#IMWAYR December 4, 2017

Each week I join Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee from Unleashing Readers to share all of the reading I've done over the week from picture books to young adult novels. 


Here's what I read this week:

Middle Grade

Amy Anne is a shy girl who never says what she thinks until her favorite book, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is banned from the school library. Along with learning how to stand up for books, she learns to stand up for herself. A wonderful story of book love, personal growth, and freedom.

When Anjali's decides to risk her life to join Mahatma Gandi's freedom movement, everything she thought she knew changes. Set in India in 1942, this book will give kids a window into a time period and struggle they probably don't know much about. 

When Edwy is returned home after living in a mysterious place called Fredtown, he thinks he is going to get to know his parents for the first time. Instead, they send him away to a place called Refuge City to live with a brother and sister he has never met. Life in Refuge City seems too good to be true and as Edwy starts to learn more, he realizes he can't go forward until he settles some details of his past and finds his friend Rosi, who he has left behind. This story is full of unexpected twists and turns. It is the second book in The Children of Exile trilogy, but can be read as a first. I'm looking forward to finding out what happens next.

Come back to the blog on Thursday to see my interview with the author of Children of Refuge, Magaret Peterson Haddix.

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Stacy Barnett Mozer is a teacher and a middle grade author. If you like what she's been reading follow her on Goodreads. Please leave a comment below. 

It's Monday, what are you reading?