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I Am the Walrus: The N.O.A.H Files, Book 1 Book Review
age 10+ Boy gains animal powers in funny sci-fi adventure. Parents need to know that I Am the Walrus: The N.O.A.H. Files, Book 1 is a wacky sci-fi comedic adventure by bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman. It's action-packed but still thoughtful about what it's like to be the new kid in town. After several strange events in his small Oregon hometown, 14-year old Noah Prime suddenly starts taking on the powers of the animal kingdom.
All Better Now
Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle Knowlden Two incarcerated teens fall in love at a gender-segregated juvenile detention center in this uniquely rendered romance by Knowlden, Shusterman, and Young. High school junior Adriana Zaharn writes Continue reading »
Mr. S
PreS-Gr 1–On the first day of school, a class of 12 children notices a cup of coffee, some papers, and a sandwich sitting on the teacher’s desk—but no teacher. Without someone to conduct the class, half the kids are ready to run amok until a ruler suddenly falls off the desk onto the floor. Startled, the children decide that the “Mr. S” someone has written on the blackboard stands for the sandwich perched up front.
Nell Plants a Tree
by Anne Wynter (text) & illus. by Daniel Miyares Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins/. Jan. 2023. 40p. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062865779. COPY ISBN Gr 1-4–In two stories that speed gracefully toward each other, a modern one from the present back through time, and the title story, from the beginning to the moment it meets up with the modern one, readers learn of a seed that becomes a tree and all of its bounty.
Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman: Hardcover: 9780759555242: Powell's Books
by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman Release Date: 4/22/2023 Upcoming Event Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan — with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top — in I Am the Walrus (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), the first book in a hilarious new sci-fi series from authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman. When 14-year-old Noah falls from the trees on his classmate Sahara, he doesn’t understand how, or why, he would have been up there.
Mommy Time
by Monique James-Duncan (text) & illus. by Ebony Glenn Candlewick. Mar. 2023. 32p. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781536212266. COPY ISBN PreS-Gr 1–An adorable story that is simple and full of love. A little boy enjoys his mommy time and all the other activities he does with his mother and family, from “morning time” to “sing-along time” to “go home time.” The vocabulary is simple, clear against the page, and uses the word time as both a pattern and minimal rhyme scheme.
By Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman.
Apr. 2023. 400p. Little, Brown, $17.99 (9780759555242). Grades 5-7. REVIEW. First published February 15, 2023 (). The coauthors of the Accelerati Trilogy kick off an equally head-spinning sf series starring seemingly ordinary middle-schooler Noah Prime. Noah finds himself caught between rival groups of space aliens wearing creepy, ill-fitting human skins after discovering his useful but hard-to-control ability to take on the characteristics of any animal.
I Am the Walrus (The N.O.A.H. Files #1)
Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman. Little, Brown, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7595-5524-2 The creators of the Accelerati Trilogy reteam for this dynamic, Oregon-set series kickoff, whose wide-ranging adventure arc encompasses aliens, animalian hijinks, designer coffins, and Stonehenge.
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Jeff Flake Does His Best Clarence Thomas Impersonation
When the Republican majority finally ditched prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, deciding that they no longer needed a human fig leaf to shield them from talking directly to a woman, Lindsey Graham launched into an unhinged rant about Democrats conspiring to keep the current Supreme Court vacancy open. At no point did anyone mention Merrick Garland, the Supreme Court nominee that Graham held up for a year despite Garland’s noticeable lack of sexual assault allegations, but no matter.
The Most Controversial Supreme Court Justice
Which Supreme Court justice was a member of a known hate group, but later joined the Court’s majority in Brown v. Board, holding segregation in public schools unconstitutional? Hint: The hate group in question was the KKK. See the answer on the next page. Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques.
Fox News Anchor Categorizes Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony As ‘Disaster For Republicans’
This was extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible… This is a disaster for the Republicans. — Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, commenting on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s statement and testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
The Man Who Made Law School Rankings A Thing Has Died
It’s hard to imagine a world where every year didn’t bring a detailed ordinal ranking of the quality of every college, grad program, and, most importantly, law school in America. It has helped students cut through the puffery that every admissions office pumps out to make genuine comparisons between the schools. It also set up a gameable system that incentivized schools to make unnecessary reforms or outright lie to artificially bump up their standing.
