book reviews
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Bats: Furry fliers of the night by Mary Kay Carson (book app)
Book title: Bats: Furry fliers of the night Author: Mary Kay Carson Bibliographic entry Carson, M. K. (2012). Bats: Furry fliers of the night. Bookerella. Description This book app or bapp is a brand-new hybrid non-fiction book mixed with an ipad app. It is broken into seven chapters starting with descriptions of bats and their habitats…
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The Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber (audiobook)
Book title: The Witch’s Boy (audiobook) Author: Michael Gruber Bibliographic entry Gruber, M., & O’Hare, D. P. (2005). The witch’s boy. New York: Harper Children’s Audio. Description Long long ago a boy named Lump is born to a witch. The prejudice he experiences his whole life, because of his facial deformity and strange behaviour, turn him into…
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Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea
Book title: Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea Author: Guy Delisle Bibliographic entry Delisle, G. (2007). Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea. Montreal, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly Books. Description This non-fiction graphic novel is about Delisle’s trip to North Korea to work in an animation studio there. Reaction The black and white drawings are simple and journalistic.…
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Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Book title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Bibliographic entry Bray, L. (2011). Beauty Queens. New York, NY: Scholastic. Description 50 contestants for the Miss Teen Dream beauty pageant are heading towards their first tropical photo shoot, when the plane crashes. The survivors bond together to survive learning how to be smart, deal with pirates and exfoliate…
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Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Book title: Their eyes were watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Bibliographic entry Hurston, Z. N. (2006). Their eyes were watching God. New York, NY: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1937) Description Janey endures three very different marriages and spends her life searching for love. Set in Florida and the 1920s, the book is an…
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Atlas of ancient worlds: People and places from the past
Book title: Atlas of ancient worlds: People and places from the past Author: Peter Chrisp Bibliographic entry Chrisp, P. (2009). Atlas of ancient worlds: People and places from the past. New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley. Description Organized by continent, this atlas conveys textual and visual descriptions of ancient people. It is filled with maps and historical artifacts…
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