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Bad Little Girl

Frances Vick

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Little Lorna Bell is from a notorious family on a rundown estate. Everyone thinks she’s a nasty...

ClareR (5885 KP) rated Madam in Books

Jan 13, 2023

Madam

Phoebe Wynne | 2021 | Gender Studies, LGBTQ+

6.0

(3 Ratings)

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Rose Christie is a young Classics teacher who gets a teaching post at an elite public boarding school in Scotland: Caldonbrae Hall.

But this school isn’t as it first appears. Rose loves her subject and wants to share that love: the girls don’t want to learn, and they frankly can’t see the point. Frustration radiates off the page - or perhaps as an ex-teacher I was just projecting! Honestly, this part nearly made me stop reading! I was so angry with the students behaviour!

It would seem that the senior management team at the school very much agree with the girls though, and want Rose to become more like them.

Not likely!

And then there was Rose’s predecessor and her strange disappearance, which of course Rose has to find out more about.

I’m so glad that I read beyond my 3 chapter cut off, because I did enjoy this. I will say that there’s a fair bit of age-inappropriate sexual behaviour, so if you find this problematic, it may be best to steer clear. But it was all in keeping with the ethos of the school - I KNOW!!

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Lindsay (1760 KP) rated The Song of Sourwood Mountain in Books

May 16, 2025

The Song of Sourwood Mountain

Ann H. Gabhart | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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The Song of Sourwood Mountain is really good. I was captured by a woman named Mira, and I felt transported back to this little town in Eastern Kentucky. However, we saw she ran into a young man with whom she had gone to school as a boy. His name is Gordon.

We see it mostly through Mira's eyes but also through Gordon's, who happens to be a preacher for the Sourwood children. This little village and the folks who live in Sourwood are the best part.

The children of Sourwood are really sweet and loving. We meet a few of the children, but it seems that we also get a new story about a little girl and how she is feeling. Will this little girl get the family she always wanted? Will Mira be a good teacher and wife to Gordon? Will Mira learn to trust, love, and lean on the Lord? Maybe she will do her Lord's calling.

Can they bring education and reading to children? Will the folks welcome a new teacher and preacher's wife? Will Mira fit in and find a sense of community and family?

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60-Second Brain Teasers Pencil-Free Puzzles: Short Head-Scratchers from the Easy to Near Impossible

Nathan Haselbauer

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Nathan Haselbauer's amazingly clever book of 201 pencil-free brain teasers isn't your typical puzzle...

Logic Logic Puzzles Math Problems

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Storm Warriors in Books

Jan 12, 2018

[Storm Warriors] by [Elisa Carbone] has been on my reading 'pile' for sometime. As a middle school teacher I love to add books to my library. This one is definitely a gem.

The story is about the Pea Island Life Saving Station. These stations were what was to become the Coast Guard. What makes this station's story unique is it was fully manned by African Americans at a time when Jim Crow was rearing his ugly head.

I would love to read this one with my seventh graders.

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Sammyluvi (18 KP) rated Love and other foreign words in Books

Feb 2, 2019

Love and other foreign words

Erin MCcahan | 2014 | Romance, Young Adult (YA)

5.0

(3 Ratings)

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Very well written and with a complete twist u never see coming along with a satisfying wrap up. (0 more)

Teacher is kinda into Josie. Josie is kinda a sociopath... (You really can't think too much or some characters are iffy) ? (0 more)

Berlin book, but in an endearing way!

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I loved this book and the author really added in some last minute plot that wrapped up very nicely, not sloppy! The ending is not at all expected but does have some elements that you, as the reader, do see in advance coming up.

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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Lesson Plans (Lesson Plans #1) in Books

Mar 3, 2018

In all honesty this is the first book by J.A. Armstrong I picked up. It drew me in as a teacher but when I realized it was a spin off of the By Design series I put it aside and started that one. I read this one at the time it seemed to fit into the other series. I love the characters and how their relationship develops. Michelle and Melanie's relationship evolving from just friends to more just flowed. As with all of Armstrong's characters they all have flaws but that makes them real.