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Book Club Discussion: The Raft

February 21, 2017 ♦

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The book club group, Coffee Time Madness, finished The Raft today by S. A. Bodeen. They had mixed feelings, but read below for their full discussion. Summary Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents…

QOTW: Booked by Kwame Alexander

January 8, 2017 ♦

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“Books are fun, Nicholas,” he says, “they’re like amusement parks.”  ”Yeah, well, maybe they would be fun if I got to pick the rides sometimes,” you answer. -Booked by Kwame Alexander I chose this quote because it spoke to me as a teacher. One thing I have always advocated…

REVIEW: The Giver by Lois Lowry

July 6, 2016 ♦

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The Giver by Lois Lowry Publication date: January 24, 2006 This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he’s given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets…