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A few books I‘ve read for my upcoming trip to Amsterdam. Vincent, Theo, & the Fox is an adorable adventure using his paintings as a guide to the story. When We Flew Away is a story of Anne Frank‘s life before she was hiding in the annex. It‘s a great companion book to the Diary. The Lost Van Gogh artfully sneaks facts in. Corrie ten Boom was an angel on Earth. 🇳🇱 🖼️ 🚪 📚

TheBookHippie The Hiding Place: The Jewish doctor in the book is a distant relative of mine. 6d

tpixie @TheBookHippie oh wow! 🩵🩵🩵 6d

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RedxoHearts

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty | Ellen Emerson White

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I used to absolutely love reading the Dear America series growing up. I was reminded of them the other day because I saw there are a few other series similar to the Dear America stories. So I decided to read some that I never got to read. This one was about 16 year old Molly and her life after her older brother became a marine during the Vietnam War.

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RedxoHearts It was an interesting sneak peek of what life was like for the average teen during those years. It reminds you that even though things may change so much of it stays the same. The author also wrote a book from the perspective of the brother during the same period. So I plan to read that one soon as well. 1w

TheBookHippie Such a horrific time … 1w

melissajayne There is an equivalent Canadian version called Dear Canada 1w

Aims42 I loved this series so much growing up!! My friend and I are now looking for them at thrift stores and used book stores because she‘s building a library of them for her daughter 😍🥰 (her daughter will be 3 years old in Feb., so we have plenty of time 🤪) 1w

wildwoodreads Oh I‘ve never seen this one! I love the Dear America series. 1w

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merelybookish

This Is All | Aidan Chambers

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I finally read this 800 page YA novel that's been sitting on my shelf for years, a leftover from my teaching days. It took over a month & I don't even know how to review it. Definite ups & downs. Places where the narrative went off the rails. A TERRIBLE ending. Some beautiful parts woven in. A complex depiction of teenage life. So I guess overall it's a pick because a) I managed to read the whole thing & b) I have complicated feelings about it.

merelybookish This book won the Printz award. It is also written by a man and sometimes that bugged me and I doubted his representation of teenage girlhood (eg her enjoyment of being nude and suspicion of other girls 🙄) but other times I felt he did a good job. Just more reasons why my relationship status with this book is: it's complicated. 3w

merelybookish @TheLudicReader Hey Christie! Wondered if you might like this book for your classroom library. 3w

TheLudicReader @merelybookish I seriously doubt any of my students would tackle such a long book, but thank you so much for the offer. 3w

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LitsyEvents

Journalkeeping | Carl Koch

repost for @TheBookHippie

#JOURNALINGPROMPTS NOVEMBER

I cannot but remember
When the year grows old—
October—November—
How she disliked the cold!

-Edna St Vincent Millay

Whole poem: https://poets.org/poem/when-year-grows-old

Song : https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-the-year-grows-old/1588177175?i=1588177604

All welcome 🩶

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TheKidUpstairs

Princess Diaries | Meg Cabot

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TheBookHippie 🎉👏🏻🙌🏼 3w

OriginalCyn620 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣 3w

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AlwaysBeReading

Witch Child (Witch Child, #1) | Celia Rees

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Witch Child follows fourteen-year-old Mary, who flees England in 1659 for the New World near Salem, Massachusetts. Though she hopes for a fresh start, suspicion still follows as the town faces hardship and fear. I was hoping for something a bit more witchy, but it‘s more about survival and harsh colonial life. Told through Mary‘s discovered journal, it starts slow, yet by the end I was curious to see what happens next and would read the sequel.

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lauraisntwilder

L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years, 1922-1925 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Maud had a tough four years in this volume! She can be so funny and relatable, then occasionally say something strange or slightly racist. It's tempting to say she's a product of her time, but I think it's more accurate to say she lacked self awareness sometimes. I find these journals fascinating. It's such an interesting record of life in this time period.

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