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Following Thoreau in an Experiment to live simply, this family stopped using screens at home. All of them minded walking without soundtracks. This is a lively account of six months, during which a teenager turned to playing the saxophone, another to cooking, and a columnist wrote her copy out longhand. The lure of the flashing screens had conquered family conversation, reasonable sleep habits, and eating together. Realistic and honest, this book encourages introspection and good choices, even if we don't unplug for good.
Following Thoreau in an Experiment to live simply, this family stopped using screens at home. All of them minded walking without soundtracks. This is a lively account of six months, during which a teenager turned to playing the saxophone, another to cooking, and a columnist wrote her copy out longhand. The lure of the flashing screens had conquered family conversation, reasonable sleep habits, and eating together. Realistic and honest, this book encourages introspection and good choices, even if we don't unplug for good.
My library will class this as Juvenile Illustrated Fiction The pictures are evocative and the story is sadly fascinating. Hand it to 14 year olds. (having read this in Albertville, France, recently, I can't comment on the English text).
The saga continues with more intrigue, closer relationships, and new settings. Our heroes, Max and Cindy, are learning persistence and strategy. Cochrane has used more locations (from New York City to Juneau, Alaska) while still serving up situations that demand quick thinking, determination, and even skill at sliding into first base.
This is fine adventure with young teenagers joining adults, allies, and elders in an important quest to set the world right.
This is tasty and fascinating history: how Bolivian silver promoted individual liberty, tales of potatoes and tomatoes, diplomacy that impressed Benjamin Franklin, and even more.
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The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Liv by Susan Maushart
with MyNose in a Book, September 3, 2011
Following Thoreau in an Experiment to live simply, this family stopped using screens at home. All of them minded walking without soundtracks. This is a lively account of six months, during which a teenager turned to playing the saxophone, another to cooking, and a columnist wrote her copy out longhand. The lure of the flashing screens had conquered family conversation, reasonable sleep habits, and eating together. Realistic and honest, this book encourages introspection and good choices, even if we don't unplug for good.The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Liv by Susan Maushart
with MyNose in a Book, September 3, 2011
Following Thoreau in an Experiment to live simply, this family stopped using screens at home. All of them minded walking without soundtracks. This is a lively account of six months, during which a teenager turned to playing the saxophone, another to cooking, and a columnist wrote her copy out longhand. The lure of the flashing screens had conquered family conversation, reasonable sleep habits, and eating together. Realistic and honest, this book encourages introspection and good choices, even if we don't unplug for good.The Red Piano by Andre Leblanc
with MyNose in a Book, August 13, 2011
My library will class this as Juvenile Illustrated Fiction The pictures are evocative and the story is sadly fascinating. Hand it to 14 year olds. (having read this in Albertville, France, recently, I can't comment on the English text).The Descendant and the Demon's Fork (Max and the Gatekeeper Book III) by James Todd Cochrane
with MyNose in a Book, July 23, 2011
The saga continues with more intrigue, closer relationships, and new settings. Our heroes, Max and Cindy, are learning persistence and strategy. Cochrane has used more locations (from New York City to Juneau, Alaska) while still serving up situations that demand quick thinking, determination, and even skill at sliding into first base.This is fine adventure with young teenagers joining adults, allies, and elders in an important quest to set the world right.
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford
with MyNose in a Book, January 5, 2011
This is tasty and fascinating history: how Bolivian silver promoted individual liberty, tales of potatoes and tomatoes, diplomacy that impressed Benjamin Franklin, and even more.1-5 of 8next