http://www.tweenlit.com Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:18:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Elise Broach I wish this book existed when I was in fifth grade.  I know what it's like to be Hero Netherfield, the weird new kid who is so easy to tease.  This move will be different for Hero, though.  She befriends the woman who lives next door and finds ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/mystery/review-shakespeares-secret/ by Linda Sue Park Julia and Patrick have to do some kind of project for their agricultural club, but they don't have enough space to do a typical farm project.   Patrick comes up with the idea of raising silkworms, but Julia really doesn't want to do.  The project reminds her of ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/realistic/review-project-mulberry/ Tonight, we watched the new Fox game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" My fifth-grade literary adviser believes the show will be canceled soon, and I agree. The pacing is terrible. The idea of the show is really fun, and we were looking forward to ... http://www.tweenlit.com/television/are-you-smarter-than-a-fifth-grader/ Here is some information about this year's Newbery Award and Honor books. The American Library Association's Association for Library Service to Children gives out these awards every year. I was in Seattle for the conference until this weekend, but I didn't get to see them announce the winners. ... http://www.tweenlit.com/awards/newbery-awards/ My Cub Scout den is finishing up the last few requirements before they cross over into Boy Scouts. They're finishing up their Showman badge this week. Here is an interesting site from the Folger Shakespeare library. This will help them for at least a few parts of ... http://www.tweenlit.com/authors/shakespeare-for-kids/ By Scott Westerfield Tally wants nothing more in life than to turn 16 and have the operation that will turn her from an Ugly to a Pretty.  Then she can move to New Pretty Town and have the time of her life.  Then she meets Shay, who doesn’t want to have ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/uglies-pretties-and-specials/ by Frank Cottrell Boyce Nothing happens in the town of Manod.  In fact, it’s so boring, the town newspaper only comes out once a month.  Dylan Hughes keeps the log book for his family’s petrol (gas) business, the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel, but things are about to change for him and ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/framed/ This was to be my next book for review here, but my 10-year-old literary advisor has taken off with it, so I won't get it back for a couple of days. From what I was able to get from the cover, it's about a boy growing up in ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/the-extraordinary-adventures-of-ordinary-boy/ by Gennifer Choldenko Moose Flanagan's life is uprooted when his electrician father takes a job as a prison guard on Alcatraz. His parents are trying to find a place that can help Moose's older sister, Natalie, who has what we would know as autism today. Although his parents are ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/al-capone-does-my-shirts/ by Betty Ren Wright Everything is changing for Charli this summer. First, her mom just married her gym teacher, and that’s not turning out as well as Charli had thought it would. Then, her aunt and uncle take in Sophia, a snooty orphan who can tell when something bad ... http://www.tweenlit.com/fiction/crandalls-castle/