Table of Content
November Book Recommendations
Thanksgiving
Kamala Harris: The First Woman Vice President
De-stressing During Stressful Times
“A Letter for Hoot” by Holly Sprofford Book Review
Your Daily Dose of Poetry
Diwali
What is Aerial Yoga?
Among Us
STEM Corner: The Mathematical Concepts Using Spirals in Nature Part II
#Social Media Presence
COUNTRY OF THE MONTH - QATAR
State Education Rankings
Angela and Kiara’s Recipe: Salmon Pasta
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“A Letter for Hoot” by Holly Sprofford Book Review
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By: Evan Wang, 8th Grade - Andor
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Published in November 2019, Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a fiction romance novel. Perfect for a quick fun read on your couch during November. The story is about our main character, Chloe Brown, who is chronically ill and after almost dying,
The love interest is her apartment manager named Red, who rides a motorcycle and is a painter by night. Chloe gives Red an offer where she will help him design his website to sell his art (since Chloe is a technology geek) and in return, Red would have to help her accomplish the things on her list. They’re both part of the series, “The Brown Sisters”. Be sure to check both of them out if you enjoy a book where there is both pleasure and pain.
she realizes how she needs to get a life because she would’ve died without accomplishing anything cool in her life.
A thrilling murder mystery, Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson is the first book in a series called the Shades of London. Set in the 1930s and present day, the story takes place at a school for gifted students in Vermont, where a kidnapping and murder
She writes a "bucket list" with things such as going camping, traveling the world with only a carry on luggage, riding a motorcycle, and a lot of things of that nature that she hasn’t done before due to her chronic illness holding her back.
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As a book I’ve never read, I have heard a lot about it and it is on my list to read. Appearing on the New York Times, Get a Life, Chloe Brown became Talia Hibbert’s most successful book. Published in June of 2020, Take a Hint, Dani Brown is the sequel to Get a Life, Chloe Brown.
occurs in the 1930s. However, in the present, there is also a murder. Truly Devious is a combination of two timelines which merge into one murder case. It is a long form, arch-plot, realistic, drama that turns on justice and injustice. A hit book by Maureen Johnson, Truly Devious is a New York Times bestselling book. If you’re looking for a murder mystery with a thrilling plot-line and an exhilarating plot-twist, Truly Devious is the book for you.
The love interest is her apartment manager named Red, who rides a motorcycle and is a painter by night. Chloe gives Red an offer where she will help him design his website to sell his art (since Chloe is a technology geek) and in return, Red would have to help her accomplish the things on her list. They’re both part of the series, “The Brown Sisters”. Be sure to check both of them out if you enjoy a book where there is both pleasure and pain.
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
A thrilling murder mystery, Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson is the first book in a series called the Shades of London. Set in the 1930s and present day, the story takes place at a school for gifted students in Vermont, where a kidnapping and murder
occurs in the 1930s. However, in the present, there is also a murder. Truly Devious is a combination of two timelines which merge into one murder case. It is a long form, arch-plot, realistic, drama that turns on justice and injustice. A hit book by Maureen Johnson, Truly Devious is a New York Times bestselling book. If you’re looking for a murder mystery with a thrilling plot-line and an exhilarating plot-twist, Truly Devious is the book for you.
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson is a realistic fiction novel about Miranda, our main character, and her journey of discovering the mysteries of her past. She learns that her uncle died and returns to her hometown only to find that he left her a scavenger
She meets people good and bad while protecting her family from harm’s way, but how long can she live with the pounding thirst in her throat while also running from a war zone? A New York Times Bestseller written by a New York Times Bestselling author, Dry is an intense novel that’ll keep you on your feet. You may know Neal Shusterman, the
hunt, just like how he did when she was still a child. The bookshop in this book is Prospero Books, a bookstore that is teetering at the edge of bankruptcy. She finds herself talking to people from her uncle’s past and learning a terrible family secret that’ll rip her world as she knows it apart. Big hearted and observant, The Book of Yesterdays is a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a
testament to the healing
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
powers of a community and how our history shapes who we become. It is one of my favorite books and I find it to be entrancing in a way that won’t let you put the book down.
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
A book written by a father and son, Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman is a combination of our worst fears and the darkest parts of mankind. The story follows our main character, Alyssa, surviving in California with her family, but without water.
A book we all know and love, The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas is a groundbreakingly successful book that spent 100 weeks on the New York Times bestselling list. Barely any novelists can see the kind of success Angie Thomas has, much less have that success be their debut. The Hate You Give is an extremely powerful book about systemic racism and injustices within communities of lower wealth. Starr Carter, our main character, loses her best friend to a cop even though he was unarmed. And yet still, her best friend was painted as the thug, the criminal, the big bad wolf. What Starr says or does not say may change her
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
She meets people good and bad while protecting her family from harm’s way, but how long can she live with the pounding thirst in her throat while also running from a war zone? A New York Times Bestseller written by a New York Times Bestselling author, Dry is an intense novel that’ll keep you on your feet. You may know Neal Shusterman, the
father, from his other wildly successful books such as the critically acclaimed, Scythe. In a world where environmental issues are a pressing matter, the events presented within the book become dangerously real. It makes you wonder, when will this happen to us?
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
A book we all know and love, The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas is a groundbreakingly successful book that spent 100 weeks on the New York Times bestselling list. Barely any novelists can see the kind of success Angie Thomas has, much less have that success be their debut. The Hate You Give is an extremely powerful book about systemic racism and injustices within communities of lower wealth. Starr Carter, our main character, loses her best friend to a cop even though he was unarmed. And yet still, her best friend was painted as the thug, the criminal, the big bad wolf. What Starr says or does not say may change her
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community forever. A wildly successful book followed by a successful movie, Angie Thomas earned three awards for the The Hate You Give. The Michael L. Printz Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the William C. Morris Debut Award. The Hate You Give can be recognized as one of the most influential books of this generation. Angie Thomas’s second book, On the Come Up was released on February 5th, 2019. If you enjoyed The Hate You Give, be sure to check out On the Come Up!
She was adopted by a family that didn’t support the Nazis. In a life full of hardships and tragedy, Liesel learns to make friends with the kids in her neighborhood and once in a while, steal books. She learns the streets and the neighbor’s attitudes. She falls asleep to her father reading to her. A
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
story set in wartime, you feel the story of Liesel in your heart as if it were real. There will be moments where you shut the book and sit there in silence, comprehending what you just read and letting all the heartfelt information sink in deep into your heart. An incredible author with a #1 internationally bestselling book, a movie was born from The Book Thief. Markus Zusak has made himself a household name with The Book Thief. This book is definitely one of the timeless
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is another timeless novel that propelled this Australian writer to international stardom. The extraordinarily successful book has spent over 500 weeks (10 years) on the New York Times bestseller list, a number that would put many authors to shame and even overtake legendary authors such as J.K. Rowling. The Book Thief is tear-shedder, and it will make your heart feel tight and your eyes watery. The story follows our main character, Liesel Meminger, and her life in Germany during World War II.
our generation. And from the looks of it, it’ll be one for the next few too. 🔹
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