Jennifer Bruer Kitchel
Content by Jennifer Bruer Kitchel
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It is 1952 and Janie Scott’s parents are blacklisted from their jobs as writers in Hollywood.
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In Catherynne M.
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The description on the back of this book seems to tell the whole story: Two young teenagers in Alaska, setting out on a practice run with their sleds and dogs, get caught in a blizzard and face man
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Almost-11-year-old Libby Thump is told by her teacher at the end of fourth grade that she needs “to live up to her potential.” Libby is encouraged by this since it must mean she has
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Why would a serving girl ever have contact with a prince?
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Acclaimed young adult author Josh Berk debuts a new series for younger readers with Strike Three You’re Dead, starring middle schoolers Lenny Norbeck and the two Mik
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With two older sisters and three younger brothers, Sunday is often lost in the middle.
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Ever wonder what it’s like to be on a reality competition like “American Idol”? What if it were a show for child performers? What would their lives look like?
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In the world of Lisa Graff’s new book, A Tangle of Knots—a world not all that different from our own—people are often born with a Talent.
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Anyone who likes to read comics knows that the characters, both good and evil, are numerous.
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Get ready, puzzle lovers! There’s a new book on the scene that will satisfy the sleuth in all of us.
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Thirteen-year-old Jalen doesn’t believe in horoscopes, especially since her sign, Sagittarius, never seems to fit her.
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Liesl & Po begins very darkly. Liesl’s attic room is a “uniform gray darkness,” much like the world outside her window.
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It is rare for a small book to have a big impact, but Wes Tooke’s King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige is one that does.
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Even if it weren’t an interesting tale about two orphan girls, a boy who appears out of nowhere and a mysterious revenge plot happening across the ocean in Ireland, The Great Unexpect
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Author Polly Horvath has brought back her lovable character Primrose Squarp from the Newbery Honor book Everything on a Waffle for another year of life in Coal Harbor, a fishing village in
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Julian Twerski is not a bad guy. Really. That whole incident with Danley Dimple? That was a fluke. He didn’t mean for the kid to get hurt. It’s not worth going over again.
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Holly Black, co-author of the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles and author of several fantasies for teens, aims her latest book, Doll Bones, squarely at the middle-grade audience.
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Conor O’Malley is having nightmares. Ever since his mother became sick with cancer, Conor has been struggling to keep his life going on as normal at home.
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We all know that there is magic in the world—and it is not the spells-and-wands kind of magic you find in most fantasy books. Real magic is created by love and conjured up by need.
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Like many of the books by Newbery-winning author Patricia MacLachlan, White Fur Flying is a simple tale, but with hidden depth.
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Hokey Pokey is the perfect kids’ world. There are many places to play, continuous cartoons on a big screen, wild herds of bicycles, even places for tantrums and snuggling.
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Charlie Joe Jackson is back!
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of the popular 2009 picture book Spoon, ha
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Charlie Joe Jackson has a reputation as a guy who doesn’t like to read—and he’s proud of it.
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It comes as no surprise that award-winning author Andrew Clements has written another great story.
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As anyone with a young son knows, pirates are fascinating and exciting. Many pirate stories, however, are too scary for a younger audience.
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There are only seven chapters in this little book by Andrew Norriss, one for each day of the week.
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For anyone who has read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, Ellen Potter’s latest book will feel very familiar.
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Charlie Joe Jackson doesn’t like to read. He never has. In fact, he is proud of his record of never having completely read any book assigned to him.
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Any bibliophile will tell you that a book is wonderful just for being a book. If the story inside is captivating too, well, that’s icing on the cake.
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Middle school is hard. There are more students and more expectations of what is cool and what is not.
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Sierra Shepherd is a model seventh grader at her middle school. As a member of the Leadership Club and an exclusive choir group, Sierra prides herself on her accomplishments.
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Now that Cassie is in middle school, she faces all the attendant problems any eighth-grade girl might encounter: losing friends, finding new ones, dancing around the inevitable cliques, dealing wit
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If you are unfamiliar with the genre known as steampunk, then this collection of stories edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant is a good place to start.
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