Reviews

Books About Teaching

Esquith, Rafe Teach Like Your Hair is On Fire
Layne, Steven Igniting A Passion for Reading
Layne, Steven In Defense of Read Aloud

Children's Fiction (Picture Books)

Bailey, Linda When Santa Was a Baby
Donaldson, Julia  Room on the Broom
Hudson, Katy  Too Many Carrots
Lindeen, Mary At the Beach
Miyakoshi, Akiko The Tea Party in the Woods
Richardson, Justin And Tango Makes Three
Santat, Dan The Adventures of Beekle: An Unimaginary Friend
Veille, Eric The Bureau of Misplaced Dads
Whitehead, William Family Money: How Families Spend Their Money--And Why


Young Readers Fiction: 
DiCamillo, Kate  Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Racoon
Sage, Angie Gargoyle Hall
Katz, Alan The Day the Mustache Took Over


Middle Grade Fiction:
Applegate, Katherin Crenshaw
Beasley, Cassie Circus Mirandus
Beatty, Robert Serafina and the Black Cloak
Benjamin, Ali The Thing About Jellyfish
Black, Holly Doll Bones
Brown, Jeffery Star Wars Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan (#2)
Brown, Jeffery Star Wars Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully (#3)
Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Shines my Shoes
Cochrane, Mick The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
Cohen, Marina The Inn Between
del Rio, Tania Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
Destefano, Lauren A Curious Tale of the In-Between
DiCamillo, Kate Raymie Nightingale
Funaro, Gregory  Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum
Gino, Alex George
Going, K.L. Pieces of Why
Holt, Kimberly WillisWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Holyoke, Polly The Neptune Project
Hunter, Erin Warriors: Dawn of the Clan: The Sun Trails
Kelley, Jane The Book of Dares for Lost Friends
Korman, Gordon Masterminds
Korman, Gordon Ungifted 
Krosoczka, Jarrett Star Wars Jedi Academy: A New Class (#4)
Martin, Ann M. Rain Reign 
Mass, Wendy Every Soul A Star
Messner, Kate The Seventh Wish
Mull, Brandon Sky Raiders: The Five Kingdoms #1
Neilsen, Jennifer A. The False Prince
Neilsen, Jennifer A. The Runaway King
Neilsen, Jennifer A. The Shadow Throne
Park, Linda Sue A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Quinlan, Nigel The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox
Russell, Rachel Rene Dork Diaries, Tales of a Not-So-Fabulous Life
Sloan, Holly Goldberg Counting by 7's
Stead, Rebecca Goodbye Stranger
Telgemeir, Raina The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea (Graphic Novel)
Thornton, D.S. Scrap City
Timberlake, Amy One Came Home
Turnage, Sheila The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing
Turnage, Sheila Three Time Lucky
Yep, Laurence Dragonwings
Young, Yaruta Susan The Great Snapping Turtle Adventure



Middle Grade Non Fiction:
Copeland, MistyLife in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Cunxin, Li Mao's Last Dancer: Young Reader Edition
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, Young Reader's Edition



YA Fantasy/Sci Fi/Dystopian


Aveyard, Victoria Red Queen
Aveyard, Victoria Glass Sword
Bray, Libba A Great and Terrible Beauty
Bardugo, Leigh Shadow and Bone
Bracken, Alexandra A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel and the Farm Boy
Condie, Ally Matched
Chokshi, Roshani The Star-Touched Queen
Elliot, Kate The Court of Fives
Garcia, Kami and Stohl, Margaret Beautiful Darkness
Goodman, Alison  The Dark Days Club
Lu, Marie Young Elites 
Meyer, Marissa Cinder 
Meyer, Marissa Scarlet 
Meyer, Marissa Fairest
Meyer, Marissa Winter
Riordan, Rick The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1)
Riordan, Rick  The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2)
Riordan, Rick The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #3)
Salisbury, Melinda The Sin Eater's Daughter
Terry, Teri Slated 
Tahir, Sabaa An Ember in the Ashes


YA Romance
Ahdieh, Renee The Wrath and the Dawn
Ahdieh, Renee The Rose and the Dagger (TWATD #2)
Cass, Kiera The Selection
Cass, Kiera The Elite
Cass, Liera The One
Cohn, Rachel and Levithan, David Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
Green, John The Fault in Our Stars 
Rowell, Rainbow Eleanor & Park
Smith, Jennifer This is What Happy Looks Like


YA Historical Fiction
Donnelly, Jennifer These Shallow Graves
Gratz, Alan Prisoner B-3807
Schiltz, Laura Amy The Hired Girl
Waller, Sharon Biggs The Forbidden Orchid

YA Fiction
Abott, Megan The Fever
Coyle, Katie Vivian Apple at the End of the World
Fuller, Claire  Our Endless Numbered Days
Howe, Katherine Conversion
Longo, Jennifer  Up to This Pointe
Matson, Morgan Since You've Been Gone
Mikaelsen, Ben Touching Spirit Bear
Schmidt, Gary Orbiting Jupiter
Stone, Tamera Ireland Every Last Word


Fiction: Mystery/Thriller
Flynn, Gillian Sharp Objects
Hawkins, Paula The Girl on the Train
Kubica, Mary The Good Girl
Lippman, Laura I'd Know You Anywhere
Savage, Kim After the Woods



Fiction:

Carsten, Ellin The Secret Healer
Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Lee, Harper To Kill A Mockingbird
Lee, Harper Go Set a Watchman 
Garth, Stein The Art of Racing in the Rain



Fiction: Dystopian

Mendel, Emily St. John Station Eleven 
Bacigalupi, Paolo The Water Knife

Non Fiction

Ellis, Samantha How to be a Heroine
Kaling, Mindy Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Kaling, Mindy Why Not Me?
King, Stephen On Writing
Moore, Wes The Other Wes Moore, One Name, Two Fates