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January 12, 2021

REVIEW: Halfway to Harmony by Barbara O’Connor

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbrothers / Contemporary / family relationships / Friends / Georgia / grief / middle gradeNo Comments

Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. He keeps having a dream that his big brother, Tank, appears before him and says, “Let’s you and me go see my world, little man.” But Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn’t know how to see the world ... more >

January 6, 2021

REVIEW: The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Ballerina / family relationships / First-Person / health / middle grade / Native American / POC / POC author / school / Washington StateNo Comments

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In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg ... more >

December 8, 2020

REVIEW: The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's literature / Dark Fantasy / friendship / middle grade / picture booksNo Comments

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Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this riotously funny, deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn’t know she’s about to be eaten. Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, ... more >

March 17, 2020

REVIEW: Blue Skies by Anne Bustard

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren / children's fiction / family relationships / fathers and daughters / middle grade / mothers and daughters / Post WWII / second chance at love / Small-Town / texas / widow4 Comments

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For fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Louisiana’s Way Home, this heartwarming novel tells the story of ten-year-old Glory Bea as she prepares for a miracle of her very own—her father’s return home. Glory Bea Bennett knows that miracles happen in Gladiola, Texas, population 3,421. After all, her grandmother—the best matchmaker in ... more >

April 30, 2019

REVIEW: The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's fiction / Fantasy / fantasy adventure / fantasy/scifi / Library / middle grade / Science FictionNo Comments

The Library of Ever is an instant classic for middle grade readers and book lovers everywhere—an adventure across time and space, as a young girl becomes a warrior for the forces of knowledge. With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored—until she discovers a secret doorway ... more >

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January 6, 2017

Jayne’s Best of 2016

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAmerican historical / American Indians / cartoons / cats / cinderella / Contemporary / dogs / Firefighter / Historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / middle grade / novella / older heroine and hero7 Comments

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Here I go down to the end (again) reading 2016 releases like mad for my Best of List. Looking back at my reading list I had a pretty good year. I have lots of B grades and many B+ but this year I had enough A grades that I decided ... more >

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