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I've heard that every girl in her twenties "needs to read this," but I honestly didn't find it very transformative, which was a bit of a bummer. It had some great moments and good quotes, but overall just felt like Dolly's memoir rather than a must-read. 5/10. -- Ms. J

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Absolutely amazing book -- not just a gripping plot line, but a sneaky engaging history lesson about the culture and history of deaf society. 10/10 - Ms. J

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Nusa Lembongan, Jungutbatu, Klungkung Regency, Bali, Indonesia

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Nusa Lembongan, Jungutbatu, Klungkung Regency, Bali, Indonesia

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I was reading The Privileged Poor by Anthony Abraham Jack.

One of the most notable quotes I read was, "This voice gives voice to those students who have not yet told their stories, or even worse, who have had inaccurate stories told about them."

I have tried to live my personal and professional life by the mantra that 'we never know the full story' to encourage me to get to know my students, colleagues, friends, and loved ones on a deeper level -- we can always learn more about a person if we just put in the time and effort.

Mr. Filipe

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On WBUR's Radio Boston, listen to Tony Jack describe the struggles of poor students at colleges and universities whose administrations and faculties make mistaken assumptions about their access to financial and other resources:
Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how-and why-disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these students are to thrive.
The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors-and their coffers-to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In The Privileged Poor, Anthony Jack reveals that the struggles of less privileged students continue long after they've arrived on campus. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This bracing and necessary book documents how university policies and cultures can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why these policies hit some students harder than others.

Despite their lofty aspirations, top colleges hedge their bets by recruiting their new diversity largely from the same old sources, admitting scores of lower-income black, Latino, and white undergraduates from elite private high schools like Exeter and Andover. These students approach campus life very differently from students who attended local, and typically troubled, public high schools and are often left to flounder on their own. Drawing on interviews with dozens of undergraduates at one of America's most famous colleges and on his own experiences as one of the privileged poor, Jack describes the lives poor students bring with them and shows how powerfully background affects their chances of success.

If we truly want our top colleges to be engines of opportunity, university policies and campus cultures will have to change. Jack provides concrete advice to help schools reduce these hidden disadvantages-advice we cannot afford to ignore.

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the privileged poor: how elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students

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social science: social classes & economic disparity

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The Privileged Poor - Anthony Abraham Jack

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Getting in is only half the battle. The struggles of less privileged students continue long after they've arrived on campus. Anthony Jack reveals how -- and why -- admission to elite schools does not mean acceptance for disadvantaged students, and he explains what schools can do differently to help the privileged poor thrive.

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Ms. Nixon was reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.”

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"Never hurry and never worry!" Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

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I read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

My favorite quote said “The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.”

-Ms. Krista

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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese: 'When Malayalis say "land" they include water, because it makes no more sense to separate the two than it does to detach the nose from the mouth.'

Thanks for lending the book to me, Rachel!

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I read Atomic Habits by James Clear.

My favorite quote said "If you can get 1% better each day for one year, you'll end up 37 times better by the time you're done."

- Ms. Krista

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Title: Los secretos que jamás te contaron
Author: Albert Espinosa
Quote: Baila ( bailando se solucionan los problemas y pensando se crean)

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So fascinating! What a time to be alive.

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“The Bitcoin Standard”
-Coach Rob

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A History Of Burning

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence, Bahamas

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"There are no wrong roads to anywhere. Whether or not you find your way, you're bound to find some way."

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"Life starts at the edge of comfort" - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Varghese Alexander

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence

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"What's Gum Baby doing here? What's Gum Baby doing here? Being insulted.

How dare you leave on a mission without

Gum Baby! That's like leaving sand out of a sandwich. Or toes out of tomatoes. Or…”

Chapter 22 “LEGEND OF THE BOTTLE ROCKET”. And so far i am really enjoying the book. :)

This is Chase by the way.

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I’m D’Zarah Delancy grade 7. From the desk of Zoe Washington is about a girl named Zoe who lives in Boston who finds letters from her dad who she never met and is in jail. He says that he is innocent and zoey tries to find out the truth. My favorite part was when she made up with her friend who she got in a really big fight with. I just thought it was sweet.

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

"The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude."

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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

“I am an organism like any other, we people and pigeons and bacteria experiencing homeostasis on the sidewalk.”

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Three by Valérie Perrin

A slow, multilayered and compelling portrait of friendship over the course of three lives.

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.”

