Mizu's self hatred of her mixed heritage reminds me SO MUCH of Mr. Beeston.
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Round 1, Poll 5: Emily Windsnap vs Animorphs
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Series info:
Book 1 of Emily Windsnap
Book 2: Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
Book 3: Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist
Book 4: Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret
Book 5: Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun
Book 6: Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls
Book 7: Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island
Book 8: Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince
Book 9: Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time
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Title: Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time | Author: Liz Kessler | Publisher: Candlewick Press (2020)
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fun fact in case you guys didn’t know: the author of the Emily Windsnap series is lesbian and she also wrote this book called Read Me Like a Book which is about a teenage girl who is also lesbian figuring that out about herself after she develops a crush on her english teacher (i think a lot of sapphics can relate to that tbh)
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap - Liz Kessler
It's MerMay! And I'd like to kick it off by recommending one of my favourite mermaid books of all time!
Emily Windsnap is a twelve-year-old girl who discovers she is part-mermaid when her legs transform into a tail the first time she submerges herself in water. This discovery leads her to a fantastical underwater world where she meets her mermaid best friend, Shona Silkfin, goes to mermaid school, explores sunken shipwrecks, and even manages to break her long-lost merman father out of an underwater prison!
I found this at the Scholastic Book Fair and absolutely fell in love with it! It has everything a middle-grade mermaid story could want and more, and I still enjoy re-reading it as an adult. It was originally a trilogy, but at some point since deciding to end the series there, the author changed her mind and continued writing about Emily's adventures, so now there are 9 books and I am almost caught up! The whole series is a lot of fun, full of magic, friendship, and mythical creatures — plus the covers are all really pretty!
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Batch Ratings for 2019: Paranormal/Creepy Edition
This is a list of dark books that I read in 2019 that I didn’t really write full reviews for but I still wanted to share my ratings for them! My full reading list can be found on my [Goodreads] so you can look further into them!
4/5 stars
4.5 stars
5/5 stars
3.7/5 stars
“Wow. Predictable but intriguing nonetheless.”
2/5 stars
“This was so good, predictable at almost every turn but…
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When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936.
Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe—to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland—will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want…
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‘Read Me Like a Book’ by Liz Kessler
This book was... Interesting, to say the least.
It’s about a girl who’s dealing with a lot in her life, such as figuring out why she likes the teacher more than her boyfriend, if her parents have a bad relationship, figuring out stuff with her best friend, school, etc... Honestly this book had a lot to unpack. But, I really liked the end; it was nice and sweet, and it showed her moving on. Cute.
9/10
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can you do a longlist of the books about strong girl protags and female friendships, etc. that were really impactful/your favorites so i know what to gift/rec any young girls in my life?
aww!! i would literally love nothing more than to compile such a list ty anon. i tried to put them in an order vaguely representative of youngest audiences to older...i'm not sure how well some of these would hold up in 2023 but they're all ones i remember enjoying and having an impact on me somehow...
not one damsel in distress by jane yolen
the daring book for girls by andrea j. buchanan & miriam peskowitz
the whole dear america series!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the ordinary princess by m. m. kaye
the caddie woodlawn series by carol ryrie brink
walk two moons by sharon creech (i used to have whole passages of this book memorized because i read it so often...potentially the most formative one on this list)
because of winn-dixie by kate dicamillo
the scholastic encyclopedia of U.S. women by sheila keenan (my elementary school art teacher had this book in her classroom library and i remember flipping through it when i was hanging around after school while my mom was doing PTA stuff...it was the first time i'd heard of so many of those women and further stoked my interest in history. i remember being so disturbed [and also intrigued] by the entry about ethel rosenberg specifically. i'm sure there are more updated versions of the book but this is the particular edition i remember reading.)
