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Lisa Krok

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August 06

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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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I love this author and her latest venture into mystery is another winner! Intersectionality of a brown descendant of Indian immigrants, who is also a queer Muslim woman, and her wife is depicted realistically in the 2019 timeline. Thrity lives 10 min ...more
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Cute story with interesting relationship dynamics amongst characters. I don't seem to process time-travel concepts in books well, but that is on me, not the author. ...more
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Rory Power rocks. This is also great on audiobook.
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“People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.”
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J.K. Rowling
“He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
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Patrick Ness
“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
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Jennifer Salaiz
“How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”
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J.K. Rowling
“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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