February 20, 2012
So, I finished this book the other day. And I’m still recovering from the punches in the gut. And yet, I’ve come away with the impression, nay conviction, that this was a beautiful book. Darn that Gary D. Schmidt. Oh yeah. This one won both a Newbery AND a Printz honor. Crazy. So, Turner Ernest [...]
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February 9, 2012
This highly honored book, including a Newbery Medal honor, by Rita Williams-Garcia kind of blew me away. Delphine, eleven, is and has almost always been in charge of looking after her two younger sisters, Vonetta, nine, and Fern, seven. While they live a nice life with Papa and Big Ma in Brooklyn, this summer they [...]
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