by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Mar 1, 2015 | Book Review
This novel in verse by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Winner Shane W. Evans, is in some ways a Sudanese version of Out of the Dust by Karen Hess. The parallels are numerous: loss so great it’s unbearable, including the loss of a...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jan 7, 2015 | Book Review
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor This is the last book review of my sabbatical semester. This review is actually being written in the morning of January 7, the day I will turn in my sabbatical report because spring semester resumes for faculty tomorrow, January 8....
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jan 7, 2015 | Book Review
” The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” – Steve Biko As is obvious by earlier posts, I hold Steve Biko in hero status as high as almost any other man or woman I’ve studied. I Write What I Like is a...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 30, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
So….I usually read at least two books at once, sometimes more. I listen to one at all times in the car, and read one, two, or more on paper and/or on Kindle on my phone. Late last week, I started three books. Moon Over Manifest (Newbery winner by Clare...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 21, 2014 | Book Review, Writing for YA
I almost forgot to review this book. I read it several months ago. I figured that I should read such a popular YA book and see what all the fuss is about. With all the buzz about the movie version coming out, I read it in the summer. Since it wasn’t on the...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 7, 2014 | Book Review, Writing
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman I read this Newbery winner, too, though it wasn’t on my Sabbatical reading list. My bucket list for life includes reading every Newbery winner since 1922 when the award was founded, so this year has moved me well...
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