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The Flood: Writing about rising seas from the London Review of Book

"The world has always been ending. From The Epic of Gilgamesh to the dire warnings of the latest IPCC report, the prospect of our annihilation has always been with us, and the warning signs are often written in water. ... Myth has collided with science and left us reeling. In the forty years since the LRB was founded, we have lost half of the ocean’s vertebrates. Fisheries will fail. Coral reefs will disappear. Huge swaths of ocean will become ‘dead zones’. This is not doomsday ranting; this future has arrived. How are we to think about all this? What are we to do? The pieces collected in The Flood sketch a chronology of our dawning awareness of the ongoing catastrophe."

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

“Perhaps in the world's destruction it would be possible at last to see how it was made. Oceans, mountains. The ponderous counterspectacle of things ceasing to be. The sweeping waste, hydroptic and coldly secular. The silence.”

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The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

"The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary.”

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A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

"For isn't it odd that the only language I have in which to speak of this crime is the language of the criminal who committed the crime?”

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Danitsa Petrovska, French teacher

"Dream Story" bt Arthur Schnitzler

Quote: “Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth.”

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My name is Ms. Kimberly Shamey, and this summer I read this wonderful memoir by the daughter of the famous intellectual and outspoken Palestinian advocate, Edward Said. Najla Said grew up in New York City, confused and conflicted about her cultural background and identity. Said knew that her parents identified deeply with their homelands, but growing up in a Manhattan world that was defined largely by class and conformity, she felt unsure about who she was supposed to be, and was often in denial of the differences she sensed between her family and those around her. She may have been born a Palestinian Lebanese American, but Said denied her true roots, even to herself—until, ultimately, the psychological toll of her self-hatred began to threaten her health.

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Hello, my name is Ms. Kimberly Shamey, and this summer I read the third installment of the "Pillars of the Earth" trilogy entitled "A Column of Fire." I recommend this book for anyone who loves historical fiction as I do. Although it is not quite as captivating as the first two books in the series, I did learn a lot about the struggle between Catholics and Protestants during Queen Elizabeth's reign, and I found the characters to be interesting.

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Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

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How to hide an empire: a history of the greater United States
Ms. Kali Brown
“English has spread like an invasive weed, implanting itself in nearly every habitat. It has created a world full of people ready and able to assist English speakers, wherever they may roam. A world almost designed for the convenience of the United States.”
― Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Too many quotes to choose just one!

"She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged. She sliced like a knife through everything; at the same time was outside, looking on. . . .far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day."

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The Situation and the Story by Vivian Gornick

"Every work of literature has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the story is the emotional experience that preoccupies the writer: the insight, the wisdom, the thing one has come to say."

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Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benin: ‘And while people would pardon convicts, drunks, and men who **** goats, cows, dogs, and children, they are suspicious, almost terrified, of a woman without a family and no religion.’

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Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes: ‘When women take up space, there is less available for men. But it means we get a whole story instead of half of one.’

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Bagni di Lucca, Province of Lucca, Italy

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Bagni di Lucca, Province of Lucca, Italy

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Bagni di Lucca, Province of Lucca, Italy

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The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian: ‘You want to know the definition of a consultant? A guy who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is.’

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Young Heroes of the Soviet Union by Alex Halberstadt: ‘Semyon was a natural scientist; he liked to say he trafficked in facts, not niceties. Manners were for intellectual weaklings in the humanities.’

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: ‘It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone else.'

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My name is Mckayla-Grace Wood im in grade 6, I liked reading Are You There God Its Me Margaret by Judy Bloom. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Grandma smelled delicious. She was wearing a green suit and had on lots of green eyeshadow to match. Her hair was silver blonde. Grandma's hair color changes about once a month." It's a great quote because I think it would be funny to have a crazy grandma that changes her hair color once a month.

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman

This book totally hooked me! The content is definitely challenging and at times, difficult to read, but wow does it make you think! While it may not be for everyone, I would absolutely love to discuss this book with anyone else who read it over the summer. I'm also so excited that it is part of a trilogy. I plan on reading all three!

"Nature deemed that to be born was an automatic sentence to death, and then brought about that death with vicious consistency.

We changed that.

We are now a force greater than nature."

-Ms. Emily

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence, Bahamas

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence, Bahamas

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence, Bahamas

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This book is so long (over 700 pp) that I think it justifies multiple posts.

"Secrets that can bind people together or bring them to their knees when revealed."

