Amy's bookshelf: read

Slacker

by Gordon Korman

***This title is a nominee for the 2018-19 Golden Sower Chapter Books List.*** OK-Full disclosure, this one was not my favorite. Yes, there were moments of brightness (and I do enjoy Korman), but the title character (the main "Slacker")...

tagged: humor, middle-school, golden-sower, and realistic-fiction

Garvey's Choice

by Nikki Grimes

***This book is a Nominee for the 2018-19 Golden Sower Chapter Book List.*** I read this short book over the course of a plan period at school. It was a FAST read, and overall, I liked it. Student readers who are fans of verse novels, o...

tagged: children-s-lit, golden-sower, middle-school, verse, and realistic-f...

Save Me a Seat

by Sarah Weeks

***This title is a nominee for the 2018-19 Golden Sower Chapter Book List.*** Told over the course of the first week of school, this story follows Joe and Ravi, two students in Ms. Beam's fifth grade class. Joe's favorite class is lunch...

tagged: children-s-lit, golden-sower, middle-school, multicultural, and rea...

Spill Zone

by Scott Westerfeld

I picked this book up on a whim after seeing another Librarian mention it on Twitter. I have been trying to read more graphic novels, and I am a fan of Westerfeld's other work, so this seemed like a good one to try. I am glad I found it ...

tagged: binged, dystopian, science-fiction, graphic-novel, and ya

This Story Is a Lie

by Tom Pollock

Many thanks to EdelweissPlus and the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this title for review. All opinions are my own. Holy cats, I don't even know where to begin with this one. I misread the blurb on Edelweiss and thought I wa...

tagged: mental-health, mystery-thriller, ya, and edelweiss

The book fair is coming! 

 The book fair will be here from February 1st through the morning of February 8th. Students are welcome to come to the book fair before school, during lunch/team study, and during parent/teacher conferences on Feb 2nd and Feb 7th. 
Online fair page (get information about eWallet and books that will be available):  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/aspencreekmiddleschool1
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