“Quiet Power” author Susan Cain is an introvert; so is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Beyoncé, Emma Watson and Steve Wozniak, creator of Apple computers.
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For almost every day of your life, someone’s reminded you to share. Usually, it’s about sharing your toys, but that’s not all. You share games, the sofa, your ideas, snacks and any chore that needs four hands.
Let’s get this out in the open: “Rusty Summer” is OK. A six out of 10, just slightly better than middling. In its favor, I liked the characters in this book; they’re all decent people, the kind you’d want in your corner. I was truly drawn to their good hearts. What I didn’t like was the overabundance of slang here.
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Someday, the planet on which you’re standing will be yours. That means you probably want to take good care of it and of the other people who’ll own it, too. No doubt, you’ve got some awesome (and very unique) ideas on how to do that. And if not — well, why not learn from kids who’ve done something for the Earth?
Your family is going on vacation this year. It’ll be a lot of fun.
If somebody’s doing something fun, you want to be part of it, too. You might not realize it, but lots of people think that way, too. And in the new book “Dan, The Taxi Man” by Eric Ode, illustrated by Kent
Culotta, the most important one in a group almost gets missed.
“Barn Boot Blues,” an teen angst-free novel about a city girl’s relocation to a farm, is a real kick.