By Betsy Schow
Paperback
345 pages
YA Fantasy/Retelling/Twisted Tale
This one is a repeat for me. I bought the sequel at the Scholastic book fair, and I didn't remember this one well enough.
Lots of humor, an interesting story, and a fun fairy tale mashup.
By Heather Barbieri
Paperback
268 pages
Adult realistic fiction
Scholastic Build a Box purchase
This book was way more compelling than I expected.
Kind of a classic plot: woman has some drama, goes on walkabout, finds a cute town that is suffering economically, but people do cool crafts, and the woman helps them monetize it and saves the town.
It is very much about family and relationships.
It brought me to tears a couple of times.
I might keep this one.
Darker Still
A Novel of Magic Most Foul
By Leanne Renee Hieber
317 pages
Paperback
Scholastic Build a Box
YA Gothic
A take on Picture of Dorian Gray.
Interesting, but not going to read it again.
A bit overdramatic, but that fits the style, I suppose.
To keep in the classroom shelf? Probably not.
By Charles Martin
Paperback
326 pages
Adult fiction
Scholastic book fair purchase
So, I thought I knew what was going to happen in the end. And I was kind of right. But I feel like the author was dishonest about how we got there, so I don't like that. But overall it was a good book, so I'll probably hang onto this one and put it on my classroom bookshelf.
By Lois Ruby
Middle grade
Scholastic Build a Box purchase
Paperback
292 pages
Some location inaccuracies.
A good ending to the love story.
Never going to read it again, but not bad.
This is what a teacher's day off looks like. The last part of the first pile of grading.
Am I at my job today? No. Am I getting paid for today? Yes. Am I working? Ever since I got up this morning.
#teacherlifeisnotaneasylife
By Mackenzi Lee
Hardback
501 pages
July Owlcrate book
This book was very readable, but I'm not sure I'll ever read it again. The protagonist, Henry, is a hot mess who sets off to do his Grand Tour with his sister and his best friend. His sister would rather study medicine than embroidery. His friend is biracial and has a medical condition. Henry doesn't want to be stuck at home running the estate.
