It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

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This is on the Texas Bluebonnet list this year and an easy choice for our Quest for the Crown for 2015-2016.

Genre: Fantasy/Graphic Novel

AR level: 2.2

Grade appropriate: 1st and up

RATING BREAKDOWN:

Overall: 5/5-- Cute story about a witch who’s trying to fit in with her non-magical classmates.

Creativity: 5/5-- Salem thinks that in a spelling bee you cast spells. Cute!

Characters: 5/5-- For me it’s harder to get attached to characters in a graphic novel.

Engrossing: 5/5-- So short! The 2nd & 3rd graders are eating it up.

Writing: 5/5

Appeal to kids: 5/5

Appropriate length to tell the story: 5/5

CONTENT:

Language: none

Sexuality: none

Violence: none

Drugs/Alcohol: none

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This book was a girl alternative to Adam Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark and Grimm series and perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski’s Whatever After series who need something a little more.

Genre: fantasy

AR level: 5.0

Grade appropriate: 3rd and up

RATING BREAKDOWN:

Overall: 5/5-- I loved how Colfer took the traditional fairy tales a step further. We learn why the evil queen in Snow White does what she does. Why is she obsessed with the mirror and looking fair? We learn about the happily ever afters (or not so happily) of many fairy tale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks.

Creativity: 5/5

Characters: 5/5-- The characters have a lot of depth as opposed to the 2 dimensional characters we are familiar with.

Engrossing: 5/5

Writing: 5/5

Appeal to kids: 5/5-- These do not stay on my shelf. They are in constant demand.

Appropriate length to tell the story: 4/5-- a little long...

CONTENT:

Language: none

Sexuality: none-- Goldilocks and Jack kiss passionately but there is not much else.

Violence: none

Drugs/Alcohol: none