The cycle begins again: we're back in the 1920s with Eric P. Kelly's 1929 medal-winning book The Trumpeter of Krakow.

Discussion of the book begins at 24:53.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Your fearless hosts discuss the most recent Newbery Medal winner, Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible.

Discussion of the book begins at 14:37.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

What better time than March of 2025 to do a retrospective of our reading in 2024?

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

After a slightly less lengthy hiatus than last time, we're back again, talking about Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan!

Discussion of the book begins at 13:28.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

After a lengthy hiatus, we ring in the new year by talking about Cynthia Kadohata's slice-of-life novel Kira-Kira. Sorry it's been so long!

Discussion of the book begins at 16:37.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Rebecca and Michael check out Cynthia Rylant's short and sweet Missing May.

Discussion of the book begins at 7:30.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved have we discussed.

Discussion of the book begins at 14:30.

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Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

We did it! We finally released another episode! Sorry it took us two months to read The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin.

Discussion of the book begins at 18:30 (thanks to a listener for suggesting that we say when the discussion begins, in case people want to skip our "what we read recently" part!)

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Michael and Rebecca discuss Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, which has a heavy historical context. Rebecca talks about a few different sources that shed light on some indigenous perspectives, and here they are:

• "An Island of Well-Intentioned Ignorance?"
• "What Archaeologists and Historians Are Finding About the Heroine of a Beloved Young Adult Novel"
• "A critical look at O'Dell's ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS"

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We're back with Eleanor Estes's Ginger Pye, the 1952 medal winner. Sorry for the lengthy hiatus! We're just bad at podcasting on a regular schedule, especially when it comes to talking about books about dogs.

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