All posts by Mercede Kraabel
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Novel succeeds in showing family’s resilience over loss
By: Mercede Kraabel “Everything I Never Told You” is written by Celeste Ng. The story begins with a Chinese American family in the 1970s in...
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Program offers on-the-job training
By: Mercede Kraabel Teachers and counselors frequently remind students that all their work is pointed to skills for the future, but one problem makes this...
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New Barbie doll creates more positive image
By: Mercede Kraabel People have been saying that 2016 is the year of change. For the Barbie dolls, it is. For over five decades, Barbie...
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Popular dystopian novel thrills readers
By: Mercede Kraabel The 5th Wave was written by Rick Yancey. The Others are smart. They know what they’re doing. They wipe out most of...
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Every day’s self-image struggles of living with forgotten disease creates ups, downs
By: Mercede Kraabel It’s 12 at night. The sky has been dark for hours, and my mind has only been dark with thoughts for little...
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Burning Blue breeds intriguing storyline
By: Mercede Kraabel Burning Blue is written by Paul Griffin. Nicole Castro had her life turned upside down in one moment. One second she was...
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‘Bitterblue’ lives up to its prequel
By: Mercede Kraabel “Bitterblue,” a book by Kristin Cashore, is the sequel to “Graceling.” The book takes place eight years after King Leck’s death and...
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Characters in ‘Graceling’ discover hidden talents
By: Mercede Kraabel “Graceling,” a book by Kristin Cashore, just left me at WOW. Just WOW! This book has everything: love, action, betrayal, sword fights....
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Before seeing the movie, ‘The Martian’ worth a read
By: Mercede Kraabel Have you ever wondered what it is like to be on Mars? Can people live on Mars? What would it be like?...
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Model UN returns from Iowa Youth Symposium
CF’s Model United Nations attended the Iowa Youth Symposium in Des Moines for the first time two weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with how MUN works, it’s essentially a...
