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- Review of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
adult fantasy—there’s a portal; there are mermaids, elves, harpies, trolls, and all the rest; there’s a school
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads
And it isn't just that being in her teen body again shocks her, or that seeing her high school crush Columbia premed undergrad Astrid is dating Max Martin, a sweet, nerdy boy she knew back in high school
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
village where girls are often married off by age fourteen and are frequently made to stop attending school emotional, physical, familial, and societal hardships, yet she keeps her sights set on getting back into school
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
experiences in the US—with her sister and family on weekends in inner city Chicago and her weekday life and schooling
- Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year
When his school is shut down by the Nazis, he weds a widow who seeks a husband to help her raise her Anton is searching for redemption after horrific events surrounding his students and school.
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
young adult book This Song Could Save Your Life, main protagonist Elise doesn't fit in at her high school misfits embracing their otherness, Elise begins to see that the world outside of her claustrophobic high school
- Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
between a primate research camp in Botswana, where she felt at home, and an elite Philadelphia girls' school
- Review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
The oldest of the sisters is sent away to live out her school years as a privileged guest of wealthy
- Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books
She's eager to graduate from high school and escape her small Indiana town, but the days are interminably Now everyone--Eli's angry twin sister with her attempts to freeze out Carver at school; Mars's father
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Nora's focused on her work, her small-town life, her kids' sports and their school play, and her longtime
- My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022
Kimmery Martin's Doctors and Friends begins with a group of seven women, friends since medical school
- Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
mentions that the Making Caring Common Project backs up these findings with data from three thousand high school
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Schur, creator of the television series The Good Place, explores various schools of thought about ethics
- Review of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Penelope shares her increasing annoyance at the bards' reported tales of Odysseus as he extends his outrageously
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Students at the residential River Valley School for the Deaf are trying to get through finals, maintain
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
first day of classes, Barrett fears that college may be a ruination on par with the end of her high school
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Columbia premed undergrad Astrid is dating Max Martin, a sweet, nerdy boy she knew back in high school
- Review of The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
When his school is shut down by the Nazis, he weds a widow who seeks a husband to help her raise her Anton is searching for redemption after horrific events surrounding his students and school.
- Review of The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
He considers his process (he's not allowed to hoard or save delights for days that might light on the
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
And it isn't just that being in her teen body again shocks her, or that seeing her high school crush
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Emma Starling is a former natural healer whose abilities have disappeared, and she's also a recent med-school
- Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
deeply about the characters, and Crouch's scientific passages don't require you to remember your high school
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Science and Nature Books
How can we rethink our approach to sharing these resources, which are often hoarded due to a panicked
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition
showing unusual perspectives and points of view, from Penelope, sharing her increasing annoyance at the bards
- Review of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
She and her best friend Yunie are making their way together through high school and all of its pitfalls
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
She's failing out of school, working some shifts at a diner, and living in a nonfunctioning motorhome
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/21 Edition
He examines his self-imposed process (he's not allowed to hoard or save delights for days that might
- Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience
experiences in the US—with her sister and family on weekends in inner city Chicago and her weekday life and schooling
- Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Kell, the ward of the Red London's royal family who once thought he was the last Antari alive; Lila Bard
- Six of My Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads of the Year
through the plane as if in a trance, announcing expected ages of and causes of death for each person aboard
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition
I always want more more more ideas to add to my idea-hoarding to-read book list.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
my household's recent library hold lists, and most importantly because I have a serious problem of hoarding
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
the Natural History Museum, putting Boss Tweed behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
through the plane as if in a trance, announcing expected ages of and causes of death for each person aboard
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
like the symptom of all the biggest world problems...relentless greed, disregard for the environment, hoarding
- My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads
the Natural History Museum, putting Boss Tweed behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
even within the disturbingly irrational setting: Why would the kids be made to shower with carefully hoarded
- Shhh! Book Gifts for Kids and Teens
Side note: Newman is also the editor of the James Beard Award-winning quarterly kids' cooking magazine
- Six Fascinating Books Set in Maine
When a schoolteacher-turned-missionary arrives to educate the island's children, he draws the attention
- Review of Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Confidential 's alternating points of view, Christina Lynch offers a playful story of Penny, an elementary schoolteacher
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/25 Edition
Lynch In alternating points of view, Christina Lynch offers a playful story of Penny, an elementary schoolteacher
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after
- Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
Anna Gracia's young adult novel centers around high schooler June Chu.
- Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
spent time in the United States is unversed in the current workings of the city where her father and schoolmates
- Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding
When a schoolteacher-turned-missionary arrives to educate the island's children, he draws the attention
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition
When a schoolteacher-turned-missionary arrives to educate the island's children, he draws the attention
- Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
This last element is smoothed over by a trade of food for her hungry household (and those of local schoolchildren
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/20 Edition
Edith Graham is a small-town schoolteacher who wants to do more: she wants to help the British Control
- Review of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
An excellent student, as a high schooler, Lucy was offered a scholarship to college and escaped her town


















































