Jamie Whitfield
Content by Jamie Whitfield
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If one of your holiday traditions is gathering the family around for a good story, this is the season made for you.
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K.A. Applegate's fantasy adventure tale begins in a scary enough place a modern, run-of-the-mill high school.
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Walter Dean Myers is a virtual icon in young adult literature two-time winner of the Newbery Award; four-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award; and author of numerous books, both fiction an
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Think Greek mythology is a thing of the past? Feel as if you've read everything on the shelf? Don't despair.
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Lurlene McDaniel, author of over 40 titles on young people facing life-threatening illnesses, has begun a new series spotlighting teens volunteering for missions in Africa.
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A commonality among teens is that harrowing moment of truth known as the driving test.
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Joseph Klempner begins his tale of murder and its aftermath by describing its setting a small, ordinary community in upstate New York called Flat Rock.
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Review by Jamie Whitfield A book loaded with accurate facts? Not exactly what young readers ask for first.
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What began with Walter Dean Myers's curiosity over some letters listed for sale resulted in At Her Majesty's Request (ages 9 and up), the tale of a young African princess saved from certain death and
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If you ask ten people to characterize America's educational system, more than likely you'll hear that what's broken is usually the teachers. It's the unkindest cut for an educator to hear.
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Do you know a young reader who is deep into one type of literature say, science fiction and devours great quantities of that one genre?
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Do you know a young reader who is deep into one type of literature say, science fiction and devours great quantities of that one genre?
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The summer is as good a time as any to add new friends to your life, and reading The Saving Graces is certain to add at least four: Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel.
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Victory in Our Schools is an explanation of the simple but effective plan John Stanford used to create change in the Seattle public school system.
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Fans have been anxiously awaiting this third epic of new adventures of this most unusual superhero.
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Historical finds If a different locale doesn’t hold your interest, perhaps a different era in history will.
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Historical finds If a different locale doesn't hold your interest, perhaps a different era in history will.
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William Sleator’s Rewind transcends time as well as space. The story opens with Peter, the main character, dying in a car accident.
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Teen Read Week, October 17 - 23 First there was summer reading, and now there's assigned reading, piling up in a most un-enticing way.
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Teen Read Week, October 17 - 23 First there was summer reading, and now there's assigned reading, piling up in a most un-enticing way.
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Teen Read Week, October 17 - 23 First there was summer reading, and now there's assigned reading, piling up in a most un-enticing way.
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Rockin' in a free World Pushing the limits of the picture book market, Graeme Base's new book The Worst Band in the Universe uses brilliantly colorful illustrations and whimsical, witty verse to
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The story of Janie Johnson first began with Caroline B.
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Clearly, David Almond isn't resting on the laurels of being among the first to receive a Michael L. Printz Honor award.
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Clearly, David Almond isn't resting on the laurels of being among the first to receive a Michael L. Printz Honor award.
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Two groups among us are often pushed to the side: teenagers and the elderly. Both groups are often misunderstood and isolated, shoved into separate buildings (high school and retirement homes).
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Patricia Gaffney has done it again. In The Saving Graces, she wove characters so real you felt a part of their friendships.
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Want a book that will have kids, no matter what age, giggling and laughing out loud? Roddy Doyle, author of the New York Times best seller A Star Called Henry, has penned just the book.
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time to celebrate Teen Read WeekKnow a teen interested in the latest scientific news? They'll be sure to make time to read two books due this month.
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time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ã21 Teens want time to read!
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time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ã21 Teens want time to read!
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ake time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ð21 Teens want time to read!
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ake time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ð21 Teens want time to read!
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time to celebrate Teen Read WeekCarve teens some time for two books based on diaries of real teenagers facing the worst prejudice and persecution.
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time to celebrate Teen Read WeekCarve teens some time for two books based on diaries of real teenagers facing the worst prejudice and persecution.
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time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ã21 Teens want time to read!
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ake time to celebrate Teen Read Week, October 15Ð21 Teens want time to read!
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Take time to celebrate Teen Read WeekRichard Peck's A Year Down Yonder continues the story of Mary Alice.
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Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Sister Went Crazy, a series of poems, is Sonya Sones' poignant story of her teenage years, during which time her sister had a nervous breakdo
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