There Is A Way Out Of A Toxic Supreme Court Nomination
Who was the most recent Supreme Court nominee to have their nomination withdrawn? Hint: The nomination was withdrawn amid bipartisan pressure and concerns about qualifications. See the answer on the next page.
Deceased Son’s Genetic Material Used To Create Grandchild - Is That Even Legal?
Earlier this month, a California fertility doctor proudly how he was honored to assist a British couple in the conception of their grandchild. How did that happen? Like many stories in the world of assisted reproductive technology (ART) law, the tale begins with tragedy. The British couple’s only child, a son, had died suddenly in a motorcycle accident, at the young age of 26. Somehow, the son’s body wasn’t recovered for two full days.
Did Bill Cosby Get Off Easy?
With the imposition of a three-to-ten-year sentence yesterday, Bill Cosby became the first celebrity in the #MeToo era to be convicted of sex crimes and sentenced to hard jail time. He was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. What are we make of such a sentence when he could have gotten as little as probation and as much as life?
Biglaw Firm Reverses Course On Associate Raises, Is Now Onboard With $190,000 Starting Salary
Turns out patience really can be rewarded. The associates at Fish & Richardson were peeved back in August when the firm announced that a firmwide bump in compensation was simply not in the cards — despite the firm’s boasts that they could, in fact, afford it. Last week, the firm announced that they were reversing course and raises were in the offing.
The Changing Legal Office
The legal workplace would be almost unrecognizable to a lawyer of the past. The typewriters are gone, WordPerfect is gone, the fax machines are going, and a whole host of new platforms providing services that those older lawyers could never have imagined. Joe and Elie chat with Casepoint CEO Haresh Bhungalia and Casepoint Chief Strategy Officer David Carns about the legal technology landscape generally and Casepoint specifically and how each are changing the legal workflow.
Building The Case For Innovation Within The Law Firm
Budget season is nearly upon us, which means that legal professionals across the industry are currently looking hard at their spending, most likely defending existing investments and lobbying for new investments. However, as many of us know, making the case for investment in the firm can be particularly challenging.
There’s A Reason Why Brett Kavanaugh Is Giving Interviews Now - He Doesn’t Have The Senate Votes
Rule No. 1 of politics: When you have the votes, you vote. When you don’t, you talk. And Kavanaugh and his allies are having to do a lot of talking right now. —Steven Dennis of Bloomberg, tweeting about reports that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh does not have 50 senators willing to confirm him.
On Behalf Of Men Who Could Still Be On The Supreme Court If Kavanaugh Cannot
I cannot empathize with Christine Blasey Ford or Deborah Ramirez. I obviously sympathize with them, but I’m not a survivor, and I can’t know what it’s like to come forward with these types of allegations against the patriarchy.
The Webs We Weave: Some Thoughts On Buying Yourself A Little Time When You Need It
Like toddlers, if you use the word no or the phrase not right this minute around your business partners too often, they will eventually lose their effectiveness. And very much like toddlers, business partners insist on having everything now, because let’s face it, if they don’t demand it right now, chances are they’ll forget about it and chase the next shiny object that comes along. When outright bargaining for extra time fails, I like to pad my expected turnaround by a few hours or days. Why?
Morning Docket: 09.25.18
* Amid reports (from Fox News no less) that Mitch McConnell does not presently have the votes to confirm Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court took the precaution of removing several contentious matters from their long conference agenda lest. They’re hunkering down for another couple months at 4-4.
Law School Is Nothing New
According to an 1881 book by Oxford University professor Thomas Holland, by 450 BC, there were two law schools in existence in which two cities? Hint: The law schools were recognized in state documents in 250 AD. See the answer on the next page.
The Key To Wachtell’s Success? How They Pay Their Partners
The Biglaw firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has quite the reputation as a prestigious institution, even if they do things a little differently. Within the world of Biglaw, the firm is relatively young (founded in 1965) and fairly small (260 attorneys), but they’re still regarded as one of the very best law firms — and one with a reputation as the hardest firm to get a job at. Big Law Business has put together a close look at what makes Wachtell well, Wachtell.
Biglaw Growth Is Back In A Big Way
After several years of tepid growth, global Biglaw has finally broken through and enjoyed the sort of solid financial performance that usually presages a horrific collapse. That’s perhaps too cynical. But having been through one of a Biglaw boom and bust cycle before it seems things are always at their best right before the fall. It’s when mergers and acquisitions work gets a bit too frisky and the underlying economy starts to look a bit too reckless. Maybe this time we’ll buck that trend.
