{Celebrating the books we’ve read in the past week
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LET’S RING THE BELL!
or re-reading….
AUDIO BOOK
Get the popcorn ready.
The New York Times bestselling The School for Good and Evil, the first book in the series, is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. This paperback edition features an Extras section, giving readers a chance to see which school they’d be in and a Q&A with the author, Soman Chainani.
With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.
The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed–Sophie’s dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.
But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?
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From his site:
Soman Chainani’s debut series, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, has sold more than 1.5 million copies, been translated into 27 languages across 6 continents, and will soon be a film from Universal Pictures, with Soman co-writing the screenplay.
Together, the four books in the series — THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES, THE LAST EVER AFTER, and QUESTS FOR GLORY— have all debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. Together the books have been on the print and extended lists for more than 30 weeks.
The fifth book in the series will be released in early 2019.
Want to hear him talk about his books? Check out this interview:
Mr. Chainani is also super active on Instagram. He’s released all kinds of videos and pictures and clues.
But it all starts with book 1. If you’re up for a challenge.
{Celebrating the books we’ve read in the past week
The team behind DC Comics LIL’ GOTHAM takes readers to the halls of Ducard Academy in Gotham City, where a young Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman start their very own Junior Detective Agency!
Young Bruce Wayne is the new kid at Ducard Academy, a prep school for gifted middle school students. Bruce finds out pretty quickly that he doesn’t fit in: the faculty seems to not just encourage villainous behavior from its students, but reward it. He makes friends with two other outsiders, farm boy Clark Kent and the regal Diana Prince. The three band together to form a detective squad to find out why all of these extraordinary kids have been brought together at Ducard Academy, and to see just what the faculty is plotting.
An all-new series uses comics, journal entries, and doodles to reimagine Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman as three students in the same school. They’ll try their best to solve their case, but just because you’re faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, or an Amazonian princess, it doesn’t mean you get to stay up past eleven.
My Thoughts…
It’s fun to see these budding superheroes as younger kids just getting in touch with their powers and abilities. It’s fun to watch events unfold when you know what’s going to happen or what people will ultimately become—and they don’t. We know what Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman will become, but at this point in their lives they don’t.
This is the backstory. It’s told in a fun way with online chats, letters, and reports. If you’re a superhero fan, this graphic novel (GN) should be added to your list. It’s available on the LIBBY app with your library card.
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WHAT ABOUT YOU?
LET’S RING THE BELL!
AUDIO BOOK
Few things can draw a reader to a new book like a book trailer can.
Get the popcorn ready.
Patterson has a whole site that features his books. I bet there are a few here you haven’t heard of.
You may have seen this movie… but did you know it was a book first?
How closely does the movie follow the book? You tell me:
{Celebrating the books we’ve read in the past week
I’ve definitely been reading… but didn’t finish yet.
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WHAT ABOUT YOU?
LET’S RING THE BELL!
AUDIO BOOK
Doing yard work was awesome while I listened to this book on my earbuds. Amazing! If you have a phone or iPad, you can download Overdrive or Libby on it to make your listening more portable 🙂
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