Tag Archives: Historical Fiction

The Gideon Trilogy

Posted on August 16, 2016 by vanbraman

At a library book sale earlier this year I ran across an interesting book. The book had a quote on the cover from Entertainment Weekly that said “For kids who love Harry Potter.” I was intrigued and decided to purchase … Continue reading →

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2016 Newbery Books

Posted on February 4, 2016 by vanbraman

The 2016 Newbery Award winners were announced while I was in Shanghai last month and that meant that I had some more reading to do on my stalled out Newbery Challenge when I got home. This year there were three … Continue reading →

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