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“The water she first stepped into minutes ago is long gone and yet it is here, past and present and future inexorably coupled, like time made incarnate. This is the covenant of water: that they’re all linked inescapably by their acts of commission and omission, and no one stands alone.”

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“One time, as a child, in a power failure, his mother found and lit a last candle and there had been a brief hour of rediscovery, of such illumination that space lost its vast dimensions and drew comfortably around them, and they, mother and son, alone, transformed, hoping that the power might not come on again too soon . . .”

- Priya Alexander
Grade 10

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Daniel Bowe
I am almost done reading this book and I like so far, my favorite quote is “Good intentions pay many roads, not all of them lead to hell.”

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I can’t decide how to rate this book. To be clear - I hated it. It’s exceptionally disturbing and at times made me nauseous. The characters are all detestable. However…the author obviously wants the audience to be uncomfortable, so is it that I hate the book or hate the characters/plot of a well-written book? 2/10 - Ms. J

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WOW! This is one of the most unique books I have ever read. Rogers asserts that we each possess a unique 'listener profile' based on our brain's natural response to seven key dimensions of any song (ex. do you like a song for its lyrics, melody, beat?). The best part of the book is that it comes with a Chapter by Chapter playlist that Rogers asks her audience to listen to as she explains her ideas. I absolutely loved it, and I would love to see some Music Academy students get into it as well. 10/10 - Ms. J

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Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

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Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

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Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

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Very interesting read, particularly the ethos of the author. He starts by telling the audience how he found himself in the same psychiatry ward where he had been a resident quite recently due to his addiction to alcohol. This book is dense, though, and I would put it at a college-reading level. 7/10 - Ms. J

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Massa Lubrense, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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Massa Lubrense, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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Massa Lubrense, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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This book is highly controversial -- some people love it, and some people think it's a cultish, poorly written thriller that calls a lot of Christianity's core tenets into question. I tend to fall on the latter side of this...it's not great. I would love to talk with someone who loved it, though! 2/10 -Ms. J

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Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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Oh, this is fantastic -- I read this in one sitting. Anybody who enjoys a good plot-twist mystery needs to read this now. 10/10 - Ms. J

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Really enjoyed this read, especially the first half. I thought it slowed down a bit by the end, and I was much more invested in Covey's life than Byron and Benny's estranged relationship. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend! 9/10 - Ms. J

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Kings Cross Station, Euston Road, London, UK

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Kings Cross Station, Euston Road, London, UK

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Kings Cross Station, Euston Road, London, UK

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Lilyamma Alexander
Rising Grade 8
Hope and Other Punch Lines
"Time is still confusing and slippery." (13)

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Im McKayla-Grace Wood, i am in grade 6, i read The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner. My favorite quote from the book is ″‘Can’t I see them?’ begged Mr. Alden. ‘I won’t tell them who I am.‘” I like it because it's saying he is not who the children think he is.

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"Information Crisis: How a Better Understanding of Science Can Help Us Face the Greatest Problems of Today" (unpublished manuscript)

"Becoming a more astute consumer of scientific information is not a passive process, but an active, ongoing one that requires both knowledge of finding and analyzing credible sources but also learning to identify and separate these three things: how we want or believe the physical world to work; what scientific evidence tells us about the way the physical world works; and our aversion to fixing problems that evidence reveals."

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Balham Train Station - Southern Railway, Balham station, Balham Station Road, London, UK

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Balham Train Station - Southern Railway, Balham station, Balham Station Road, London, UK

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Balham Train Station - Southern Railway, Balham station, Balham Station Road, London, UK

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"We are right to recognize that it's ridiculous that the solution we are sold to the unrelenting demands of being a woman in the twenty-first century is a twenty-dollar bath bomb. Our culture has taken wellness and foisted on the individual -- where it can be bought, measured, and held up as personal success."

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“Do yourself a favor and learn how to grab life by the balls, dear. Don’t be so tied up trying to do the right thing when the smart thing is so painfully clear.”

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“No, that can’t be so.’ ‘Believe me, it is. All kinds of things you told them like sunsets are good and killing small birds is bad.’ ‘Oh please, may I have said something less banal. Please!”

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"You don't play tennis to win every game. Next time, I want you to beat yourself. Every day you must beat the day before."

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“When the critical moment in a close race was upon you, you had to know something he did not - that down in your core you still had something in reserve, something you had not yet shown."

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The number one New York Times best-selling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36 , broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race.

