About Jen
I am currently working on a Master of Education degree in critical theory. I have a teacher's license and specialize in high school English. I love children's and teen literature. I also love critical theory. This means I like to pick things apart and dissect them but all in good fun!
Other passions include: photography, sewing, travel, movies and writing
Other passions include: photography, sewing, travel, movies and writing
| Books Recently Added to Jen's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 9 from Jen's bookshelf, View all 9 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. The Little Boy Star: An Allegory of the Holocaust (Hardcover) Author: Rachel Hausfater Illustrator: Olivier Latyk Publisher: Milk & Cookies Press |
Ages 4-8 |
1/8/2009 Add | |||
| Jen said: Simple writing and beautiful illustrations create a very powerful and touching story. This is a Holocaust story suitable for very young readers. I found the book to be incredibly haunting and was de...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 13 Reviews | |||||
| 2. When Jeff Comes Home (Paperback) Author: Catherine Atkins Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Young Adults |
1/8/2009 Add | |||
| Jen said: Incredibly powerful. I think I cried through most of it and I couldn't stop thinking about it for days. I discovered this novel through research for an article I was writing on teen literature. I r...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 158 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) (Paperback) Author: Stephenie Meyer Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers |
Young Adults |
1/8/2009 Add | |||
| Jen said: Not good. The writing was terrible and the message even worse. The fact that this book series is so popular is scary. Poorly written and full of grammatical mishaps, I would not want to see young p...more tags: I read , I do not recommend | |||||
| 145,058 Reviews | |||||
| 4. The Giver (Mass Market Paperback) Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Laurel Leaf |
Young Adults |
3/7/2008 Add | |||
| Jen tagged as: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 91,485 Reviews | |||||
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Profile Comments
Comment by Jen Savage on 3/8/2008 at 12:04 AM:
Thanks Eric
Thanks Eric
I like your sense of humour!