Kate, we don’t have a school librarian. Our school library is run entirely by volunteers.
Thanks for the suggestions. I’m going to keep a look out for those titles while thrifting and volunteering at the library bookstore.
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - Sep 19, 2025 9:45:21 am PDT #28441 of 28452
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
EpicTangent - Sep 19, 2025 10:58:42 am PDT #28442 of 28452
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Maybe ask the Empress (I still see her over on FB)? I think she teaches 2nd or 3rd rather than 4th, but would probably still have some good recs.
sj - Sep 19, 2025 11:01:43 am PDT #28443 of 28452
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Epic, that was going to be my next stop.
EpicTangent - Sep 19, 2025 11:12:55 am PDT #28444 of 28452
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Great minds think alike!
Pix - Sep 20, 2025 7:58:09 am PDT #28445 of 28452
The status is NOT quo.
Some book lists for you!
One from a K-12 booklist for fourth graders: [link]
One with a diversity and empathy focus for fourth graders: [link]
One from Scholastic Teachers: [link]
sj - Sep 20, 2025 12:24:43 pm PDT #28446 of 28452
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Pix!
-t - Sep 21, 2025 8:27:20 pm PDT #28447 of 28452
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Finally read Hemlock & Silver, really liked it. I am trying to remember why the Red Feather Saga sounds familiar but not certain that it really does or if it is just vaguely like some completely different thing. Google (that is to say DuckDuckGo) is not helping me at all. Does it ring any bells for anyone else?
-t - Sep 24, 2025 8:10:34 am PDT #28448 of 28452
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am 3rd in the hold line at the library for All of Us Murderers, woohoo! I think I probably pre-ordered it but checking through all my book-buying sources to confirm that is more than I wanna do right now. But the library is getting a copy and at least two other people want to read it, so yay!
Ooh, and there's a sample of A Philosophy of Thieves although I can't put that one on hold yet
::vibrates with excitement::
-t - Sep 27, 2025 12:37:23 pm PDT #28449 of 28452
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Have finally read The Devotion of Suspect X (I’m not sure why I say finally - I do feel like I have been trying to read it for a long time but I could not tell you what was getting in my way) and it is astonishingly good. Holmes/Moriarty vibes but entirely different, mildly reminiscent of The Hollow (maybe only in my head). The mystery is innovative but the characters all stay relatable human. I can see why it won so many awards.
I have Malice to read soon, very interested to see if it’s at all similar
JenP - Sep 27, 2025 3:19:52 pm PDT #28450 of 28452
I have fallen way out of my reading habit for a couple of months now. Maybe a good mystery will get me back! I'll see if I can get my hands on it.
ETA: Requested!