For readers/listeners of Unbroken , out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys' own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man's personal quest.

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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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Amazon.com: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Audible Audio Edition): Daniel James Brown, Edward Herrmann, Penguin Audio: Audible Books & Originals

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I'm not sure whether I liked this book ... but ooh, I how enjoyed reading an atmospheric Scottish mystery in the Scottish Highlands.

“...the ocean, the perpetual shapeshifter: one day a disc of hammered gold, the next wild and rearing, like a thousand white horses. I noticed how the ocean had moods, just like a person.”

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“One of the great things about this time of life is that good things matter to their fullest extent, because you know exactly how rare they are.” - Nuala O'Faolain, Almost There

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With the same emotional spadework as in her bestselling Are You Somebody? (1998), O’Faolain turns over the past half decade to try understanding how and why they happened.

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In British Invasion, my favorite part was when they found out that Mr. E was actually an older woman and how Mr. E sent evil thugs to ben’s house to attack his parents and I’m not going to say if they did or not. The other part I liked a lot was when something, happened that caused Erica to become blind and Ben had to help her escape from the house.

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A thought-provoking collection of autobiographical essays from Phillips Exeter. Written by students and professors, I have been dipping in-and-out of this periodically. My favourite one is Todd Hearon's 2011 essay which mentions "ciúineas gan uaigneas", an Irish phrase that means "solitude without loneliness", an apt description of some of these summer days spent reading by the water.
Ms. Alannah

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Spy School goes south is the sixth book in the spy school series and in this book, Ben and Erica’s nemesis Murray Hill makes a deal with them that he will show them where the leader of SPYDER is but they have to break him out of prison, so then the CIA let’s them use one of their planes to get to Mexico because that’s where Murray Hill claims the leaders of SPYDER are. But the flight attendants are actually rouge spies and then Ben and Erica have to then fight the flight attendants on the plane and the plane crashes into the jungle, and then it turns out that two of their classmates from the spy school snuck on the plane (Zoey and Mike) so now they are all stranded in the jungle and then get out eventually. There is more after that but I won’t spoil the rest of it.

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The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

It’s been a while since I’ve read a mystery, and I think I can say with certainty that I’ve never read one that is set within the classical music world! I’m about halfway through this novel and thoroughly enjoying it. A beautiful insight into the world of classical musicians, a social commentary about who “belongs” in this world, and a great mystery all wrapped into one. Would love to see our juniors and seniors (especially any music academy folks!) as well as the adults in our community dive into this one.

“You just work hard and be your own sweet self, you hear me? You stand up for yourself, but always respectfully. I want you to remember that. You stand up, you respect yourself, and you be respectful. That’s how you win.”

-Ms. Emily

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Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

“People always describe jealousy as this sharp, green, venomous thing. Unfounded, vinegary, mean-spirited. But I’ve found that jealousy, to writers, feels more like fear.”

This book hooked me from page one! A fascinating social commentary on identity, the publishing world, and the complex relationship between the two. And the use of narrative voice! 🤯 You don’t necessarily like the narrator, but you also can’t look away. Highly recommend to our juniors/seniors and adult community!

-Ms. Emily

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Zia Erases the World by Bree Barton

This was such a great read and a really interesting idea. If you could just “erase” objects or concepts from the world, would you? Would it make life better? Easier?

These are a few questions that our main character, Zia, wrestles with as she discovers a magic dictionary that gives her the power to erase specific entries— not just from the book, but from the world.

This book also addresses some important topics around mental health and the importance of talking about our feelings with those we trust. Highly recommend to any middle schooler!

“…by listening to me talk about the pain, she helped heal it.”

-Ms. Emily

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THIS! BOOK! Unbelievably amazing writing, such interesting characters, and a great plot. Daunis Fontaine, an unenrolled biracial tribal member, witnesses a tragedy, leading her to become a confidential informant of the FBI to uncover a drug ring impacting her community. Must read. 10/10 - Ms. J

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This book had wonderful reviews so I expected to love this, but was instead very disappointed by this book. I think it acts like it challenges stereotypes (especially ableism) but actually buys into them without taking any time to dismantle them. It was also predictable. Not a fan 1/10 - Ms. J

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I started off liking the introspections of this book a lot, but towards the end I liked it less and less. I also despised the relationship between Alice and Felix. Normal People is still Sally Rooney's best work, but I still overall enjoyed the read. 6/10 - Ms. J

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 D’Zarah Delancy Grade 7 Nassau, The Bahamas

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I Survived: The Attacks of September 11, 2001
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Quote: “ Or maybe planes flew like this all the time in New York City, and Lucas just hadn’t noticed before? Or no, it had to be a movie. That was it! Some action movie was being filmed over New York City. But where we’re the cameras? How were they filming the plane?

