Author: Raina Telgemeier; based on the novel by Ann M. Martin
Published: 2015 Mary Anne feels like everyone treats her like she is a baby. Her dad won't let her stay out past 9:00, even though all of her friends can stay out later to babysit. She thinks her hairstyle makes her look too young. She wants to be more grownup, but one night, her friends call her a crybaby, and she yells at them. The Baby-Sitters Club gets into a huge fight, and everyone is mad at each other. Mary Anne feels alone. Her friends won't talk to her, so she has to eat lunch by herself. She meets the new student at school, and they start hanging out together. When she is babysitting one night, the young girl she is watching gets sick. Mary Anne is responsible and gets her to the hospital. She hopes that this will help change how other people see her. The members of the Baby-Sitter's Club have to figure out how to get along as friends and as members of their business. This is a graphic novel done by Raina Telgemeier, based on the original Baby-Sitter Club novel by Ann M. Martin. This is the third one of these books that I have read, and I have to say that I really enjoy them! It's fun to see these characters in cartoon form. I am looking forward to reading the other ones!
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Author: Nicola Yoon Published: 2015 Madeline has Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), more commonly known as "bubble baby disease." She is literally allergic to the world. Any little thing can make her sick. Ever since she was a baby, she has not left her house. She goes to school from home, using Skype to have class with her teachers, and her mother is her doctor. She is perfectly fine staying inside reading hundreds of books and living her life the way that it is, until new neighbors move in to the house next door. She sees a boy around her age, and she can't stop thinking about him. The boy, Olly, starts messaging her online, and the two start to get to know one another, even though they have never actually talked to each other in person. Madeline's caretaker breaks the rules and lets Olly inside the house, and the two begin to spend more and more time together. Madeline is in love, but she can't tell her extremely protective mother about this, or she will not be allowed to see Olly again. How can you fall in love with someone who you can hardly ever see in person? How do you live in a world where you are allergic to everything? This book is a page-turner. I love Madeline and Olly. They are great characters that you can't help but root for. The ending was such a surprise! It was not what I was expecting when I picked up this book to read. The writing is just so beautiful. The line below was one of my favorites. "How am I supposed to go back to being The Girl Who Reads? Not that I begrudge my life in books. All I know about the world I've learned from them. But a description of a tree is not a tree, and a thousand paper kisses will never equal the feel of Olly's Lips against mine" (p. 163) Author: Kwame Alexander
Published: 2016 This novel, written in verse, explores the many different things that are going on in Nick Hall's life, including his love of soccer, his crush April, the cool librarian at school who raps all the time, and his parents' separation. When Nick's parents announce that they are separating, Nick feels like his world is starting to fall apart. His mom travels to Kentucky and only visits on certain weekends, and he has a hard time connecting with his dad (a man who is obsessed with words). Group hugs, appendicitis, book clubs, school fights, weird words, ping pong, and footnotes. This book has got it all! I really enjoyed reading Booked. I am not typically a person who reads books about sports, but this one drew me in, and I couldn't put it down. I'll have to pick up Kwame Alexander's other book The Crossover soon! Author: Jacqueline Woodson Published: 2014 I loved Brown Girl Dreaming. This novel is a memoir written in verse. Jacqueline Woodson writes about her childhood and growing up in the 60s and 70s and the challenges her families faced depending on where they were in the country. Woodson talks about her desire to write, even when she was young. It is clear that writing was always a passion of hers. The passage below reminds me of one of the reasons why I wanted to become a librarian: to help every reader find a book they can connect with and enjoy. Brown Girl Dreaming is an Iowa Children's Choice Award nominee for the 2016-2017 school year.
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