the penderwick sisters series by jeanne birdsall
bloomability by sharon creech
everything on a waffle by polly horvath
the tracy beaker series by jacqueline wilson
the outcasts of 19 schuyler place by e. l. konigsburg (also extremely formative)
saffy's angel / the whole casson family series by hilary mckay (i used to carry these books around with me as if they were security blankets)
p.s. longer letter later and snail mail no more by paula danziger & ann m. martin
the secret language of girls by frances o'roarke dowell
the tail of emily windsnap by liz kessler
savvy by ingrid law
love, stargirl by jerry spinelli (idk if any book had more of an impact on me as a child tbh like this rocked my world so completely i still think about it/quote it all the time. i know a lot of people read stargirl in school and honestly i don't think it's that good but the sequel is so underrated. so read it.)
a perfect gentle knight by kit pearson
feathers by jacqueline woodson
habibi by naomi shihab nye
the anastasia krupnik series by lois lowry
criss cross by lynne rae perkins
ella enchanted by gail carson levine........OBVIOUSLY
esperanza rising by pam muñoz ryan
kira-kira by cynthia kadohata
the city of ember by jeanne duprau
bad girls by cynthia voigt (tbh i REALLY don't know how this one holds up but i remember thinking it was pretty edgy as a kid)
little women by louisa may alcott
hurt go happy by ginny rorby
persepolis by marjane satrapi (obviously for slightly older readers)
the aforementioned rookie yearbook, natch. (also older)
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I hope everyone hating Sally Jackson for being frustrated for ~5 seconds, can direct equal hatred at everyone else’s parents for doing much worse.
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1980s Horror Film Character Names
I totally forgot I’d started making this last year! I think I never posted it because I wanted to find more names, but there’s already a decent amount and I don’t feel like being that tedious about names right now lol.
It’s first & last names (separated for mix & match potential) of characters from iconic late 1970s & 1980s horror movies. I think I started looking for cheesier B-movies to pull from, but yeah it’s been a whole year so I forget.
First Names
Alice
Allen
Allison
Ally
Amy
Angela
Annie
Arnie
Artie
Axel
Barry
Bill
Billy
Bobby
Brady
Brenda
Brent
Brett
Brooke
Buddy
Burt
Buzz
Carol Anne
Carter
Casey
Charley
Charlie
Chili
Christine
Chuck
Cindy
Courtney
Craig
Cynthia
Dana
Darcy
Debbie
Demi
Dennis
Diane
Donna
Doug
Doyle
Duane
Elaine
Ellie
Emma
Ernie
Ferdy
Foster
Gary
Gene
George
Gerald
Ginny
Glen
Hal
Hank
Helen
Jack
Jackie
Jake
Jason
Jeff
Jennifer
Jerry
Jesse
Jimmy
Joanne
Jodi
Joe
Joey
John
Johnny
Judd
Judy
Kate
Katherine
Kathy
Katie
Kelly
Ken
Kenny
Kim
Kimberly
Kristen
Larry
Laurie
Lea
Leigh
Lenny
Leroy
Linda
Lisa
Liz
Lynn
Marci
Marcia
Marcie
Mark
Mary Lou
Masen
Max
Meg
Megan
Mel
Melissa
Mike
Molly
Monica
Nancy
Ned
Neil
Nick
Nicki
Nikki
Patti
Patty
Paul
Paula
Peter
Phoebe
Polly
Rachel
Ralph
Reilly
Rennie
Richie
Rick
Ricky
Rob
Rod
Roland
Ronnie
Roy
Ruby
Rudolf
Rudy
Russ
Sally
Sandy
Sara
Sarah
Shane
Sharon
Sheila
Shelly
Sissy
Steve
Steven
Susie
Suzie
Tad
Taryn
Teddy
Terri
Tina
Toby
Tom Jesse
Tommy
Tracy
Trish
Valerie
Vic
Vickie
Vicky
Warren
Wendy
Wes
Will
Last Names
Andrews
Angelo
Badger
Baker
Barnes
Barrington
Bates
Baxter
Beringer
Brand
Brewster
Bringsley
Brown
Burke
Burns
Cabot
Camber
Carrington
Cassidy
Caulfield
Challis
Clarke
Cole
Cologne
Corben
Corvino
Costic
Crusel
Cunningham
Daigler
Dandrige
Daniels
Darnell
Darrinco
Deagle
Dier
Doyle
Duke
Dumpkin
Duncan
Essmont
Evans
Field
Franklin
Freeling
Frye
Futterman
Garris
Garth
Geiger
Graham
Gray
Grimbridge
Guilder
Halavex
Hammond
Hanniger
Hardy
Harper
Hawes
Holland
Hopkins
Jachson
Jarvis
Jessup
Junkins
Kemp
Kessler
Kincaid
Kopecky
Kupfer
Lane
Lantz
LeBay
Lynch
Lynn
Macauley
Maloney
McBride
