The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads

Welcome to the eighth episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Lasya discusses James Riley's The Revenge of Magic . Mrs. Maxell, one of Watson's fabulous English teachers, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: When long-dead magical creatures are discovered all around the world, each buried with a book of magic, only children can unlock the dangerou...

To celebrate our seventh episode, Watson Mountain Middle School's Gela Russell (Assistant Principal) and Adam Howells (Instructional Technology Facilitator) dive into two incredible books with the number "seven" in the title: Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s and Shelly Pearsall's The Seven Most Important Thing . Both books' young protagonists navigate profound grief and discover their own str...

Welcome to the sixth episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Maya discusses Stuart Gibbs' Big Game from the FunJungle series. Ms. Peyton, one of Watson's fabulous English teachers, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: When someone takes aim at Rhonda Rhino, FunJungle's pregnant (and endangered) Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, the zoo steps up...

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Navvy discusses Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You. Mr. Chung, one of Watson's fabulous English teachers, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep...

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s wonderful librarians, Ms. Larson & Ms. Buffi, discuss books that are not regularly checked out (but should be), as well as what makes the Watson library the literal and metaphorical heart of the school. Adam Howells, Watson's Instructional Technology Facilitator, serves as guest interviewer. Books D...

Welcome to the third episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Samanvitha discusses Kelly Yang's' Front Desk. Mrs. Williams, one of Watson's fabulous English teachers, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-o...

Welcome to the second episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Mahdi discusses Alan Gratz' Refugee. Mrs. Och, one of Watson's fabulous English teachers, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of t...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Book Sighting: Hidden Reads ! This week, Watson Mountain’s very own Nishi discusses Remy Lai’s Read at Your Own Risk . Mr. Howells, Watson's Instructional Technology Facilitator, serves as guest interviewer. From Goodreads: Read at Your Own Risk is the illustrated sketch diary of a girl who is being haunted after a game goes terribly wrong and an evil spirit...