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Lisa Krok

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Lisa Krok, MLIS, MEd, is a library manager in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and a former teacher. Her passion is reaching marginalized teens and reluctant readers through young adult literature. Lisa served on the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021 committee and the Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers committee in 2018 and 2019. She also has words in School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Teen Librarian Toolbox.

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"I wrote this book as a guide for teachers and librarians to help them with reaching all teens, and especially marginalized teens and reluctant or striving readers. My book offers information about WHY novels in verse are great for teens, and includes an extensive reader's advisory section with bibliographic information, grade lev
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Lisa Krok While serving on the Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers committee for two years, I noticed that the main reasons teens/tweens may be reluctant readers …moreWhile serving on the Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers committee for two years, I noticed that the main reasons teens/tweens may be reluctant readers is because they have not yet been matched with the right book and have not seen themselves in books. Novels in verse have more white space, fewer words per page in varying font/layout, and a rhythmic voice that draws the reader in. Using Rudine Sims Bishop's (1990) Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors, I searched to find novels in verse that provided representation for many different demographics, interests, and needs. Pairing the books with poetry activities was a natural progression to further engage the reader.(less)
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Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Sisters Alone
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Another gorgeous verse novel from this National Book Award-winning author! As a big sister myself, I totally felt Rama's frustrations with Leena. However, I also softened as their plight became more and more dire. This was a master class in voice
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Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Thank you to Harper Collins, Edelweiss, and Netgalley for print and audio copies of this book. As a novel in verse aficionado, Acevedo is one of the best to ever do it! Lil is fiercely protective of her big brother, Aldwin, and face struggles with ju ...more
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Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi
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I attended the Library Reads panel at the ALA conference in June, and this author pitched her book there. I loved the feminist premise, as well as the humor interjected as Heti uncovers information from her mother's past. Thank you to Harper Collins, ...more
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Word Salad by Susan Coll
Word Salad: A Novel
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Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for print and audio advance copies. I both read and listened to this book. It grabbed me quickly at first, and definitely had some very funny moments. I think there was too much too fast it was a whirlwind. B ...more
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NOT for the faint of heart.

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a truly fantastic and gruesome read."
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“Of course, the politicians, dictators, and warmongers weren’t happy, but their voices, which had always seemed so loud and intimidating, were suddenly insignificant. The emperor not only had no clothes, turns out he had no testicles either. The”
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“The person she loved is dead, stolen by someone else. Mine chose to walk away. Chose everything I hate over everything I am. I wonder which hurts more. Before”
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