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: 0welcome皇冠地址

分阶段讲述, similar to the process that occurs in a rocket launch, Amy Cherrix invites her readers to do some critical thinking as they read her book In the Shadow of the Moon. 用这个非虚构的叙述, Cherrix讲述了美国的故事, 俄罗斯, and the hidden history of the space race. Some of that history is dark because of the shadowy behavior of certain people. 毫无疑问, we are all well aware that people keep secrets, governments classify documents to keep the populace in the dark on certain topics, and individuals veil their intentions hoping to get what they want.  我们也可以阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

9月11日, 2021 will mark the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, and Alan Gratz’s book Ground Zero is here to bring that history to middle grade readers. Told in alternating perspectives between Brandon Chavez, a nine-year-old living in New York City in 2001, 和Reshmina, an eleven-year-old girl living in Afghanistan in 2019, the two tales run parallel to one another but ultimately intersect in a surprising twist. 随着小说的开篇, Brandon has been suspended for punching a bully in the nose, and because his mother has died and no one is available to watch him at home, 他得陪他父亲去阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

故事发生在南卡罗来纳州的沼泽地, 伊登·罗伊斯的《welcome皇冠地址》 tells the story of James (Jay) and Jezabel (Jez) Turner—eleven year old twins whose grandmother has just passed. 沼泽是个迷人的地方, 有趣的, 为杰斯担心, who almost loses her life there to a haint. Root Magic is Eden Royce’s way of paying tribute to her African American roots.  在作者的笔记中, Royce explains that although rootwork is not a religion, it is a spiritual and magical practice whose traditions are passed down in families. Rootwork, along with many of the African American food traditions, is one of阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

辛西娅·利蒂奇·史密斯编辑, Ancestor Approved is a collection of intertribal stories with a target audience of middle grade youth.  It not only features rising Indigenous voices but the voices of well-established authors like Tim Tingle, Eric Gansworth, 和约瑟夫·布鲁恰. The core of the book revolves around an intertribal powwow— an important gathering among native people that Rebecca Roanhorse describes through the eyes of Ozzie, 保留区的狗, as “a riot of color and noise and happy people” (83). Adding a unifying as well as a humorous thread, Ozzie turns up in several of the later stories wearing either an Ancestor Approved or阅读更多→

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Summer at Meadow Wood by Amy Rebecca Tan tells the story of thirteen-year-old senior camper Victoria (Vic) 棕色（的） who is not happy with her mother’s decision to ship her off to Meadow Wood, a beautiful lakefront campus in New Hampshire where Vic has spent previous pleasure-filled summers. 然而, 今年夏天, 维克打算睡个懒觉, 狂看老电视剧, floating on a raft at the pool while checking out the lifeguards, and shining flashlight beams into the night sky as she and Jamie, 她在宾夕法尼亚的闺蜜, whispered their deepest wishes and fears to each other. Instead, she is covered in sweat, fighting a阅读更多→

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: 0welcome皇冠地址

To cope with the stresses of middle school and the complications of life, Theo Goodwin escapes into his drawings where he can become Theo-Dare.  就像他在漫画书中的另一个自我, he conquers demons with his superpowers and the help of his sidekick, 超级G. 超级G是乔治亚·罗森布鲁姆, another sixth grader whose biggest passion, 除了艺术, 是天文学. She and Theo have been inseparable friends since forever, and their mothers are colleagues at Columbia University. When Georgia’s dad—the renowned and accomplished artist Hank Rosenbloom—dies suddenly, the loss throws Georgia out of her orbit. Unlike others who see the value of his art and阅读更多→

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: 2的welcome皇冠地址

十五个爱上这部小说的理由, Love in English It’s dedicated to “everyone who has ever strained to find the [right] words” to accurately express their thoughts and feelings. 玛丽亚E. 安德鲁 writes with authenticity from the immigrant experience and perspective, but she also writes to those of us who feel “foreign” or who sense a feeling of other—“some nameless thing [we] can feel but not fix” (13). Many of the chapters close with idiomatically clever poems as the protagonist, 安娜, 玩弄语言. These not only capture her confusion but convey her learning. The novel is peppered with Spanish, as well as hashtags (####)阅读更多→

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In: 行动 & 冒险(是的), 多元文化(是的), 超自然的 & 恐怖(是的), 青少年书评
: 0welcome皇冠地址

Inspired by West African folklore, Roseanne A. 棕色（的） writes an action-packed tale infused with magical twists, 家庭秘密, 文化多样性.  她的首部青少年小说, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin features Karina Alahari and Malik Hilali—two protagonists on a trajectory to self-discovery and potential destruction. Running and unraveling riddles are what Malik does best, although he is also prone to panic attacks, 做梦, 独自徘徊.  Having been beaten as a child for discussing his hallucinations, 创造的幻想, and communicating with supernatural beings called the grim folk, Malik’s powers have taken more from him than they have given. 另一方面，卡瑞娜是阅读更多→