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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:11 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Revolution:
Gaby said, "Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly Jennifer Donnelly has written a book in an authentic teen voice in the tradition of Holden Caulfield that is highly educational, both about music and about the French Revolution. The narrator is a teen girl in her..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:10 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Whatever Happened to Goodbye:
Gaby said, "Whatever Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen Sarah Dessen is an author who aspires to express what her readers are feeling. She writes to an audience of teenage girls about the challenges of maintaining equilibrium in the face of adversity. The..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:09 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Tiger’s Wife:
Gaby said, "The Tiger’s Wife, by Téa Obreht A girl comes of age during the Bosnian War and its aftermath. She then becomes a doctor in a desire to help her country recover. On a trip to deliver inoculations to orphanages, she learns of her..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:08 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled OKAY FOR NOW:
Gaby said, "Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt In Schmidt’s latest novel for middle school readers, eighth-grader Doug Swieteck has many cards stacked against him. He’s got a mean older brother and a liability for a father. He’s just moved to a new..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:07 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Fox Inheritance:
Gaby said, "The Fox Inheritance, by Mary E. Pearson This is the sequel to The Adoration of Jenna Fox as reviewed earlier. It follows the two friends who were in the same car crash that killed Jenna Fox. While Jenna’s parents had been able to salvage..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:07 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Replacement:
Gaby said, "The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Mackie should not have lived long enough to become a teen. Most replacements–put into cribs when babies are taken for sacrifice– die fairly soon and are buried in the unconsecrated part of the..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:06 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled How to Save a Life:
Gaby said, "How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr In this novel, a young woman whose darkness has been a long time coming connects with a once happy family that has recently experienced the sudden and devastating death of the father. The widow has invited the..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:06 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled This Dark Endeavor:
Gaby said, "This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Kenneth Oppel takes Mary Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein and looks into his adolescence for clues to the man he became. In Oppel’s telling, young Victor lives in a..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:04 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Scorpio Races:
Gaby said, "The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stefvater Established author of teen fiction Maggie Stiefvater has written a book that departs from her formulaic paranormal romance novels. She has taken an obscure Celtic myth about carnivorous horses from the sea,..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:23:09 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Scorpio Races:
Gaby said, "The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stefvater Established author of teen fiction Maggie Stiefvater has written a book that departs from her formulaic paranormal romance novels. She has taken an obscure Celtic myth about carnivorous horses from the sea,..." more
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:09:39 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled This Dark Endeavor:
Gaby said, "This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Kenneth Oppel takes Mary Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein and looks into his adolescence for clues to the man he became. In Oppel’s telling, young Victor lives in a..." more
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:55:30 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled How to Save a Life:
Gaby said, "How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr In this novel, a young woman whose darkness has been a long time coming connects with a once happy family that has recently experienced the sudden and devastating death of the father. The widow has invited the..." more
Saturday, November 5, 2011 2:34:02 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Replacement:
Gaby said, "The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Mackie should not have lived long enough to become a teen. Most replacements–put into cribs when babies are taken for sacrifice– die fairly soon and are buried in the unconsecrated part of the..." more
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:42:42 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Fox Inheritance:
Gaby said, "The Fox Inheritance, by Mary E. Pearson This is the sequel to The Adoration of Jenna Fox as reviewed earlier. It follows the two friends who were in the same car crash that killed Jenna Fox. While Jenna’s parents had been able to salvage..." more
Monday, August 1, 2011 11:50:38 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled OKAY FOR NOW:
Gaby said, "Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt In Schmidt’s latest novel for middle school readers, eighth-grader Doug Swieteck has many cards stacked against him. He’s got a mean older brother and a liability for a father. He’s just moved to a new..." more
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:27 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Tiger’s Wife:
Gaby said, "The Tiger’s Wife, by Téa Obreht A girl comes of age during the Bosnian War and its aftermath. She then becomes a doctor in a desire to help her country recover. On a trip to deliver inoculations to orphanages, she learns of her..." more
Monday, May 30, 2011 5:33:03 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Whatever Happened to Goodbye:
Gaby said, "Whatever Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen Sarah Dessen is an author who aspires to express what her readers are feeling. She writes to an audience of teenage girls about the challenges of maintaining equilibrium in the face of adversity. The..." more
Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:21:37 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Revolution:
Gaby said, "Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly Jennifer Donnelly has written a book in an authentic teen voice in the tradition of Holden Caulfield that is highly educational, both about music and about the French Revolution. The narrator is a teen girl in her..." more
Friday, April 15, 2011 1:01:20 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Strings Attached:
Gaby said, "Strings Attached by Judy Blundell For many years, author Judy Blundell wrote under a pen name as a writer for hire. Then, a few years ago, she wrote a book simply because she wanted to write it. Her agent read it and suggested she put her own name..." more
Saturday, April 2, 2011 9:16:28 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Matched:
Gaby said, "Matched, by Ally Condie Dystopias typically exist in a future world where some kind of organizational force tries to control a population whose flaws nearly destroyed life in a previous time. That organization and that control, however, tend to..." more
Monday, March 21, 2011 9:31:30 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Revolver:
Gaby said, "Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick Yes, this is a page-turning thriller centered on a fourteen-year-old boy and a really, really bad guy who threatens him and his sister and has quite likely taken the life of both his parents. And on a Colt Single Action..." more
Friday, March 18, 2011 1:04:02 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Half a Life:
Gaby said, "Half a Life by Darin Strauss “Half my life ago, I killed a girl.” begins this memoir. Having just turned eighteen (the age when your identity is still up for grabs, in the author’s words), Strauss accidentally hit a girl riding a..." more
Monday, February 14, 2011 7:27:38 PM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Freefall:
Gaby said, "Freefall by Mindi Scott This is a story about a sixteen-year old boy who makes the choice to step back from the slippery edge of heavy drinking and shallow romance that took the life of his best friend. He does this largely with the strength of his..." more
Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:20:57 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind:
Gaby said, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer After the Malawi famine of 2000, William Kamkwamba’s father could no longer send him to school. He had learned how to read in his native language and had learned a little..." more
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:51:13 AM
Gaby Chapman wrote a blog post titled Strings Attached:
Gaby said, "Strings Attached by Judy Blundell For many years, author Judy Blundell wrote under a pen name as a writer for hire. Then, a few years ago, she wrote a book simply because she wanted to write it. Her agent read it and suggested she put her own name..." more