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Special education coach and consultant; passionate about inclusive and effective instructional strategies and finding books for all readers

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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Adib Khorram's One Word, Six Letters is a poignant YA novel about two ninth-grade boys struggling to understand themselves and how they fit in with friends, families, and the larger community. Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and @fiercereads.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Middle grade readers who enjoy character relationships, suspense, and weather-related emergencies will enjoy Saadia Faruqi's Some of Us are Brave! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I'm typically not much of a suspense/thriller reader, but @alicefeeney.com had me hooked from the start of My Husband's Wife - heartpounding story and phenomenal narrator on audiobook! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I've got to get better about keeping caught up with my @netgalley.bsky.social reviews - I'm fortunate to have access to so many great ARCs! @vtbidania.bsky.social A Year Without Home is a fantastic middle grade novel in verse. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Patti Callahan Henry's The Story She Left Behind is a great choice for fans of historical fiction, with a touch of mystery! Many thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social and @atriabooks.bsky.social for the e-ARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of The Story She Left Behind
3/5: Set in 1950s South Carolina, Patti Callahan Henry's The Story She Left Behind is a hopeful, mysterious, and romantic historical fiction - all in one! Clara's mother, a famed childhood author, dis...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Loved Alissa Lee's With Friends Like These - fans of quick, page-turning, suspense will enjoy this one! Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and Simon&Schuster for the e-ARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of With Friends Like These
4/5: With Friends Like These is a suspenseful page turner that keeps you thinking until the closing chapters! The Circus was an innocent, harmless "killing" game for a group of roommates at Harvard th...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Rainy, foggy, and icy day during Winter Break in Maine - great day for some book reviews! I listened to Amber McBride's The Leaving Room, and I would suggest the physical read. Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for the advanced listen! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of The Leaving Room
2/5: Full disclosure - I listened to this on audio, and may have had an easier time following in printed text. Leaving Rooms are stopping points for all children who pass away and Gospel, the main cha...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A long-time fan of Nic Stone's YA novels, I am now officially a Nic Stone fan - period! Boom Town is a captivating thriller and Stone's debut adult novel. I didn't want to put down! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @simonbooks.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Boom Town
4/5: Captivating adult debut by Nic Stone! I started reading this on a flight and found myself wanting to finish it while I was on a weekend getaway! While I typically enjoy a novel where each chapter...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My most recent audiobook listen was Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere - a great listen to a strong YA novel with a unique perspective on what happens to us after death. Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Elsewhere
4/5: I listened to the audiobook version of this novel - great narrator, enjoyable to listen to, and found myself wanting to listen during times I don't typically have my audiobook going. This is a st...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
@fineangeline.bsky.social is an outstanding author that you must be reading! Firekeeper's Daughter, Warrior Girl Unearther, and now Sisters in the Wind - each of her novels is a stunner! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Sisters in the Wind
5/5: Angeline Boulley caught my attention with her first novel - Firekeeper's Daughter- and now every novel of hers is a must-read for me! Sisters in the Wind is just as amazing as her first two novel...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
@erindowning.bsky.social captures the real-world family dynamics that get passed on through the years in What Happened Then- a must read! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and Scholastic for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of What Happened Then
4/5: Family secrets are often rooted in deep emotions and misunderstandings. Avery and Jax, two cousins brought to the family island on an all-family summer trip, learn this lesson while cleaning out ...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Coolest fall day of the year means @patriots.bsky.social football and @netgalley.bsky.social reviews. First up - All the Tomorrows After - a stunning debut novel by Joanne Yi. Thank you Netgalley and @simonandschuster.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of All the Tomorrows After
4/5: Greatly enjoyed Winter Moon's journey - from the struggles with her mom, the heartbreak of losing her grandmother, the challenges of her lifelong friendship, the excitement of a new romance, and ...
