Ms. Yingling Reads

Landon, Kristen. The Limit. Nominated for the Cybils by Enna Isilie Matt's family has a good life. His father is a high powered wheeler...

Today we are visting with Lisa Rowe Fraustino , the author of The Hole in the Wall, which is being released on November 8th. Thanks to her ...

Fraustino, Lisa Rowe. The Hole in the Wall . Published November 8, 2010. ARC received from Blue Slip Media. Sebastian lives a difficult lif...

Chang, Margaret. Celia's Robot. Nominated for the Cybils by Doret Celia's dad is a computer scientist, and her mother tours with a ...

Every day I add to my pile of books that are falling to bits. The pile above is just about a week's worth of repair, which was done by m...

Shulman, Polly. The Grimm Legacy. Nominated for the Cybils by KT Elizabeth is having trouble making friends at her new school and misses ha...

Riordan, James. The Sniper . During World War II in Russia, Tania wants to be a nurse. Her mother and young brothers have disappeared, but h...

Over the years, I've had a number of students who wanted to read nothing but books about dragons. They usually had a matching wardrobe o...

Yeah, I know this blog is inexpertly titled, but changing it seems difficult because I might lose readers. And I could have named it somethi...

The students have heard it over a thousand times. My high school did not have a girls' cross country team until 1981, when I was a juni...

Stewart, Paul and Riddell, Chris. The Phantom of Blood Alley. Oddly, not nominated for the Cybils. Barnaby is recommended to Clarissa Olipha...

West, Jacqueline. The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere) Nominated for the Cybils by Sandra Stiles Olive's family moves to an old house ...

Strickland, Brad. Flight of the Outcast. (The Academy: Year 1) Nominated for the Cybils by Kate Coombs. May wax a little enthusiastic about ...

Buckingham, Royce. The Dead Boys. Nominated for the Cybils by Mike Schoeneck What happens when corporations dump toxic waste into waterway...

There are a few students in middle school who play guitars and are interested in forming their own rock bands. I even helped name an Emo ban...

Spratt, R.A. The Adventures of Nanny Piggins . Mr. Green needs a nanny for his three children because he is a very busy lawyer, and the chil...

Riordan, Rick. The Lost Hero . Nominated for the Cybils by Kate. I admit it; in order to read this, I had to deny a student. Once it went o...

Lechermeier , Philippe. The Secret Lives of Princesses. Nominated for the Cybils by Danielle Smith . Have to say first that I think this b...

Coville, Bruce. The Last Hunt . Nominated for the Cybils by Beverly Wrigglesworth As with Dark Whispers , this final volume of the Unicorn C...

Tellegan, Toon. Letters to Anyone and Everyone . Nominated for the Cybils by Katie Connor The Squi...