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September 5, 2015 by Travis Jonker

One Star Review Guess Who? (#36)

September 5, 2015 by Travis Jonker   4 comments

One Star Review Guess Who

Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon?

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Stealing is ok—-I think not! This is NOT a book to be shared with anyone other than the trash! How very sad the committee accepts and medals a thief! The insanity must stop somewhere.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Ed Spicer says

    September 6, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    The Book Thief!

  2. Benji says

    September 6, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    That was my guess too, Ed. I usually get these things right!

  3. Sarah LuAnn says

    September 7, 2015 at 9:13 am

    My first thought was The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.

  4. Tabatha Anderson says

    September 9, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    Possibly, This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen. 🙂

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