Tag: #candlewickpublishing

• Idol Gossip Review

  Every Friday after school, dressed in their new South Korean prep-school uniforms — sweater vests, knee-highs, pleated skirts, and blazers — seventeen-year old Alice Choy and her little sister, Olivia, head to Myeongdong, brave a dank, basement-level stairwell full of graffiti, and slip into a noreabang. Back in San Francisco, when she still had friends…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 21, 2025

  Reviews

  #alexandraleighyoung, #candlewickpress, #candlewickpublishing, #idolgossip, #kpop, #musicindustry, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #YA

• Book Highlight: The Tale of Despereaux

  I finally read this Kate DiCamillo classic. I admit I vaguely knew the story since I had the graphic novel adaptation of the movie but we all know movie’s take artistic liberties so I was interested to see what changed and what stayed the same. While I found the narrator addressing the readers a bit…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 5, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #animals, #candlewickpress, #candlewickpublishing, #fantasy, #katedicamillo, #lowergrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #thetaleofdespereaux, #timothybasilering

• Historical Fiction Books for Kids

  American Girls and American Girl: History Mystery, American Girl: Girls from Other Lands Series

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 3, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #american girl, #candlewickpublishing, #dearamerica, #dearcanada, #deborahkent, #erikatamar, #girlsfromotherlands, #girlsoflighthouselane, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #history mystery, #jessicaspotswood, #macmillan, #peasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #royaldiaries, #ruthelwinharris, #saddlesstarsandstripes, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #sistersofquantockhills, #theradicalelement, #tyrannyofpetticoats