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My Most Recent Reviews:
Kenneth Oppel. This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship
of Victor Frankenstein. (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
The great men, powerful men, even terrible men, they
don't just appear on the pages of history. Even monsters
come from somewhere. Even Frankenstein was a boy
once...
High School Gothic Horror, Classic Retelling
Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Boy + Bot.
(Knopf, 2012)
Read it to a boy, or a robot, you love.
Picture Books
Richard Paul Evans. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25.
(Simon Pulse, 2011)
Of come on! Who wouldn't read a book about kids with
electric superpowers?
High School Science Fiction
Mac Barnett, pictures by Adam Rex. Chloe and the Lion.
(Hyperion, 2012)
Did you ever wonder why publishers often keep authors
and illustrators FAR apart? This is why!
Picture Books
Mike Lupica. Game Changers. (Scholastic, 2012)
Everyone thinks the quarterback has to be a leader on a
football team. But does a leader have to be a
quarterback? And does being a quarterback make you a
leader? Mike Lupica is back with his best book since
Heat, doing what he does best, reminding all of us why we
love the game.
Elementary and Middle School Sports
Craig Thompson. Habibi. (Pantheon, 2011)
Epic. Mystic. Mythic. Powerful visual storytelling with no
holds barred. Dodola and Zam are buffetted and abused.
Cultures, races, even epochs colide and explode the
world around them. In a world where the "other" is so
feared and misunderstood, there is no more human way
to see behind the veil of the Muslim world than to see two
desperate people holding onto all they have left, Habibi,
"my beloved".
High School Visual Literature
V.M. Zito. The Return Man. (Orbit, 2012)
It's Dust and Decay without all those pesky characters
and plots, just nonstop zombie apocalypse action!
High School Gothic
Daniel H. Wilson. Amped. (Doubleday, June 2012)
The problem with becoming more than human is that it
somehow makes everyone else less than human, and
they aren't going to like it. Expect trouble when you get
AMPED.
High School Science Fiction
Carl Hiaasen. Chomp. (Knopf, 2012)
Alligators, pythons, monkeys, iguanas, bats, mosquitoes,
television reality show stars, there is no end of things that
will bite you in the Florida Everglades.
Middle School Adventure and Humor
Tim Green. Pinch Hit. (Harper, 2012)
It's The Prince and the Pauper, with diving stabs of line
drives and towering home runs. And the modern
American royalty, movie stars!
Classic Retellings and Middle School Sports
Doug TenNapel. Bad Island. (Graphix, 2011)
A sci-fi riff on Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island? In
comic book form? By Doug TenNapel? With flying robots?
That's just not fair.
Middle School Graphic Literature and Sci-Fi
Robert Sharenow. The Berlin Boxing Club. (HarperTeen,
2011)
Any real sports fan will tell you, sports are life. So for a
Jewish boy growing up in Nazi Germany, nothing is more
natural than strapping on the gloves and getting into the
ring. Punishing, sure, but in and out of the ring, Karl Stern
is fighting for his life.
High School Sports and Historical Fiction
Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese. Signing Their
Rights Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who
Signed the United States Constitution. (Quirk, 2011)
Who needs (or wants) a textbook? Here in this little book
is the history of not just the Constitution, but slavery, the
Revolutionary War, a Supreme Court justice that was
throne in jail, and the little guy from the little state that
cast the one vote that made America possible.
High School Nonfiction
Gareth Hinds. Beowulf. (Candlewick, 2007)
"Be of good comfort, my lord king. 'Tis better for a man to
avenge his friends than to spend his days lamenting.
Verily for every one of us there is an ordained end; let us
therefore take such occaision as God may give us of
winning renown while life remains to us. Come, then, let
us go and track this foul creature to her lair."
Classic Retelling, High School Graphic Literature
More Books For Boys
Kenneth Oppel. This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship
of Victor Frankenstein. (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
The great men, powerful men, even terrible men, they
don't just appear on the pages of history. Even monsters
come from somewhere. Even Frankenstein was a boy
once...
High School Gothic Horror, Classic Retelling
Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Boy + Bot.
(Knopf, 2012)
Read it to a boy, or a robot, you love.
Picture Books
Richard Paul Evans. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25.
(Simon Pulse, 2011)
Of come on! Who wouldn't read a book about kids with
electric superpowers?
High School Science Fiction
Mac Barnett, pictures by Adam Rex. Chloe and the Lion.
(Hyperion, 2012)
Did you ever wonder why publishers often keep authors
and illustrators FAR apart? This is why!
Picture Books
Mike Lupica. Game Changers. (Scholastic, 2012)
Everyone thinks the quarterback has to be a leader on a
football team. But does a leader have to be a
quarterback? And does being a quarterback make you a
leader? Mike Lupica is back with his best book since
Heat, doing what he does best, reminding all of us why we
love the game.
Elementary and Middle School Sports
Craig Thompson. Habibi. (Pantheon, 2011)
Epic. Mystic. Mythic. Powerful visual storytelling with no
holds barred. Dodola and Zam are buffetted and abused.
Cultures, races, even epochs colide and explode the
world around them. In a world where the "other" is so
feared and misunderstood, there is no more human way
to see behind the veil of the Muslim world than to see two
desperate people holding onto all they have left, Habibi,
"my beloved".
High School Visual Literature
V.M. Zito. The Return Man. (Orbit, 2012)
It's Dust and Decay without all those pesky characters
and plots, just nonstop zombie apocalypse action!
