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Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven | Jennifer L. Holm
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Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Holm's own Italian-American family, "Penny from Heaven" is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. Most of all, it's a story about families--about the things that tear them apart and bring them together.
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#MiddleGradeMarch

5. Penny From Heaven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. El Deafo (#bbrc #nonfictiongraphicnovel) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. New Kid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2 for #MarchUnshelfing ✔️

Clwojick I loved El Deafo♥️ 4y
megnews I loved New Kid and the Watsons are a favorite. 4y
LibrarianRyan 👍 😁 4y
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I usually love Newbery books anyway because they tend to tug at my heartstrings, but I love that I actually learned some history from this one. Not just textbook history, but real down-to-earth cultural history. Plus, this quote: “I want to tell them that almost dying is awfully easy. It‘s the living that‘s hard.” Sounds awfully familiar to my favorite quote from #hamilton ! ❤️❤️❤️ Now to find a big Italian family to adopt me...🤔

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#TuesdayTidbits
1. Dana Scully from any X-Files book.
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (“Some watery tart lyin‘ in ponds distributin‘ swords is no basis for a system of government.)
3. New books!!!
4. My bestest book friend, @KirbyH1 ! Glad you‘re here!

Thanks for the tag and the welcome @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Woohoo!!! I hope you love it here!!! 🤗📚💛 6y
JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 6y
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amber_ldsmom
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I don‘t know about Frankie either. 😂 #kidsareawesome

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amber_ldsmom
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Starting this one as well to keep up with my goal of reading all Newbery and Newbery Honor books. Do you have any #readinggoals?

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Eggs
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Three word titles. #riotgrams

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Penny from Heaven | Jennifer L. Holm
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Weeding through my shelves to make room for new books that can't fit. Found some gems from my younger days that I wanna share ✨ I think I read this when I was a loser jr high student and I LOOOOVED it 😭😭😭😭 great book about an Italian American girl from the 50s, with memorable characters & writing that made me feel like I was part of the book.

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Cinfhen When we lived in the states, I volunteered at my son's school as a Reading Olympics coach and this novel was featured! It was excellent 😇📚all the middle schoolers enjoyed it, too! 7y
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