Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Two school stories

Scare School Diaries V01 Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner

Bright Family: Too Cool For School by Gabe Soria

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I know school just got out and probably the last thing a kid wants to do is read about the first day of school. However, for the aged six to nine (and lower ten-year-old) readers, these books will make your child want to go to school. And maybe you can convince them that a snot monster and a (spoiler) glob custodian will be at their school. But even if you can’t, these books are worth taking a few moments to read to your child, with […]

Sky things

Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews

Little Cloud's Big Dream by Ixtzel Arreola

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Booktalk ain’t got nothing on me! It only has to open its mouth and insert words into the air! But I must take my fingers to the computer keyboard and type!  Now, granted, I type fairly quickly, but that old school click click tells me I’m having an overload of words! Therefore, I will just let you dive into the reviews I am giving you today.  Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews is pretty straight forward. There is a peacock; his name is Paul; and […]

Next stop: Healing

Next Stop: (A Graphic Novel) by Debbie Fong

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I assumed Next Stop: (A Graphic Novel) by Debbie Fong would be a funny a minute laugh out loud read/book. Now, while it has funny moments, it is actually a serious story about loss, love, friendship, family dynamics and coming of age. Therefore, you really can’t always judge a book by its cover.  The realistic, serious moments are relatable, thoughtful and even a bit educational. The humor is a nice balance to counter that. Then there is a bit of a supernatural element that you […]

Komi has to fight for her school, her friend, and maybe her boyfriend too

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 29 by Tomohito Oda

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Palate cleanser was needed so I went for a volume of Komi Can’t Communicate (v.29). In yet another improbable (and stupid if you think about it too hard) situation, Komi and pals’ school is in danger of being shut down because the 20-something nepo-baby in charge got drunk and made a wager. Now, Komi, Tadano, et al. have to compete in a trivia game, and go to camp to do it. That’s plot thread 1. Plot thread  is that it turns out that the star […]

Remember and Be Nice

Remember by Dac Trung Tran

Troll by Frances Stickley

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Remember by Dac Trung Tran is due February  2025. I was able to locate an online reader copy. Now, I am not completely sure if I will find a finished copy early next year, but I do know I will be recommending it.  And that is despite, or because of, I am not completely sure what was read! I could tell you that it is about a book who wakes up to find his mother has left for work, and she has left him a […]

Pet a pooch, get a lick, smell a dog

The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg

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Who likes the smell of wet dogs? Well, probably there are a few diehard canine lovers, but most of us? Nope. And that includes the narrator in the poem of the same named poem as the title of this collection, The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg. But that does not mean there are not things they do love. And we see the things that are good (and other bad things) in the poems included in this due […]



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