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Favorite Author Spotlight: John Green

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 6 Comments

Have you heard of John Green? Nerdfighters? The VlogBrothers? Find out more about this fantastic author striving to increase awesome.

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Why Obfuscation Is the Perfect Vocab Word for “Paper Towns”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Julia Tomiak / 9 Comments

John Green’s PaperTowns is about a boy named Quentin and his quest to find the girl of his dreams, Margo Roth Spiegleman.   He already knows her; she lives next...

Improving vocabulary

How John Green Can Improve Your Vocabulary

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Julia Tomiak / 9 Comments

Last Week’s Winners Thank you to everyone who gave the August Vocabulary Review a try!  The answers were: oleophobic = oil resistant, and Apple puts it on...

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