I loved everything about Moonlit. Debut author Jadie Jones does an excellent job building a loveable and flawed heroine, Tanzy Hightower, while also creating a suspenseful plot, love-to-hate bad guys, and a jaw-dropping ending (as in–I e-mailed her to say: WHEN IS BOOK TWO COMING OUT??). I stayed up late into the night to finish [...]
May 9, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, High School Teachers, Jones Jadie, Journal Writing, Six plus one traits of writing, Young Adult Novels
Tags: debut author, horses, past lives, WOW! blog tour, WOW! book giveaway contest, young adult contemporary fantasy novels, young adult fantasy novels | 13 Comments »
The Divorce Girl: A Novel of Art and Soul by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Publisher: Ice Cube Press I’m excited to introduce to you–The Divorce Girl as part of the WOW! Women On Writing blog tour. What a great, great book. I was captivated on page one and couldn’t wait to get to the end of the [...]
July 30, 2012 in Book Club Possibility, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Journal Writing, Mirriam-Goldberg Caryn, Six plus one traits of writing, Young Adult Novels
Tags: Book Giveaway Contest, books about divorce, WOW! blog tour, ya novel | 11 Comments »
*Young adult, historical fiction novel *Teenage, African-American cowboy as main character *Rating: I’m so glad I found Deadwood Jones at my local library! It’s a great book about a very interesting topic and will really appeal to boys. Short, short summary: (FROM BOOK JACKET–sorry, busy weekend!): When Prometheus Jones wins a horse with a raffle [...]
November 28, 2011 in Book Club Possibility, High School Teachers, Journal Writing, Journal Writing, Middle School Teachers, Six plus one traits of writing, Writing Skills, Young Adult Novels
Tags: 6 +1 traits of writing, six plus one traits of writing, young adult novel for boys, young adult novels | No Comments »
I am happy to host author Nava Atlas today and her book: The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life. She has written a wonderful post on how juggling motherhood and a career has been a struggle for centuries! Her book is amazing because she poured through letters, journals, essays, memoirs, and more to find [...]
April 14, 2011 in Book Club Possibility, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Journal Writing, Middle School Teachers, short story writing, Six plus one traits of writing, Writing Skills, Young Adult Novels
Tags: Book Club Possibility, high school writing, WOW! blog tour | 8 Comments »
If you are a classroom teacher or are homeschooling your kids, you may be up to your ears in 6 + 1 traits of writing lessons and activities. I personally think it is one of the best ways to teach writing, and it really gets kids using language that writers use to talk about writing, [...]
April 11, 2011 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Six plus one traits of writing, six traits of writing, Writing Skills
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