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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin includes everything I love about middle grade mystery books: quirky characters, clues the reader can solve, and just enough suspense to keep you going without giving you nightmares. Title: The Westing Game Author: Ellen … Continue reading →

In writing, there’s a little trick called “foreshadowing.” It simply means to hint at something that will happen later in the story. As one of my high school English teachers liked to say, “If there’s a gun on the wall … Continue reading →

The words its and it’s are often confused. The good news is that the difference is pretty simple. Its is a possessive pronoun. That means you use it to show that an object owns something. For example: To keep the … Continue reading →