group of virtual reality gamers mostly based in Mirador, a suburb of LA. The Cherry Dogs aren't the best but they are moving up the ranks fast. They… Continue reading Bluescreen – Dan Wells
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Snoozapalooza by Kimberlee Gard, Vivian Mineker
★★★★★ A cold wind blows, and snow starts to fall, Mouse hides in a den that's cozy and small. Winter is right around the corner and all the hibernating animals are dropping off to sleep. One little mouse is the first one to go to bed. He dozes and dreams, tucked out of sight, A snoozapalooza… Continue reading Snoozapalooza by Kimberlee Gard, Vivian Mineker
The Deep – Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, & Jonathan Snipes
Throwback to when I made a tTierlist Booktube Video ranking all my January Books. Now that you know where this one stands, check out the video to see the rest! The Written Review: ★★ “What is belonging?” we ask. She says, “Where loneliness ends.” Yetu is the only one out of her mermaid tribe that knows… Continue reading The Deep – Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, & Jonathan Snipes
No Matter What: A Foster Care Tale – Josh Shipp, David Tieche Yulia Pankratova
★★★★★ "Let's find a you a family, shall we?" Grace the stork was flying over the forest when she stumbles upon a little squirrel named Josh all alone. She tries to find him the right family but after the pelicans, the porcupines and the kangeroos all reject Josh, he comes to a scary realization. Nobody is ever… Continue reading No Matter What: A Foster Care Tale – Josh Shipp, David Tieche Yulia Pankratova
Ugly – Robert Hoge
★★★★ Our faces let us look out and know others and let them know us. Due to a large facial tumor, Robert Hoge had severely distorted facial features. In addition, his legs were also malformed and nonfunctioning. It was such a complete shock that his mother could barely look at him at birth and severely considered leaving him… Continue reading Ugly – Robert Hoge
The Runaway Shirt – Kathy MacMillan, Julia Castano
★★★★ ½ "I think I will fold this shirt next," she said. "First one sleeve, then the other. Then I fold it in half." A "lady" and a "shirt" (aka a mom and her child wearing an oversized shirt) have quite the adventure. The lady is insisting on folding the shirt...but the shirt has other plans.… Continue reading The Runaway Shirt – Kathy MacMillan, Julia Castano
Toro – Andrew Avner
I hope that one day you, my children, will restore glory and honor to the Cortes family name. Alicía Catalina Cortés grew up hearing about her father's time in Pamplona, Spain during the running of the bulls. Her older brothers have been training for years to uphold the family name and dance with the matadors once they become… Continue reading Toro – Andrew Avner
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
★★★ ½ There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. On the day of Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth anniversary - Amy disappears. Without a trace. Well...not...really without a trace. There's a lot of weird...things associated with the disappearance. Blood that was messily cleaned up, a suspiciously staged scene and a host of… Continue reading Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
If You Were Me and Lived in… Colonial America – Carole P. Roman, Sarah Wright (Illustrations)
★★★★ They were traveling to a land where colonies of people like them were able to settle in homes and worship the way they wanted. Colonial America was certainly an interesting time! This lovely little book describes what life was like when America was first settled. It starts with why the colonials left England and… Continue reading If You Were Me and Lived in… Colonial America – Carole P. Roman, Sarah Wright (Illustrations)
Some Kind of Animal – Maria Romasco Moore
My sister, Lee, and I don't live in the same house. My sister doesn't live in a house at all. She lives in the forest. She sleeps during the day and runs at night. Ever since Jolene "Jo" was five, she told her aunt and her grandmother (who raised her) that she had a twin sister… Continue reading Some Kind of Animal – Maria Romasco Moore
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