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So when I was in the 7th grade, Mrs. Randall (formerly Sr. Mary Randall, an ex-nun) FORCED this pile of garbage upon me and the rest of my unsuspecting classmates. I was an advanced reader and it was a relatively short, easy to swallow book but it took me FOREVER TO READ IT. because it was THAT FUCK Leggi tutto

yes yes yes!! thank you to all the goodreaders who recommended this to me after my love for island of the blue dolphins became known. it turns out i love survival stories!! with teens!! and i wish i could say i never tore my eyes from the page and read this in an hour, but i have been having a distr Leggi tutto

What I learned from Hatchet: 1. If you see a man grimacing in pain, it could be a heart attack. If this man is the pilot of a charter prop plane that you're flying alone in, you could be fucked. 2. If you eat mysterious berries, they just might give you severe diarrhea. And, having just been marooned Leggi tutto

13-year-old Brian, a New York boy, boarded a private plane to the northern Canadian wilderness with a heavy secret. He was going to visit his father, who worked at an oil field. While he was happy to see his father, his secret weighed heavily on his heart. As he pondered his secret, the pilot sudden Leggi tutto

3.5 stars I forgive you for eating the turtle eggs, Brian. Read for our classics readalong series! Discussion next Friday 5/29 on the blog.

Some books imprint themselves on your mind and stay with you. You can remember vividly where you were when you first read them. Hatchet is one of those books for me. I remember being in Mrs. Alison’s sixth grade class, and this book was raging though the male half of my class like a wildfire. Even b Leggi tutto