High School Gothic
Daniel H. Wilson. Amped. (Doubleday, June 2012)
The problem with becoming more than human is that it
somehow makes everyone else less than human, and
they aren't going to like it. Expect trouble when you get
AMPED.
High School Science Fiction
Carl Hiaasen. Chomp. (Knopf, 2012)
Alligators, pythons, monkeys, iguanas, bats, mosquitoes,
television reality show stars, there is no end of things that
will bite you in the Florida Everglades.
Middle School Adventure and Humor
Tim Green. Pinch Hit. (Harper, 2012)
It's The Prince and the Pauper, with diving stabs of line
drives and towering home runs. And the modern
American royalty, movie stars!
Classic Retellings and Middle School Sports
Doug TenNapel. Bad Island. (Graphix, 2011)
A sci-fi riff on Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island? In
comic book form? By Doug TenNapel? With flying robots?
That's just not fair.
Middle School Graphic Literature and Sci-Fi
Robert Sharenow. The Berlin Boxing Club. (HarperTeen,
2011)
Any real sports fan will tell you, sports are life. So for a
Jewish boy growing up in Nazi Germany, nothing is more
natural than strapping on the gloves and getting into the
ring. Punishing, sure, but in and out of the ring, Karl Stern
is fighting for his life.
High School Sports and Historical Fiction
Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese. Signing Their
Rights Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who
Signed the United States Constitution. (Quirk, 2011)
Who needs (or wants) a textbook? Here in this little book
is the history of not just the Constitution, but slavery, the
Revolutionary War, a Supreme Court justice that was
throne in jail, and the little guy from the little state that
cast the one vote that made America possible.
High School Nonfiction
Gareth Hinds. Beowulf. (Candlewick, 2007)
"Be of good comfort, my lord king. 'Tis better for a man to
avenge his friends than to spend his days lamenting.
Verily for every one of us there is an ordained end; let us
therefore take such occaision as God may give us of
winning renown while life remains to us. Come, then, let
us go and track this foul creature to her lair."
Classic Retelling, High School Graphic Literature
More Books For Boys
Best Books for Teen Boys, 2012
NH School Media Assoc. Conference, May 16, 2012
Past lists: 2009 2010 2011
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, May 16, 3:30-4:30
New Hampshire School Library Media
Association Conference
Meredith, NH
He Said/She Said Booktalking
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Wednesday, May 23, 3:30-5:00pm
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, MA
Chess Tips and Strategies
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, May 24, 9:30am-3pm
Massachusetts Library System
Marlborough, MA
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, May 30, 2:30pm
Collinsville Library, Collinsville, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, June 5, 4:30pm
Glenpool Library, Gelnpool, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, June 7, 1:00pm
Broken Arrow Library, Broken Arrow, OK
Teen Chess
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Tuesday, June 12, 4:00pm
Jenks Library, Jenks, OK
Teen Chess
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Monday, June 25, 4:00pm
Charles Page Library, Sand Springs, OK
Teen Chess
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Wednesday, June 27, 2:00pm
Schusterman-Benson Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
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Thursday, June 28, 2:00pm
Herman & Kate Kaiser Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
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Tuesday, July 3, 2:00pm
Skiatook Library, Skiatook, OK
Teen Chess
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Wednesday, July 11, 2:00pm
South Broken Arrow Library, Broken Arrow, OK
Teen Chess
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Thursday, July 19, 2:00pm
Peggy V. Helmrich Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Friday, October 26
Fall Into Books, Kingston, NY
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Mike in the News:
Boys and Books: Wisdom from Michael
Sullivan, Jenny's Book Review, March 14, 2012
Never A Dull Moment: Body piercing? Extreme
sports? Teen pregnancy? Welcome to the
action-packed world of hi/lo books, School
Library Journal, February 2012
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
NH School Media Assoc. Conference, May 16, 2012
Past lists: 2009 2010 2011
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, May 16, 3:30-4:30
New Hampshire School Library Media
Association Conference
Meredith, NH
He Said/She Said Booktalking
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, May 23, 3:30-5:00pm
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, MA
Chess Tips and Strategies
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, May 24, 9:30am-3pm
Massachusetts Library System
Marlborough, MA
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, May 30, 2:30pm
Collinsville Library, Collinsville, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, June 5, 4:30pm
Glenpool Library, Gelnpool, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, June 7, 1:00pm
Broken Arrow Library, Broken Arrow, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, June 12, 4:00pm
Jenks Library, Jenks, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Monday, June 25, 4:00pm
Charles Page Library, Sand Springs, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, June 27, 2:00pm
Schusterman-Benson Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, June 28, 2:00pm
Herman & Kate Kaiser Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, July 3, 2:00pm
Skiatook Library, Skiatook, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, July 11, 2:00pm
South Broken Arrow Library, Broken Arrow, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, July 19, 2:00pm
Peggy V. Helmrich Library, Tulsa, OK
Teen Chess
-----------------------------------------------------------
Friday, October 26
Fall Into Books, Kingston, NY
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Mike in the News:
Boys and Books: Wisdom from Michael
Sullivan, Jenny's Book Review, March 14, 2012
Never A Dull Moment: Body piercing? Extreme
sports? Teen pregnancy? Welcome to the
action-packed world of hi/lo books, School
Library Journal, February 2012
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
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Mike's Friends and Associated Pages:
Tony Marino: Tony the Teacher Poet
The ROMEO's: The Retired Old Men Eating Out
The Escapade Johnson Fan Page
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Mike's Friends and Associated Pages:
Tony Marino: Tony the Teacher Poet
The ROMEO's: The Retired Old Men Eating Out
The Escapade Johnson Fan Page
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