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Author Archives: Katy K.
Hush
I’ve been a fan of Donna Jo Napoli’s since her enchanting retelling of Rapunzel, Zel, which I read in my children’s lit class. Here’s her latest: Hush by Donna Jo Napoli Melkorka has been raised princess of a small kingdom … Continue reading
Protected: Happy Birthday, Mommy!
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Protected: Garden To-Do List
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It’s All Too Much
I have a wonderful colleague and friend who just puts books on hold for me if she thinks I’ll like them. I do the same for her, of course. This isn’t one I would have picked for myself. She didn’t … Continue reading
Noah’s Garden
wrote about this on her blog a while back. And then I was weeding in my 500s, and there it was, just waiting for me. I’d never even noticed it before. It falls in the dreaded number 508, the number … Continue reading
The Apple-Pip Princess
The Apple-Pip Princess by Jane RayIn a kingdom long ago and far away, a king had three daughters. When the Queen died, the land turned brown and barren, and no one had enough to eat. Now, the king has given … Continue reading
A Great and Terrible Beauty
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. Narrated by Josephine Bailey. This is the first in a very popular teen gothic trilogy. The year is 1895. Gemma Doyle is 16, no longer getting along with her beloved mother, and … Continue reading
What’s your favorite universe?
So sazattel was posting the other day about Prince Caspian. She said that Narnia is her favorite world. And I said it was mine, too. But it got me thinking. I grew up with Narnia and Middle Earth and Pern. … Continue reading
Protected: back home
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Ever
Ever by Gail Carson Levine In a twist on the Biblical story of Jephthah’s daughter, fifteen-year-old Kezi has doomed herself to be sacrificed by being the first to congratulate her father on her mother’s recovery from a serious illness. Desperate … Continue reading
