Title: Out on the Wire Subtitle: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of the Radio Author: Jessica Abel Publication Info: Broadway Books, a Division of Random House (2015) Summary: To say I loved this book would be a grand understatement. I picked it from a list, just because I was trying to get…
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S672 Book Review: Big Top Burning
Title: Big Top Burning Subtitle: The True Story of a Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show on Earth Author: Laura A Woollett Publication Info: Chicago Review Press, Inc. 2015 Suggested Age Range: Grades 5 and up Summary: Big Top Burning is the true story of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus…

S672 Book Review: Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts
Title: Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverts Author: Susan Cain (with Gregory Mone and Erica Moroz) Illustrator: Grant Snider Publication Info: Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers Group (2016) Suggested Age Range: Grades 5 and up Summary: Susan Cain’s remarkable best-seller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking, changed…

S672 Book Review: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Title: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Author: Jen Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publication Info: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (2014) Suggested Age Range: Grades 2-5 Summary: As a person who loves words and has actually asked for a thesaurus for my birthday, I found this book both silly fun and totally informative. The…

S672 Book Review: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
Title: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded Author: Jim Ottaviani Illustrator: Leland Purvis Publication Info: Harry N. Abrams (2016) Suggested Age Range: Grades 9 and up Summary: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded is a graphic novel about the life of Alan Turing, the mathematician genius who helped stop World War II by helping break…