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Jungle Adventure

August 9, 2019

Dora the Explorer isn’t just a cartoon anymore. It’s now a live-action adventure movie. In Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Dora lives in the jungle with her mom and dad. When her parents go searching for a lost…

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TFK Reads: Dragon Pearl

August 6, 2019

Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, is a science-fiction adventure inspired by Korean folklore. The story is filled with shape-shifting spirits, goblins, and mystical objects. Dragon Pearl is one of TFK’s 10 recommended reads this summer. After we made our…

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Finding Your Way

August 2, 2019

How do you choose your friends? What do your friends say about who you are? These are some of the questions posed in The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School, by KRISTIN MAHONEY. In the novel, Gus enters middle…

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TFK Reads: My Corner of the Ring

July 30, 2019

My Corner of the Ring is a memoir written by 12-year-old boxer Jesselyn Silva. Jesselyn started boxing at age 7. She’s one of only a few girls who box competitively in the United States. My Corner of the Ring is…

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Feeling Invisible

July 26, 2019

Willa Grover likes to read, likes routines, loves dogs, hates slimy food. She has a wonderful best friend, Ruby, who’s in her class at school. But in Not If I Can Help It, Willa’s life is turned upside down when…

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TFK Reads: Greystone Secrets: The Strangers

July 23, 2019

Greystone Secrets: The Strangers is the first book in a new series from author Margaret Peterson Haddix. The story opens with a mystery, and takes many twists and turns as it races toward a conclusion. The Strangers is one of…

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Family Pride

July 19, 2019

The Lion King is about Simba, a young lion prince. Simba must overcome tragedy and take his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Along the way, he escapes ferocious hyenas, makes new friends, and faces his uncle in…

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TFK Reads: Rocket to the Moon!

July 16, 2019

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. That’s the NASA mission that first landed people on the moon. In the graphic novel Rocket to the Moon! , Don Brown tells the story of the mission…

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Out of this World

July 12, 2019

On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral), in Florida. Four days later, Apollo’s lunar module landed at its destination. When Neil Armstrong emerged, he made history as the first person to…

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TFK Reads: Other Words for Home

July 9, 2019

Other Words for Home is a novel in verse, or a book-length poem that tells a story. It’s about a Syrian refugee who’s trying to build a new life in a place where most people don’t look like her. Other…