I’ve just finished reading Long Island by Colm Toibin, which is the sequel to Brooklyn. We meet Eilis Lacey in Brooklyn, when she is a young woman who leaves her home in Ireland for a chance at a new life in America, specifically in New York. She finds work, friends, love, and a new world…
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Independent Reading: The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
The Year of Billy Miller is the first in a series about the Miller family, written by children’s picture-book author Kevin Henkes. Readers will follow Billy as he navigates second grade, with conflicts at school and at home that he must work through. Written for a young middle-grade audience, Billy’s day-to-day problems require him to…