by Victoria Jamieson
Hennepin County Library paperback 240 pages
genre: YA graphic novel, realistic
I loved this! What an amazing book with excellent middle school characters, storyline, art, etc. This is a must-buy for my collection. Twelve-year-olds Astrid and Nicole have been BFFs throughout elementary school. But the summer before junior high brings some challenges and changes to their friendship. Astrid gets excited to go to roller derby camp, but Nicole chooses dance camp instead. Astrid gets to know herself better as she explores her interests, new friendships (especially with Zoe), and her feelings. I love Rainbow Bite as a role model for Astrid and their exchanges of locker letters. Fantastic book!
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
My summaries and reactions are not carefully thought out, but rather spontaneous responses to what I read. Begun in December 2007, it is not as thorough as I wish it were!
Spirit of Life Women's Book Club Titles
- 2024 04 April - The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay
- 2024 03 March - The Last Exchange by Charles Martin
- 2024 02 February - The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold
- 2024 01 January - Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke
- 2023 11 November - The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson
- 2023 10 October - Letters from My Sister by Valerie Fraser Luesse
- 2023 09 September - The All American by Susie Finkbeiner
- 2023 08 August - A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay
- 2023 07 July - Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem
- 2023 06 June - The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold
- 2023 05 May - The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox
- 2023 04 April - Count the Nights by Stars by Michelle Shocklee
- 2023 03 March - The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
- 2023 02 February - Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd
- 2023 01 January - Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
- 2022 11 November - The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer
- 2022 10 October - Long Way Home by Lynn Austin
- 2022 09 September - By Way of the Moonlight by Elizabeth Musser
- 2022 08 August - The Record Keeper by Charles Martin
- 2022 07 July - The Ice Swan by J'Nell Ciesielski
- 2022 06 June - The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2022 05 May - A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Goelke
- 2022 04 April - The Winter Rose by Melanie Dobson
- 2022 03 March - Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse
- 2022 02 February - The London House by Katherine Reay
- 2022 01 January - The Nature of Small Birds by Susie Finkbeiner
- 2021 11 November - The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
- 2021 10 October - The Curator's Daughter by Melanie Dobson
- 2021 09 September - The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
- 2021 08 August - Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan
- 2021 07 July - A Piece of the Moon by Chris Fabry
- 2021 06 June - The Promised Land by Elizabeth Musser
- 2021 05 May - The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse
- 2021 04 April - Night Bird Calling by Cathy Gohlke
- 2021 03 March - The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
- 2021 02 February - Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2021 01 January - The Tea Chest by Heidi Chiavaroli
- 2020 11 November - Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner
- 2020 10 October - The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
- 2020 09 September - If I Were You by Lynn Austin
- 2020 08 August - The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
- 2020 07 July - Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay
- 2020 06 June - A Fragile Hope by Cynthia Ruchti
- 2020 05 May - Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock
- 2020 04 April - One More River to Cross by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2020 03 March - Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Leusse
- 2020 02 February - The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts
- 2020 01 January - When I Close My Eyes by Elizabeth Musser
- 2019 11 November - The Words Between Us by Erin Bartels
- 2019 10 October - Memories of Glass by Melanie Dobson
- 2019 09 September - All Manner of Things by Susie Finkbeiner
- 2019 08 August - The Medallion by Cathy Gohlke
- 2019 07 July - The Printed Letter Bookship by Katherine Reay
- 2019 06 June - The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
- 2019 05 May - The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano
- 2019 04 April - How the Light Gets In by Jolina Petersheim
- 2019 03 March - Everything She Didn't Say by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2019 02 February - We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels
- 2019 01 January - The Man He Never Was by James Rubart
- 2018 11 November - Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
- 2018 10 October - Hidden Among the Stars by Melanie Dobson
- 2018 09 September - River to Redemption by Ann Gabhart
- 2018 08 August - Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin
- 2018 07 July - Then Sings My Soul by Amy Sorrells
- 2018 06 June - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner
- 2018 05 May - Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano
- 2018 04 April - Until We Find Home by Cathy Goelke
