Author: Holly Papa

So, as many of you know, my family has been in transition. You would think a month out from moving day I would be settled, organized and back to normal. Um, well, not exactly. Our move is of the temporary sort, which according...

A Book Scoops book review of New York BGregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. A modern-day Alice in Wonderland, Gregor arrives in the Underland on the cusp of a war. Gregor and Boots, his little sister, are asked to fulfill their roles foretold by ancient prophecy.

Specials by Scott Westerfeld- Tally Youngblood has been turned into a Cutter by her best friend Shay. Tally and the Cutter’s use their weapon-grade bodies to tame and shape the world around them. Special Circumstances is unaware that Tally is once again rewiring her brain to think outside the brain lesions, which leads her to a dilemma: does Tally Youngblood love David or Zane?

Double Scoop – Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. We picked this one in honor of Black History Month and we really liked the book, but it is not an easy read as it shows the brutal nature of slavery. We also had a good discussion...

I love ‘I can Read’ books. They are just the right level to really share a reading experience with beginning readers. There are plenty of beginning words like the, this that, him, I, go, they, etc. that boost new...