Category Archives: Movie Tie-In

“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith What do we make of the long-secret journal of Abraham Lincoln in which he details his life as a vampire hunter? What drove him to his vigilance against the undead? And why is … Continue reading →

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Tough Teen Topics: An Occasional Series Post 1–Violence

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

What about mature teens who are asking for books that delve deeply into the difficult subjects they are grappling with? Do we sanitize reading too much for your age group? You are, after all, sprinting on the heels of adulthood. … Continue reading →

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Hunger Games Action Movie Poster

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

Check out the Hunger Games movie poster. Click here to see and hear it in action. Give it a chance to upload–it may take a minute. What a cool riff on the theme of Katniss, the girl on fire. I … Continue reading →

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“The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel”

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

I figured I’d put the graphic version of The Lightning Thief to the test by having my son read it. He and I loved the entire Percy Jackson series (the original Lightning Thief is reviewed on this blog). He told … Continue reading →

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Stieg Larsson Books: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

I enjoyed reading all three books in this series. What made me think of them today was something that may seem unconnected: I read an article stating that a new version of the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by … Continue reading →

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“Thirteen Reasons Why”

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Victoria Waddle

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher I read this novel not long ago and have been thinking of it over the past several days—since it was reported in the news that a gay teen had killed himself after his roommate … Continue reading →

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“The Hunger Games” and “The Maze Runner”

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria Waddle

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Maze Runner by James Dashner I’m curious about why so many YA books—popular ones anyway—are about dystopias, lousy futures worlds where everything is wrong, the opposite of utopias. In the YA … Continue reading →

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“Blood and Chocolate”

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Victoria Waddle

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause 264 pp. Though “Blood and Chocolate” is a young adult book (that is, it’s meant for a teen audience), it is a very sensuous, even sexual book. Vivian, the she-werewolf, thinks a lot … Continue reading →

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Life of Pi

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Victoria Waddle

   Here’s another story that begins in India, but marches to a very different drummer. The main character, ‘Pi’ Patel is named after a swimming pool in Paris. His father, a zoo keeper, decides to immigrate to Canada, and sells … Continue reading →

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All the Pretty Horses

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Victoria Waddle

 (Revisited December 2011)   It’s 1949, and sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole plans to leave Texas after his grandfather’s funeral. His mother is selling the old family ranch, built in 1872. John Grady has a deep love of horses and the … Continue reading →

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