- 2018 03 March - The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers
- 2018 02 February - The Sound of Rain by Sarah Loudin Thomas
- 2018 01 January - Perennials by Julie Cantrell
- 2017 11 November - All She Left Behind by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2017 10 October - Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
- 2017 09 September - The Memory of You by Catherine West
- 2017 08 August - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- 2017 07 July - Catching the Wind by Melanie Dobson
- 2017 06 June - The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron
- 2017 05 May - A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
- 2017 04 April - Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke
- 2017 03 March - Child of the River by Irma Joubert
- 2017 02 February - A Portrait of Emily Price
- 2017 01 January - Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund
- 2016 11 November - This Road We Traveled by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2016 10 October - Desert Gift by Sally John
- 2016 09 September - Saffire by Sigmund Brouwer
- 2016 08 August - The Prodigal by Brennan Manning and Greg Garrett
- 2016 07 July - Forever Friday by Timothy Lewis
- 2016 06 June - Secrets She Kept by Cathy Gohlke
- 2016 05 May - The One Good Thing by Kevin Alan Milne
- 2016 04 April - Stars Over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner
- 2016 03 March - The Feathered Bone by Julie Cantrill
- 2016 02 February - The Newsmakers by Lis Wiehl -
- 2016 01 January - The Bronte Plot by Katherine Reay
- 2015 11 November - Memory Weaver by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2015 10 October - Not By Sight by Kate Breslin
- 2015 09 September - All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant
- 2015 08 August - A Perfect Ambition by Dr. Kevin Leman and Jeff Nesbit
- 2015 07 July - Water from My Heart by Charles Martin
- 2015 06 June - Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
- 2015 05 May - Truth-Stained Lies by Terri Blackstock
- 2015 04 April - Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
- 2015 03 March - An Unseemly Wife by E.B. Moore
- 2015 02 February - The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate
- 2015 01 January - Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert
- 2014 11 November - See You on the Flip Side by Rene Gutteridge and Cheryl McKay
- 2014 10 October - Thief of Glory by Sigmund Brouwer
- 2014 09 September - Secrets Over Sweet Tea by Denise Hildreth Jones
- 2014 08 August - Every Good and Perfect Gift by Sharon Souza
- 2014 07 July - Passing Strangers by Angela Hunt
- 2014 06 June - One Perfect Spring by Irene Hannon
- 2014 05 May - Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers
- 2014 04 April - Snapshot by Lis Wiehl
- 2014 03 March - The Discovery by Dan Walsh
- 2014 02 February - Outcast by Jolina Petersheim
- 2014 01 January - Fatherless by James Dobson
- 2013 11 November - Snow Day by Bill Coffey
- 2013 10 October - The Rules of Murder by Julianna Deering
- 2013 09 September - Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock
- 2013 08 August - Blue Moon Bay by Lisa Wingate
- 2013 07 July - That Certain Summer by Irene Hannon
- 2013 06 June - The Offering by Angela Hunt
- 2013 05 May - The First Gardener by Denise Hildreth Jones
- 2013 04 April - The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner
- 2013 03 March - The Veritas Conflict by Shauntee Feldman
- 2013 02 February - All Things New by Lynn Austin
- 2013 01 January - Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin
- 2012 11 November - Two Testaments and Two Destinies by Elizabeth Musser
- 2012 10 October - Two Crosses by Elizabeth Musser
- 2012 09 September - The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck
- 2012 07 July - Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow
- 2012 06 June - Traveler's Rest by Ann Tatlock
- 2012 05 May - The Search Committee by Tim Owens
- 2012 04 April - Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
- 2012 03 March - A Sound Among the Trees by Susan Meissner
- 2012 02 February - Dry as Rain by Gina Holmes
- 2012 01 January - Clearwater Creek by Lynn Austin
- 2011 November - The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh
- 2011 10 October - Angel Harp by Michael Phillips
- 2011 09 September - Sweet Sanctuary by Sheila Walsh & Cindy Marinusen-Coloma
- 2011 08 August - Hurricanes in Paradise by Denise Hildreth
- 2011 07 July - The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser
- 2011 05 06 May June - June Bug by Chris Fabry
- 2011 04 April - Mine is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs
- 2011 03 March - Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock
- 2011 02 February - Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner
- 2011 01 January - Amy Inspired by Bethany Pierce
- 2010 November - While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin
- 2010 10 October - Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers
- 2010 09 September - Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes
- 2010 08 August - Dear Enemy by Jack Cavanaugh
- 2010 07 July - The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
- 2010 06 June - Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers
- 2010 04 April - Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs
- 2010 03 March - Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin
- 2010 02 February - Deceived by James Scott Bell
- 2010 01 January - The Silent Gift by Michael Landon Jr.
