★★★★★ Queso, Just in Time by Ernest Cisneros is a fun and touching novel about 12-year old Queso who travels back in time to 1985 and befriends his then-12 year old father, Pancho. In the present day, Queso's father has passed away and many of Queso's memories of his father are of him being weighted… Continue reading Book Review: Queso, Just in Time by Ernesto Cisneros
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Book Review: When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller
★★★★ When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller is a unique, clever, and layered story about three tweens/teens navigating the ups and downs of seventh grade in modern day Seattle during a time when raging wildfires had covered the city in smoke. I will admit that, based on the title and cover art, I thought I… Continue reading Book Review: When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller
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