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Refugee by Alan Gratz

March 12, 2018 michelle @ books my kids read

There are times when books and history or social studies lessons go hand in hand. Refugee is one such book. This should be on required

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My Brigadista Year

November 7, 2017 michelle @ books my kids read

Thanks to the @kidlitexchange network for the free review copy of his book – all opinions are my own. I have found that I really

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Thank you to the @kidlitexchange @scholasticinc and #pammunozryan for the chance to read this great book which will be available 3/30/20 . Pam Munoz Ryan is one of my favorite authors. She has a way of allowing the reader to feel a part of the book. I wasn’t sure how I felt about Max at the beginning of the book, but as I came to know him better, I also began to like him more. . Max lives with his father and abuelo in some small town. His father is incredibly overprotective, for reasons that Max can’t understand as his father is also secretive about the past. Max loves soccer and dreams of being on the village team, but problems arise when he needs to produce a birth certificate in order to try out. . Max’s mother disappeared when he was young. It has left a whole in his heart and he feels a need to understand her. With little details his family finally tells him, Max winds up on a path his mother had once taken. He learns who he is and he manages to feel closer to her. Max struggles with being left out of some big secret, or actually, a bunch of secrets. He realizes that he has been left out, something many of us feel from time to time. I admire his courage and determination to learn about his family’s past, even if his journey wasn’t exactly a wise one to take. . Ryan does a great job allowing the reader to see Max’s need to know about his mother and to understand his own place. The other amazing part of the story has to do with the hidden ones and the guardians that bring them to safety. I don’t want to say to much about them, but the statement Ryan makes about women who are mistreated and unsafe is a very powerful one. These hidden ones are on their own journeys to find happiness and safety. Everyone is chasing their “one day” and it makes you appreciate the comfortable lives that many of us live. Mananaland is a book about #courage, #kindness, and living the best life you can. . #kidlitexchange #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradefiction #middlegradebooks #determination #comingofage #findingyourpath

Should be an interesting evening. Schools closed at 1:30. #tornadowarning #rainingcatsanddogs

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