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Review: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

by CaptainYarr May 1, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: North of Beautiful Author: Justina Chen Headley Format: Hardcover Page Count: 384 Grade Reading Level: Grades 8-12 Summary: North of Beautiful is about a girl with a port-wine stain on her face. A port-wine stain is basically a big red birthmark. Tera faces many challenges, such as hiding port-wine stain [...]

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Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

by CaptainYarr April 28, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author: Jeff Kinney Page Count: 217 Format: Paperback Grade Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Summary: Greg is starting middle school and his mom buys him a “Journal” (diary). In it he writes all of his problems, events, and whatever is happening in his personal life. The [...]

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5 Reasons Kids Should Go to the Library

by CaptainYarr April 27, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Plenty of kids that I know find the library to be intimidating. I know that it’s not the case at all. Perhaps this is because my sister over the past few years has ensured regular visits. It’s not unexpected to find us there everyday after school. Libraries are not places of [...]

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Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

by CaptainYarr April 25, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Author: J.K. Rowling Format: Hardback # of pages: 734 Grade Reading Level: 5.9; Ages 8+ Summary: Something old is returning to Hogwarts this year, and with it two new populations of students from foreign wizarding schools. In a contest to see who the [...]

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Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuaron

by CaptainYarr April 23, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Director: Alfonso Cuaron Run Time: 142 minutes Rated: PG Summary: This year at Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry Potter discovers who betrayed his parents to Lord Voldemort. Determined to avenge his parents death has never been more complicated with the school being [...]

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Review: New Moon (Twilight, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer

by CaptainYarr April 20, 2012

by Captain Lyaf Yarr Title: New Moon Author: Stephenie Meyer Page Count: 563 Format: Paperback Grade Reading Level: 9 -12 Summary: New Moon begins when Edward Cullen leaves Bella Swan in Forks to make sure he doesn’t kill her. Edward leaving Bella is as bad in her mind as if he or his family had [...]

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