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A high school near where I live just changed their mascot, and sadly it was quite a controversial issue. I think I'll put this book in some free little libraries in the area. 😏😏😏

#schoolspirit #mascot

This book is on my Bookspin Bingo board this month! #schoolspirit #mascot

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Every time I listen to a book and realize it‘s a novel in verse, I wish that I could see the text, so this is another I need to track down in print. It was a quick and enjoyable listen today about a girl who loves to swim but is sidelined by a debilitating disease and a very protective mother. Set in Galveston about a Dominican American family it also uses the imagery of a hurricane throughout.

#audiobook #NovelInVerse #MiddleGrade

Thank you for the #MiddleGradeMonday tag @TheSpineView 🤗 I forgot to post yesterday.

This one has been in my TBR for ages. Told in verse it‘s about a girl from Syria who has to move to Cincinnati due to the unrest in her country. A new kid in town & country.

#MiddleGradeMonday Share a middle grade read about boat or ocean life. @Karisimo
I read these two for booked in time, last year. One nonfiction and one fiction, about the sinking of the children's ship in World War II.

This was a wonderful read. Quinn(ie) is an eighth grader trying to figure out exactly who she is. Her seemingly perfect brother just left for college, and now her parents are fighting more than ever. She‘s been friends with Jack for years, but things change after Jade joins their class. Then her home is hit by a tornado. As she learns to write poetry, she works through all of these things and grows in her own direction.

I‘ve slowly read some not so great books recently, so I picked this up for a quick read. It reminds me a bit of Love that Dog in the way it‘s written as Quinn is learning about and writing poetry, as well as dealing with some tough aspects of life. Her parents‘ relationship is rocky and her neighborhood is hit by a tornado. I‘m enjoying it and really liked this bit about personification.

#MiddleGrade #NovelInVerse #MsDsLibrary #TRS2023

#AboutABook #ByMultipleAuthors @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

One of the only books this year I‘ve sent away for my own physical copy of as soon as my library copy got returned.

Veda, a child prodigy dancer, loses a leg in a car accident.

#middlegrademonday
@Karisimo

@Amiable I couldn‘t help but to notice the cute ears on your Brady. We got our Birdie (another B name!) from a rescue and the first thing we noticed about her was her adorable ears. It‘s one of the many things we love about her 🥰 #dogsoflitsy