McFadden
McGregor
McNichol
Meeker
Meisel
Mercer
Morgan
Mott
Nagle
Nessler
Newby
Palmer
Parker
Parks
Parsley
Pataki
Peltzer
Penmark
Perry
Pervier
Powers
Priswell
Repperton
Richards
Shote
Spool
Stanton
Stark
Statler
Stavinski
Steele
Stevens
Strauber
Strode
Sykes
Taylor
Thomas
Thompson
Thorn
Toomey
Trenton
Vanders
Venable
Walsh
Warner
Weatherall
Webber
White
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Title: Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince | Author: Liz Kessler | Publisher: Candlewick Press (2019)
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YA Books about 🇦🇹 Austria
List of Austria books for the YA World Challenge.
It's been quite a while since I did a country-themed list. This one has been sitting in the drafts for a while.
I have discovered that YA books in English featuring Austria consist of only 3 categories:
WW2 (sometimes WW1)
Empress Sisi (interchangeable with Marie Antoinette or Nannerl Mozart)
Eva Ibbotson
And that's it. Well, I'm kidding, but it almost seems like it. Here's the little list I came up with. Feel free to suggest any I missed - I mostly search through Goodreads to find these so the list is prone to mistakes and omissions!
YA
I Don't Live Here Anymore by Gabi Kreslehner 💚
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu ⌛🦋
Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville ⌛
When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler ⌛
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld ⌛🦋
A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson 💚
Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson 💚
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson 💚
The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap ⌛
Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten 💚
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ⌛🦋
Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey ⌛
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (#2) by Theodora Goss ⌛🦋
Wanderlost by Jen Malone 🏖️
Coronets and Steel by Sherwood Smith 🏖️🦋
The Empress by Gigi Griffis ⌛
The Secret Diary of a Princess by Melanie Clegg ⌛
The School at the Chalet by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer ⌛
In Mozart's Shadow: His Sister's Story by Carolyn Meyer ⌛
Apple's Song by Blake Ryan 🏖️
MG
Hedy and her Amazing Invention by Jan Wahl 🛩️
The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of by Kristin Levine 🏖️♿
The Language of Spells by Garret Weyr 🦋
Searching for Lottie by Susan Ross 🛩️
Moonlight on the Magic Flute by Mary Pope Osborne 🏖️⌛🦋
Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky ⌛
The Night Crossing by Karen Ackerman ⌛
Stolen Words by Amy Goldman Koss 🏖️
The Taste of Snow by Stephen V. Masse
Memoir
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust GN 💚
How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust GN 💚
Fat by Regina Hofer 💚♿
Becoming Alice: A Memoir by Alice Rene 💚⌛
NA/Adult
The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki ⌛
The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton ⌛
Exile Music: A Novel by Jennifer Steil ⌛🌈
The English Girl by Margaret Leroy ⌛🏖️
The Secret Society of Salzburg by Renee Ryan ⌛
The Edelweiss Sisters by Kate Hewitt ⌛
The Light After the War by Anita Abriel ⌛
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck ⌛
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor ⌛
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason ⌛
House of Gold by Natasha Solomons ⌛
Setting Free the Bears John Irving
Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese ⌛
The Girl with the Golden Scissors by Julia Drosten ⌛
Hidden Among the Stars by Melanie Dobson ⌛
💚 Native Author
🛩️ Immigrant or diaspora
🏖️ non-native characters in or about the country (ex. vacation/adventure)
⌛ Historical
🦋 Fantasy or Paranormal
🌈 LGBTQ+
♿ Disability rep
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