the nerDee librarian: February 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Review: The Takedown

The Takedown by Corrie Wang
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The text speak was a bit much at times- if we get a point in the future where people seriously talk like this I might lose my mind. The not quite cussing happened so often that the characters might as well have just used the real words. Overall, I think teens will get hooked on the story and trying to figure out the mystery of who is behind the video. I think the book intentionally presents a very scary possible future of where social media could be going. Hopefully, it will make people think twice about what they post online as well as how they treat people in RL.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Review: I, Girl X

I, Girl X by Annalise Grey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a powerful and important novel! The poems are well crafted. Young adults will easily find several they connect with. It's rare that we get to see what life is like for the sibling of someone dealing with mental illness. It's not an easy existence to be the child who is expected to just hold it together and not make waves because your sibling requires so much of your family's attention and focus. This book nails it.

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Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Silly and fun. I would love to read this book twice with kids. Once to get the idea of it, and then a second time to go back and figure out what the real words are that are represented by the silly words.

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