Tag Archives: photography

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide

Posted on November 25, 2017 by

I was excited to learn that Isabel Quintero wrote a new YA book because my students had enjoyed Gabi: A Girl in Pieces so much. (I only use the past tense because I retired; they are most likely still enjoying it.) … Continue reading →

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A good nonfiction follow-up to FiOS: “Regine’s Book”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

    Regine’s Book: A Teen Girl’s Last Words by Regine Stokke Regine Stokke, a seventeen year old living in Norway, was diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of leukemia (a blood cancer)—acute myelogenous leukemia or AML—in 2008. She decided that … Continue reading →

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