- 2009 10 October - Miracles by Terri Blackstock
- 2009 09 September - Rain Song by Alice J. Wisler
- 2009 08 August - Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove
- 2009 06 07 June July - Words Not Spoken by Elizabeth Musser
- 2009 05 May - Fated Genes by Henry Lee Kraus
- 2009 04 April - Forsaken by James David Jordan
- 2009 03 March - Waiting for Daybreak by Kathryn Cushman
- 2009 02 February - Double Minds by Terri Blackstock
- 2009 01 January - John 3:16 by Nancy Moser
- 2009 11 November -
- 2008 11 November - A Clearing in the Wild by Jane Kirkpatrick
- 2008 10 October - Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock
- 2008 09 September - The Will of Wisteria by Denise Hildreth
- 2008 08 August - From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
- 2008 07 July - The Shack by William P. Young
- 2008 06 June - She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt
- 2008 05 May - America the Beautiful by Laura Hayden
- 2008 04 April - When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
- 2008 03 March - All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock
- 2008 02 February - Where My Heart Belongs by Tracie Peterson
- 2008 01 January - Israel, My Beloved by Kay Arthur
- 2007 11 November - A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin
- 2007 10 October - Divine by Karen Kingsbury
- 2007 09 September - Dark Water by Linda Hall
- 2007 08 August - The Salt Garden by Cindy Marinusen
- 2007 07 July - The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
- 2007 06 June - In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols
- 2007 05 May - Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer
- 2007 04 April - Thorn in my Heart by Liz Curtis Higgs
- 2007 03 March - Why the Sky Is Blue by Susan Meissner
- 2007 02 February - Rescued by John Bevere & Mark Andrew Olsen
- 2007 01 January - Beyond the Blue by Leslie Gould
- 2006 11 November - Something that Lasts by James David Jordan
- 2006 10 October - This Heavy Silence by Nicole Mazzarella
- 2006 09 September - Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury
- 2006 08 August - A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory
- 2006 07 July - Unspoken by Angela Hunt
My Other Blogs
Blog Archive
-
▼
2016
(145)
-
▼
July
(15)
- Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
- All American Boys
- Deadline
- Trashed: An Ode to the Crap Job of All Crap Jobs
- The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
- Forever Friday
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take...
- The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Ca...
- One Day, the End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-than-...
- Roller Girl
- What Jamie Saw
- Salt to the Sea
- Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Wi...
- The Monuments Men
- Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
-
▼
July
(15)
Links
About Me
- Jeanne LaMoore
- I'm in my 50s, happily married, and appreciate my three wonderful sons and their wives. I have a huge soft spot for my "grands" and love to spend time with them. I love Jesus and strive to follow Him faithfully. I no longer teach full time, but I work at different part time jobs and consider myself incredibly blessed.
1 comment:
Great book! Can see it used to start a conversation with students about the end of some friendships can lead to beginnings of new friendships (especially when used with students transitioning to middle school).
Post a Comment