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Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Theodore Taylor, III
Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Theodore Taylor, III. Wordsong, 2023. 9781662660085 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback graphic novel Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the … Continue reading
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. HarperTeen, c2018, 2022, 2023. 9780063324435 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Novel-in-verse Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Xiomara, 15, has grown up … Continue reading
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Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist
Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist. Crown Books for Young Readers, 2023. 9780593429136 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Novel in verse What did you like about the book? Eb (Ebony) and … Continue reading
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Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois
Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois. Holiday House, 2022. 9780823451562 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Novel-in-verse Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Quinn, 13, feels inferior … Continue reading
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Flipping Forward Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton
Flipping Forward Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton. Peachtree, 2022. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction/novel in verse What did you like about the book? Claire is a superstar gymnast and hopes … Continue reading
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Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes
Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes. Penguin Random House, 2022. 9781635925265 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: ARC (publication date 10/25/22) Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Life is … Continue reading
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The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero, Peachtree Teen, 2022. 9781682633380 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Novel-in-verse Genre: Mystery/Supernatural/Fantasy/Romance What did you like about the book? Ilana’s dream is to … Continue reading
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Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes
Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes. Wordsong, c2013, 2022. 97801635924787 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback Genre: Realistic fiction, novel-in-verse What did you like about the book? In this re-issue of Grimes’s 2013 … Continue reading
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Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes. Wordsong, c2019, 2022. 9781635925623 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Paperback Genre: Realistic What did you like about the book? Ordinary Hazards is Nikki Grimes’s memoir-in-verse. She tells the … Continue reading
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