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Win a Free School or Library Visit with Jack Gantos
On a recent flight I read Jack Gantos’s sequel to Dead End in Norvelt (2011), and attracted stares from my fellow passengers because of the snorting, chuckling, and guffawing coming from seat 26C. From...
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The Beat Goes On: Brilliant Middle Grade Sequels │ JLG’s On the Radar
Escaping from detectives. Sneaking into enemy camps. Spying on an arch nemesis. Standing alone or side-by-side, these sequels selected by the editors at Junior Library Guild will cause readers to tap...
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Not-to-be-Missed 2014 Middle Grade Novels │ JLG’s Booktalks to Go
From a new series to a final installment, the following are some of our favorite authors’ not-to-be-missed 2014 hits for middle grade readers. Jack Gantos is back with the conclusion to Joey Pigza’s...
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In the Recording Studio with Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos was in New York last week to record the audiobook of his upcoming release, The Trouble in Me (Farrar, Sept. 2015). The “autobiographical novel” features 14-year-old Jack Gantos and is set...
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Four NYC Publishers, One Epic Season: Rocco Staino’s Peek at Upcoming Fall...
This past spring, SLJ contributing editor Rocco Staino attended several previews for major publishing houses based in the New York City area. From a get-together at the funky triangular-shaped offices...
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The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos | SLJ Review
GANTOS, Jack. The Trouble in Me. 224p. Farrar. 2015. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780374379957. Gr 7-10–Situated sometime between the events in Jack’s Black Book (1997) and Hole in My Life (2002, both Farrar),...
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December Holidays Roundup Barton, Chris. The Nutcracker Comes to America. illus. by Cathy Gendron. Millbrook. 2015. p. 61. Simon, Richard & Tanya Simon. Oskar and the Eight Blessings. illus. by...
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Rain Fails To Deter Fans at the 2017 National Book Festival
From left: Marie Lu, Melissa de la Cruz, Rocco Staino, Nicola Yoon, Sabaa Tahir A rainy Labor Day weekend in Washington, DC, didn’t seem to affect the turnout at the 17th annual National Book Festival,...
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“Know-Nonsense” Guides to Honing Writing Skills
As September turns into October and students get back in the swing of things, librarians and educators may notice that their pupils’ wordsmithery could still use work. Luckily, the four recent titles...
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Hanging out with Frank Lloyd Wright, Mary Wong, and Jack Gantos #AASL17
Pre-conference tours are one way to make the most of a visit to a new city and the American Association Of School Librarians (AASL) 2017 conference options had librarians flipping coins to decide which...
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