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Sylvia Liu @sylvialiu.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I'm getting close to a fun number of followers. To celebrate, I'm giving away 7 amazing PB and MG books! To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr). Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Forever We Dream is a solid debut novel for young adult readers! Readers will fall for Mark Workman's main characters and enjoy the music scene from the 1970s. Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @victoryeditingngc.bsky.social for the eARC! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Forever We Dream
3/5: This young adult novel set in the 1970s has a unique set of main characters that the reader will quickly become endeared to, as do most of the other characters in the book. Elliana, Bellamona, an...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Spark by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social is a timely and powerful novel in verse for middle grade readers! A must-have for classroom libraries! Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social for the eARC! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Spark
4/5: Timely and powerful middle grade novel-in-verse by Chris Baron! Finn and Rabbit are best friends and neighbors, bonded by their love of nature and wildlife. When wildfires threaten their neighbor...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Bestselling author Jason Reynolds has written a full-cast narrated and only-available-in-audio YA novel! Perfect for budding musicians and lovers of music alike! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Soundtrack
3/5: Unique only-available-in-audiobook story written by Jason Reynolds and narrated by a full cast! Readers/listeners who enjoy music and have a background knowledge of city life will enjoy the journ...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Your Final Moments is an emotional, reflective young adult novel from JayColes - great for readers who can keep track of multiple story elements and like a bit of supernatural! Thank you @NetGalley and @Scholastic for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Your Final Moments
3/5: Lots of elements to digest in this emotional, reflective Young Adult novel from Jay Coles. Hakeem loses his best friend Miles and soon after begins receiving phone calls from him from the other s...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
@katemessner.com has written a stunning middle grade novel in The Trouble With Heroes - an absolute must read! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social for the eARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of The Trouble with Heroes
5/5: Absolutely loved this book (would have read in one setting if my life allowed) and middle grade readers will too! This book is for all readers, but a special spot will be hit for those who love t...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I've done a lot of @netgalley.bsky.social reading this summer - time for reviews! First up - @halseanderson.bsky.social Rebellion 1776. Fall in love with Elsbeth and get a fresh historical perspective of Boston at the start of the American Revolution. Strong read! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Rebellion 1776
3/5: Another strong historical fiction for the middle grade reader from Laurie Halse Anderson - this time with a new insight and perspective on the Boston area at the onset of the American Revolution!...
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 02/08/2025
If you’re a Kindle girlie, My Friends by Fredrik Backman is on sale for $1.99. It’s a brilliant book and reminds me that it is a privilege to work with the youth. a.co/d/hl7SImy
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My Friends: A Novel - Kindle edition by Backman, Fredrik. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading My Friends: A Novel.
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The Beat I Drum - hands down my favorite of Dusti Bowling's Life of a Cactus series! Thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social and @unionsquarekids.bsky.social for the eARC! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus, #3)
4/5: My favorite of Dusti Bowling's Life of the Cactus series! Focused on Aven's friend Connor, this installment tells the story of Connor's adjustment to a new apartment, new school, and transition t...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Read Jamie Sumner's Please Pay Attention in one sitting - incredibly powerful novel in verse for your middle grade readers! Thanks @NetGalley for the eARC! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Please Pay Attention
5/5: Incredibly powerful novel-in-verse written from the point of view of a late elementary school student who survives a school shooting! The subtle, but necessary changes in time across sections of ...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Can think of no other way to brighten my Saturday morning and give myself some positive energy than to spend it with @kass-minor.bsky.social @corneliusminor.bsky.social and Kwame Alexander Thank you! #ActioninDreaming
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
One month to go ‘til Selection Sunday and it seemed like the perfect day to finally start this book by @buffalojenn.bsky.social
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Latest audiobook listen was Chanelle Desamours' Needy Little Things! An outstanding YA read with excellent narration - the perfect mix! Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for the advanced listen! goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Needy Little Things
5/5: Excellent audiobook for teen readers with outstanding narration! Desamours mixes a perfect amount of parnormal abilities with teenage struggles and nationwide racial inequality. Highly recommend!
