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Middle Grade Sidekick Super Review: The Picasso Curse (2025) by Dan Gutman

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of The Picasso Curse by Dan Gutman, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Middle Grade

6 min read

Sidekick Short Review: My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman

Check out this Sidekick Short review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!

Contemporary Fiction

3 min read

Middle Grade Sidekick Short Review: The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity (2023) by Nicholas Day

Check out this Sidekick Short review of The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day

Non-fiction

2 min read

Sidekick Short: Botticelli's Apprentice (2025) by Ursula Murray Husted

Read this Sidekick Short Review of Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted.

Middle Grade

2 min read