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Remarkably Bright Creatures is a story about relationships: new ones, old ones, lost ones, and even ones between humans and other 'bright creatures.' A lot of the book is set in an aquarium in the fictional town of Sowell Bay, Washington, and it is in part narrated by a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus! I really enjoyed this - 8/10

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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Roissy-en-France, France

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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Roissy-en-France, France

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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Roissy-en-France, France

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Middle schoolers! If you haven't read this already, this should be your next read. Great characters, great plot -- similar in a lot of ways to Percy Jackson. :)

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Easily the best and most difficult book I’ve read in a long time. Zauner illustrates the process of caretaking for and pre-grieving the death of a loved one in a devastatingly raw but beautiful way, especially when this particular relationship hasn’t always been smooth. 10/10

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A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow

This was such an engaging read! Middle schoolers, if you enjoy novels that bridge the gap between reality and fantasy worlds, this one is for you! Loved how action packed this was and all the references to Caribbean folklore, culture, and heritage.

“For centuries I have dealt with humans,” Ophidia said at last. “I have seen selfishness and greed time and again. There was no more for me to know.” She turned to face them again and her snake eyes were bright. “Or so I thought.”

-Ms. Emily

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Orlando International Airport (MCO), Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL

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Orlando International Airport (MCO), Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL

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Orlando International Airport (MCO), Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL

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Killers of the Flower Moon at gate 242!

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Pulpy Artisan Ice cream, West Bay Street, Nassau

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Me having a chillax day by the pool at my house.

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Pulpy Artisan Ice cream, West Bay Street, Nassau

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Pulpy Artisan Ice cream, West Bay Street, Nassau

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The story follows teenager Tristan Strong, who is struggling with guilt after his best friend's death. Tristan accidentally creates a rift that transports him to Alke, a parallel world where myths are real, and must survive the evil forces that threaten Alke's people and discover his own abilities.

That paragraph is some of the writing on the back cover of the book Tristan Strong. I have only read a few chapters but so far the book has been pretty good. I look forward to continue reading this book. 😁 (By the way, this is Chase)

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Just finished Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson and wow! I completely understand why this story took home 2023’s Newbery Award. Filled with action, emotion, and most importantly, hope, this is a book that I will definitely be recommending to Windsor students!

Told from multiple perspectives, I think there is something for everyone to connect to. That said, my favourite quote actually comes from the author’s note at the end, where she states, “This history is a reminder that wherever African enslavement existed in the Americas, a culture (and even communities) of extraordinary resistance was always present.”

-Ms. Emily

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Albany Resort, South Ocean Road, New Providence, Bahamas

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That was me before, with the quote from this book. I just can't edit that other post now 🤪

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“Jiko: "Surfer, wave, same thing."

"That's just stupid, " I said. " A surfer's a person. A wave is a wave. How can they be the same?"

Jiko looked out across the ocean to where the water met the sky. "A wave is born from deep conditions of the ocean. A person is born from deep conditions of the world. A person pokes up from the world and rolls along like a wave, until it is time to sink down again. Up, down. Person, wave.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

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The second book of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” series. It was just okay (I’m probably Team Jeremiah) but I am excited to watch this book represented as a TV show this summer! - Ms. J

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Loved the TV series from last summer, and finally got around to reading the book! It's a nice and easy beach read, but deviates a bit from the show. Reading this now makes me even more excited to watch the new season :)

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Hong Kong International Airport, Sky Plaza Road, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

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Why Fathers Cry at Night by Kwame Alexander

Just finished my first book of the summer! For anyone who loves the work of Kwame Alexander, his new memoir is well worth a read. It is a vulnerable and honest portrait of the well known YA author and poet as he navigates some particularly difficult events in his personal life. As someone who has followed his work, it gave me a much greater appreciation for Kwame as a whole person. Written in a combination of poems, recipes, and short vignettes, it’s a quick read and especially great of you have a long plane ride…!

While there were many nuggets of wisdom and insight shared throughout the book, I especially liked this one:

“See, sometimes, sharing offers focus, and listening is an act of love that can renew your spirit.”

-Ms. Emily