Rod Rosenstein Heading To The White House To Secretly Record Getting Fired
When reports emerged that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the man overseeing Robert Mueller’s largely successful investigation into illicit connections between those close to the White House and Russia, had discussed the possibility of secretly recording the president and invoking the 25th Amendment, it was pretty clear he was on his out. Criminal conspiracies don’t take kindly to snitches in their midst.
Morning Docket: 09.24.18
* The Senate Judiciary Committee has reached a tentative deal with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as to when she will testify about her allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. The showdown is expected to go down on Thursday, pending any last-minute changes. [New York Times] * Judge Kavanaugh dug up calendars from the summer of 1982 to corroborate his denials of Dr. Ford’s allegations.
The Dragging Of Ed Whelen - See Also
I WISH FOR ALL OF YOU TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE ONE OF YOUR MOST VOCAL TROLLS DRAGGED: As I have lived long enough to see the defenestration of Ed Whelan. YALE LAW STUDENTS ARE DEMANDING BETTER FROM THEIR LAW SCHOOL: Yale Law has been complicit in this Brett Kavanaugh travesty. Their students hope the school has learned something. ROD ROSENSTEIN OFFERED TO WEAR A WIRE? Here’s a close read of his non-denial denial.
The Secret To A Great Legal Mind
Olga V. Mack is a blockchain strategist, tech lawyer by design, (former) general counsel by choice, mother of two, wife of one, prolific writer, enthusiastic public speaker, and passionate, fearless advocate for women in corporate boards and leadership. Notes to My (Legal) Self is her attempt to synchronize her left and right brains. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, even when you practice law… @olgavmack
A Troubling Lack Of Response To A Major Problem
Patrick Krill, the author of the seminal study on problem drinking and mental health in the legal profession, recently partnered with ALM Intelligence on a survey to get a feel for how law firms view these issues within their walls and the industry overall. Here is the good news.
If You Are Not Really A Trial Lawyer, Do Not Try To Be One
For us to fulfill our obligations to our clients to be their counselors and fighters and help them win, we need to be sure we belong in this field. One of the blessings of having been a trial lawyer for more than two decades has been mentoring younger lawyers or lawyers to be. A young lawyer (not so young now, perhaps) once worked at our firm who had tremendous enthusiasm, diligence I still do not possess, and was tremendously creative.
A Peek Inside The Pipeline: How A Litigation Finance Deal Comes Together
Last week, I took a break from following all the news about the Kavanaugh nomination to attend the Inaugural LF Dealmakers Forum, the first in what I expect to be a series of major conferences focused on the rapidly growing field of litigation finance. The conference offered a wide range of programming as well as networking opportunities through one-on-one dealmaker meetings.
The DOJ’s Rules For Spying On Journalists Get A Bit Flimsy When It Reaches The FISA Court
Back in the spring of 2013, just a month or so before Ed Snowden started revealing all sorts of surveillance shenanigans, there was another important revelation: the Obama DOJ had gone way overboard in spying on journalists, including grabbing the phone records of some AP reporters (without letting them know) and, even worse, telling a court that a Fox News reporter was a “co-conspirator” with a leaker in order to get his phone and email records.
Yale Law Students Protest, Referring To School As ‘Model Of Complicity’ When It Comes To Sexual Harassment
Yesterday, the world learned what many people in legal academia had already known for years — that the Tiger Mother herself, Yale Law professor Amy Chua, had been grooming women for their clerkship interviews with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, suggesting that they “dress to exude a ‘model-like’ femininity.” In fact, Chua apparently prides herself on her ability to prep and preen the women she sent to Kavanaugh’s chambers, having reportedly told a group of law students that it...
Woman Who Never Heard Of White Power Symbol Until This Week Goes Right Back To Using White Power Symbol
On the first day of the Kavanaugh hearings, Zina Gelman Bash, senior counsel to the criminally indicted Ken Paxton and a key part of Kavanaugh’s confirmation team, made waves by subtly flashing the “white power” sign for the cameras. For the unfamiliar, the white power sign is a subtle salute popular in alt-right and white nationalist circles. Basically, the person using the sign creates a “W” and a “P” with their hand. If you think this just describes an “okay” sign, well, you’re not wrong.
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