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Way late to the party with Lisa Fipp's And Then, Boom, but wow - what an incredible novel-in-verse that must be read by all who work with children! @penguinteen.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of And Then, Boom!
5/5: An emotional, eye-opening, and hopeful middle grade novel-in-verse that all adults working with children must read! Joe's home life is less than traditional and all but easy. Yet he is invested c...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@lyndamh.bsky.social is back with her amazing #AuthorsLoveTeachers giveaway! The generosity of these authors each year is stunning!
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Another chilly Saturday in Maine...a perfect day to write some @netgalley.bsky.social reviews! So many amazing MG and YA books publishing soon. First up - Tear This Down by @barbaradee.bsky.social Thanks @simonandschuster.bsky.social for the E-ARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Tear This Down
4/5: Barbara Dee always tackles important topics for middle grade readers in a thoughtful and meaningful manner and Tear This Down fits the bill! Freya's battles with freedom of speech, freedom of pro...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Kicked off February break by treating myself with a Saturday morning cover-to-cover reading session! Fantastic MG read by @melanieconklin.bsky.social
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Just finished my first read by Andrea Beatriz Arango and I will definitely be reading more... It's All or Nothing, Vale grabbed my heart! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and RHBC Educators for the E-ARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of It's All or Nothing, Vale
4/5: Sweet middle grade novel-in-verse bringing the reader along Valentina's struggles after a dirt bike accident impacts her identity and future as a champion fencer. While working to get back into f...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@meganefreeman has written an amazing companion book to Alone. Away contains a unique variety of verse for each character's point of view. A must read for lovers of Alone and beyond! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and Simon&Schuster Children's for the E-ARC! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Away
4/5: In the companion book to Alone, Freeman brings us to one of the evacuation camps many Coloradan families were forced to relocate to after a mysterious, unnamed imminent danger is announced. Four ...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It's a cold Sunday morning in Maine and the perfect day to catch up on @netgalley.bsky.social reviews! First up - Same Page by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social This is another great middle grade read by Elly not to be missed! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Same Page
4/5: Uplifting middle grade novel about Bess, her mission to get books of all kinds into the hands of her peers, her willingness to meet new people of all ages in the process, and the growing pains of...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Another strong novel in verse by @padmatv.bsky.social - grab Safe Harbor for your middle grade readers when it publishes later this month! @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #NetGalley goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Safe Harbor
3/5: Strong novel in verse about Geetha and her and her mom's emigration to the US after her parents' divorce in India. Starting school in Rhode Island with no friends, thrift store clothing, and a co...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Amazingly well-written and touching novel in verse publishing in March 2025 - don't miss Octopus Moon by Bobbie Pyron @Penguinteen.bsky.social #NetGalley #OctopusMoon goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Octopus Moon
4/5: Outstanding middle grade novel in verse publishing in March! Bobbie Pyron tells the story of fifth-grader Pearl and her struggle to understand her emotions and to be honest about them with her cl...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
One of my favorite middle grade reads of the year - amazing novel in verse by @jessicavitalis.bsky.social #UnsinkableCayenne #NetGalley www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Unsinkable Cayenne
5/5: This is a must read by Jessica Vitalis and is for middle grade readers and adults alike! Vitalis thoughtfully and carefully tells the story of Cayenne and her family, focusing on Cayenne's strugg...
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Getting caught up on NetGalley book reviews today and set my 2025 Goodreads goal - really hoping this is the year I hit 50! First up...Counting Miracles by Nicholas Spark! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Melissa's review of Counting Miracles
4/5: Nicolas Sparks always delivers a solid realistic fiction book and this one doesn't disappoint. There are two stories occurring simultaneously. One is of elderly widow Jasper, living alone in the ...
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Mrs Boire @mrsboire.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Just joined and am searching for all my educator, author, and book group friends from the other app…
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