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Jennifer Epping

Jennifer Epping is a high school English and journalism teacher in Des Moines, Iowa. She has a passion for reading, writing, and making lame jokes to her students just to see them laugh or roll their eyes. She just concluded her ninth year teaching. Epping graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in journalism and mass communication (2010) and BA in English Education (2013). She attended New York University’s Summer Publishing Institute (2010), and spent some time in children’s book publishing in New York.

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    Women's History Month: The Girl with the Louding Voice

    The main character in The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, Adunni, is on a personal journey to give herself the best life she can despite insurmountably hard circumstances. Her mother dies prematurely and her father needs to pay the bills in...

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    Women's History Month: Powerful Women

    If we all trace our lineage back generation by generation, you will almost always find a fearless woman at the forefront of care, kindness, and the...

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    New Beginnings: Born a Crime

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    New Beginnings: Tokyo Ever After

    Tokyo Ever After: A Novel by Emiko Jean has been climbing the charts as one of the most popular books right now for young adults. With Netflix’s “The...

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    New Beginnings: Let's Get Lost

    Adi Alsaid has released many young adult books since his first title, Let’s Get Lost, but I can promise you, this one blazes through as just as good,...

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    New Beginnings: Some Girls Do

    Many students endure the (not-so-fun) ritual of moving schools mid-year. In Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan, this is the reality of one of the two...

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    New Beginnings

    The most beautiful part of January isn’t the snow or the magical lighted displays around town, but instead it’s the chance for a new beginning....

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    Native American Heritage Month: The Removed

    The way authors structure their books is sometimes jaw-dropping. So impressive that by the end you hug it tight, knowing it taught you something, or...

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    Native American Heritage Month: Identity & Storytelling

    Many lessons ran through my mind while reading There There by Tommy Orange. We could talk about the parallel plot text structure; we could talk about...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Your Brain Needs a Hug

    The words are never right. The time is never perfect. And life keeps piling stress after stress onto the people we love. What do we say to someone...

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