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07
Nov

A. Maze Me

A.Maze Me by Naomi Shihab Nye

This book of poetry, geared toward girls in upper elementary (but also good for boys!), is chocked full of wisdom and insight and gorgeous words. Here is a snippet of the magic:

Life is a tangle of
Twisting paths.
Some short.
Some long.
There are dead ends.
And there are choices.
And wrong turns,
And detours,
And yield signs,
And instruction booklets,
And star maps,
And happiness,
And loneliness.
And friends.
And sisters.
And love.
And poetry.

Life is a maze.
You are a maze.
Amazed.
And amazing.




100 Book Challenge of 2011

KL--kid lit, AD--adult, YA--young adult

1. 100 Thing Challenge--AD
2. Clover Twig & The Magical Cottage--KL
3. People of Sparks--KL
4. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life--AD
5. Shanghai Messenger--KL
6. The Chalk Box Kid--KL
7. Speak--YA
8. Faceless Killers--AD
9. The Year the Swallows Came Early--KL
10. Touching Spirit Bear--KL
11. Homeless Bird--KL
12. Born Under a Million Shadows--AD
13. Elevator Family--KL
14. Medusa Jones--KL
15. Dear Whiskers--KL
16. Miss Bangkok--AD
17. Meow Means Mischief--KL
18. Sahara Special--KL
19. The Reluctant Fundamentalist--AD
20. Still Alice--AD
21. The End of the Beginning--KL
22. The Lemonade War--KL
23. Junonia--KL
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74. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
75. 11 Birthdays by Kathryn Moss
76. Starting School with an Enemy by Elisa Cabone