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I love historical fiction, especially when it portrays the triumph of the human spirit rising above tragic circumstances. It doesn’t get much better than that for me. At the end of a good book, I’m always a little sad to see it come to an end because...

Our team spent an afternoon with all three of these young adults. We were struck by their light-hearted spirits. Like typical siblings, they laughed at each other one minute and exchanged, “how-dare-you” looks another. But they are not typical siblings...

My favourite back-to-school activity was always the summer recap essay.
Year after year, our first task as we began school was to write what we experienced over the summer months to share our lives with our classmates and teachers. Everyone does it, right? Maybe you still have some of those homework assignments tucked away...

I spent nine years teaching public school. First as a middle school English teacher (yes, I actually like that age!), later as a high school English teacher, and finally as a special education teacher for gifted and talented students, third grade through...