Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Since I couldn’t pick just one, this is a long review with no pillows included for a break nap

beast feast by Douglas Florian

Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

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cbr12bingo Gateway As a former-full-time bookseller and now part-time bookseller, I do not have that one book, author or genre to get a person reading. I have a book/author/genre to fit the person I am speaking with. However, within some genres I do have a go-to author or in one case, publisher. Two areas that many are not familiar with are poetry and graphic novels. Or more accurately in the case of school-aged students they do not want to be familiar with poetry and adults […]

Bullies, Lies and The Answer

Farah Rocks Fifth Grade t by Susan Muaddi Darraj

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The first point I need to make is that there were a few “technical” difficulties with the story for me. It reads as if it was book two/three in a series. While researching to see if it was a series, I noticed that it looks like just Farah Rocks will not be out until at least August 2020. However, there is enough information in Farah Rocks Fifth Grade to be a stand-alone title and a “prequel” is not needed. Susan Muaddi Darraj created a book […]

“When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.”

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

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3.5 stars Official book description: August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the […]

“You can have anything once you admit you deserve it”

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

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#CBR11 Bingo: Own Voices (the book is about a trans girl, written by a trans woman) (Can also easily fit into the categories of Youths!, Award Winner and/or Rainbow Flag) Official book description: Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him into […]

“A refrigerator is not a moose”

The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter

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When you read a book like this, you have to ask yourself, “How am I currently feeling?” Granted that is for all things read as your mood can affect the way to think and feel about a book/article/etc. But if you are in a good mood The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter most likely was a fantastic book about how facts are buried when they do not suit the person/people who are burying them. If you are in a less than good mood mostly […]

1972; 1979 and now 2018

Felix’s New Skirt by Kerstin Brichzin

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There is another book you can check out if you are looking for a non-gender conforming book, Felix’s New Skirt. Felix is a boy. He likes skirts. He likes how it feels and how easy it is to move in them. He even borrows his sisters. But, of course, people in the neighborhood and his classmates do not accept it. It is not until Felix’s dad finds a solution that things start to work out for everyone. This for the reader who likes books about […]



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