Archive for the ‘Middle Grade/ Teens/ YA’ Category

O fim de semana, (which you now know, faithful blog-readers,–if you’ve read part 4–means On the weekend), we discovered one of the wonders of South America–Foz do Iguacu aka Iguazu Falls, located on the border of Argentina’s province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Parana. (I’m missing proper accents here. Disculpe. I’m sorry.)  Think Niagra Falls in (Read the Rest…)

Oi from the beautiful city of Curitiba.  The house where we’re staying (THANK you to my wonderful friends, the Combs.) backs up to Bosque Almao (“German Woods”) where the parrots are noisily discussing o fim de semana (weekend) plans. Our plans are to go to Foz do Iguasu, but I can’t leave Curitiba without sharing more of (Read the Rest…)

Let the Brazil blog begin! With any luck (and wifi) I will be updating this as I visit International Schools in Brazil this month. I always tell the students I meet that books can take you amazing places–both real and imagined. Boy is that the truth! It’s finally hitting me that my Brazilian adventure is real.  (Read the Rest…)

Teen reviewer Maris Dyer reviews Mara Dyer…wait—what? Confession:  When I first received this book, I was terrified to read it. Not because it was a horror story or because of comments from other people who had read it, but because of the title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. My name is Maris Dyer. Music from (Read the Rest…)

How do you top off a wonderful weekend that started with a Giant’s win over the A’s, a Saturday am 5K race in SF (I was the team photographer/ cheerleader, thank you very much), our college kid’s b’day lunch celebration (Happy 20th G !), and a 1-1 World Cup US vs. England tie? ( USA! (Read the Rest…)