Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Raise the spirits

Fitz and Cleo Put a Party by Jonathan Stutzman

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I am usually not a huge Fitz and Cleo fan, though I do enjoy them. And even though Cleo can have a lot of “muchness” to her, they are sweet characters that are familiar and cozy. However, even though Cleo is still unapologetically herself (a bit naughty, mischievous, and a smidgen bossy), this book, Fitz and Cleo Put a Party on It was terribly pleasantly sweet and the perfect amount of silly. It is probably my favorite out of the books I have read of this brother and sister […]

Doom Thorax has the Power (of reading)

Doom's Day Camp by Joshua Hauke

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I honestly was surprised at how much I liked the graphic novel, Doom’s Day Camp by Joshua Hauke. At first, I felt it was just going to be “dumb humor” or “not for everyone offbeat and off color humor” but most of it turned out to be pretty classy. (Okay! Okay! There is one earth shattering f**t, but it did save the day! And frankly, f**ts are funny if they happen to someone else.) The ideas, of course, have been done before (a nerd/uncool kid […]

Lazy weekend reads

Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon Volume one) by Jamar Nicholas

Meems & Feefs: Ferrets from Planet Ferretonia! (Volume one) by Liza N. Cooper

The Prisoner of  Shiverstone by Linette Moor

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I was having a lazy weekend. I needed reading material that would be fun for the kid me, and not overly taxing for the adult me.  And I found two and a half books that fit the bill. I say two and a half because the third one had a bit more meat on the overall story than the others, so there was a bit more thinking required on my part. However, kids will eat all of them up as they are good stories. The […]

A little family road trip from and to Hell

Odessa by Jonathan Hill

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I stole this part of the review from Goodreads/François Vigneault: “Odessa is the first long chapter in a sumptuously-drawn post-apocalyptic tale following the journey of teenager Virginia Crane.” That does not seem “steal worthy” but it starts my feelings of this book. It is a long “chapter to the story of the Crane family. I am not sure I would say “sumptuously-drawn,” but it does have its own unique style.    This is the surface story: three children (ages around 9 to 17) travel through a post-apocalyptic world […]

Old Hollywood Movie Magic Comes Alive, really!

Just Beyond: Monstrosity  by R. L. Stine

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Goosebumps meets Alfred Hitchcock meets the Scooby Gang meets family drama in Just Beyond: Monstrosity by R. L. Stine, Irene Flores and Joana Lafuente. This is a fun story of a brother and sister (Ruthie and Ezra Dillon) whose father and uncle have purchased an old horror movie studio. But strange occurrences are happening and the hauntings might be more than just movie magic. Split between the point of view of Now and the original 1950s studio (but mostly now) this is a cute, little spooky, graphic novel for […]

The journey of Grayson

Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Trangender by Grayson Lee White

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Grayson Lee White is a young teen by the end of his memoir, Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Transgender.  They started their story at the end (around age 12) but flashback to show us the journey they took.  This is an interesting memoir of Grayson’s transition that is told in their own voice. His journey is relatable and understandable, because what he was going through is something we all can feel: such as he felt he didn’t fit in, things were wrong with his body, and most […]



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