Number of book reviews: 128
Favorite middle-grade reads:
Octavia Boone's Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything
Forge
Turtle in Paradise
Keeper
Countdown
One Crazy Summer
Favorite middle-grade reads that were separated at birth:
The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place)
The Kneebone Boy
Favorite chapter book-y reads:
Bink & Gollie
Prime Baby
Favorite YA reads:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
This World We Live In
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
Favorite grown-up reads:
Packing for Mars
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity
Favorite sequels/series continuations:
Clementine, Friend of the Week
Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)
Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance
Ivy & Bean: What's the Big Idea?
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes
Best jackets of the year:
Forge
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend
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You
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The Kneebone Boy
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Countdown
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
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The Book Is Overdue!
The Checklist Manifesto
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Books that, if they do not get some kind of ALA award recognition, I will eat my hat:
Forge
One Crazy Summer
Countdown
Keeper
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Bink & Gollie
The Kneebone Boy
(And YES, I realize I have completely ignored nonfiction. BAD Emily. BAD BAD BAD.)