Reviews for Something about the Author, Vol. 216

The average rating for Something about the Author, Vol. 216 based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-01 00:00:00 Vonney Lancaster Published in 2005, the sequel to Booktalks, which more or less just says, here's how you do booktalk, but let's focus on genres and actually doing the booktalks…. The only plus side for this author is that she tries to use books that go from the 11 year old tween demographic (for books like Hoot, and award winners from upper Elementary/Middle Grade readers) to High School readers (for books like Speak)...Okay...But, even by 2005 standard, the author does not follow pop-culture at all, given that she is still using Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the Sarah Michelle Gellar t.v. show version) as contemporary. She also makes no attempt to tell the readers, 'Hey, follow pop culture. You'll need to to succeed with teens.'

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-28 00:00:00 John Sweeney Teen book talk samples