Book Reviews
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We Came, We Saw, We Left: a Family Gap Year by Charles Wheelan
Charlie Wheelan is standing on a train platform in Medellin,…
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We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
With its brightly colored cover and its strange title, WE RIDE…
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The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia
When I heard of this book — “THE CHICKEN SISTERS” by KJ…
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Joplin High School Cartoonist Club titles
This was almost the shortest book review submitted here: “Read…
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Historic Missouri Roadsides by Bill Hart
This book review is a celebration of sorts of both the Missouri…
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FRONT DESK by Kelly Yang
If you have seen the movie “Elf,” you are familiar with the…
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D. Carter
If there's one college course that seems to fall into the "liked…
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Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney is known for her young adult novels but she…
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18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb
18 TINY DEATHS: the Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and…
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Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
A couple of months ago I saw a Netflix trailer for a movie called…
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac
Pictures have such power! Bright and bold or quiet and soft,…
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The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin
March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, I encourage you…
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WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller & WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS by Carole Lindstrom
I know the actual Super Bowl just happened, but I did not watch…
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The Silence by Don DeLillo
Illusory though it is, there's an endorphin-rush moment when…
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Cozy Reads for January
Hidden Treasures by Jane Cleland
The Crystal Cave Trilogy…