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Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated Special Topics in Calamity Physics in Books

May 25, 2018  
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl | 2006
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9.3 (3 Ratings)
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I loved, loved, loved this book! 5 STARS!

Blue Van Meer is a young girl studying at Harvard who decides to write about her life. Kind of a brainiac, and a bit odd, she starts with some tidbits of her childhood. Her mother died when she was very young, so she was raised primarily by her eccentric father who is a professor that moved her around a lot, from place to place. But most of the book takes place in Blue's high school years, particularly her senior year where she meets and befriends her teacher Hannah Schneider and joins an elite group of eccentrics, named the Bluebloods. And then, there is a murder.

Its a great mystery, a definite page-turner and you see how this murder has impacted Blue's life, and my goodness, it just gets better and better as you read on. I'm a big fan of Pessl's now!
  
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated The Sun Played Hide-And-Seek the Sun Played Hide-And-Seek: A Personification Story a Personification Story in Books

Jun 18, 2018  
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The Sun Played Hide-And-Seek the Sun Played Hide-And-Seek: A Personification Story a Personification Story
Brian Cleary | 2017
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The Sun Played Hide-and-Seek: A Personification Story by Brian P. Cleary is about a young girl is given an assignment to do a presentation on the unfamiliar word. Her classmates are distributed much easier projects using such words as puns, similes, metaphors, superlatives, idioms. After reading this book kids will no longer struggle with the meaning and execution of the word “personification.” The author explains it clearly and gives many examples so kids will have an understanding of the sophisticated term.

The teacher gives her a nudge and tells her she had better get working on her assignment as time is running out. It’s due tomorrow. She needs some time to think and wrap her mind around what she is going to do. After school she climbs a hill, crosses a wooden bridge and ends up in Riverside park. She is inspired by what she sees in nature around her. Example after example of pesonification comes to mind. She still is very nervous and has a sleepless night tossing and turning.

Find out exactly how that happens. At long last the little girl has the most hands-on, comprehensive, back-to-nature visuals of all times. Her presentation comes alive and her classmates understand its meaning no problem.

I received this ARC from Lerner Publishing Group and Millbrook Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
  
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