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Tag Archives: environment
The Girl and the Ghost and The Girl Who Lost Her Shadow
Here’s trying to catch up with my reading, with two stories mixing introspection, action, and dealings with the supernatural. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews
Tagged environment, ghosts, Malaysia, Muslim, Scotland, youth fantasy
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Magic, Friendship and Community: Muse Squad, Weird Little Robots, If We Were Giants
Every September before Cybils nominations open, I look around for eligible books that I can read in the meantime. Here are three that I enjoyed that were not nominated, though there are still a few days for their publishers or … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Cuban-American, environment, friends, greek mythology, Latino/a, Latinx, robots, youth fantasy
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Want by Cindy Pon
Confession time: I have a seven page document with notes of books that I’ve read and want to write full reviews of. I’m trying to post more frequent, quick reviews to catch up. This was one of my eagerly anticipated … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #OwnVoices, Asian, dystopia, environment, Taiwan, teen science fiction
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The True Blue Scouts of Sugarman Swamp
This was the last of the Cybils Middle Grade Spec Fic finalists, which I’m just now getting around to reviewing. As a bonus, in the meantime, it was also named a National Book Award Finalist. The True Blue Scouts of … Continue reading
Gorgeously Green
Gorgeously Green by Sophie Uliano Going green is increasingly fashionable, with books aimed at every possible demographic. This book is aimed at the shopping fashionista who isn’t sure that regular products are really all that bad and certainly isn’t going … 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
Green Babies, Sage Moms
Here’s one for Earth Day, a day early. I’m happy to say that things have changed for the better since I had Mr. Froggie Pants. When I was pregnant and reading about how to have a green baby, everything seemed … Continue reading
Certified Tree Hugger
Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth by E Magazine I don’t normally include the post-colon parts of book titles here, but this one explains the book very well. I have it on loan from … Continue reading