Ed Spicer teaches first grade students at North Ward Elementary School in Allegan, Michigan.
He has served on numerous American Library Association committees, including the
Michael L. Printz Committee and the Caldecott Committee. Spicer gives presentations on
books to schools, universities, libraries, and other organizations. In 2010 he was a featured
speaker for the Texas Library Association, discussing his life as a homeless teen and the role
libraries played and continue to play in his life. Currently, Spicer is getting ready to publish
an article on nonfiction and the Common Core, host a webinar for School Library Journal
on boys and beading, and writing many more new curriculum guides about amazing scientists.
Find him on Facebook (spicyreads). His website address is www.spicyreads.org. Send
emails to info@spicyreads.org.
Marguerite Foshee is a teacher consultant at Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan. She enjoys
collaboratively teaching twelfth-grade English and mentoring students in the school’s “Champion” program.
Marguerite is enjoying completing her graduate degree in the Master of Arts in Teaching: Literacy program at
Madonna University, through which she has led an after-school writing workshop as part of an elementary
school magazine club in Detroit.
Katie Rener is a recent graduate of Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, and the
former editorial assistant for the MRJ. As a certified English teacher, she is passionate about
supporting students’ creativity as readers and writers. She believes that books can open up a
new world for students and is always looking for another great read to dive into. Currently,
she is working as a long-term sub for Plymouth-Canton Schools.
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Recommended Citation
Spicer, Ed; Foshee, Marguerite; and Rener, Katie
(2013)
"The Well-Stocked Bookshelf: Reviews of Books for Young Adults,"
Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 46:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol46/iss1/12
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