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I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter, copyright 2006

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, we tried hard not to blink or anything that might confuse the optical…

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Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, copyright 1999

“Fur prickled in fear through the classroom. She sure was bigger than any of them. She sure looked meaner than…

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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by Russell Freedman, copyright 2006

“Even when not a single white passenger was on board, the front ten seats in every bus were reserved for…

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, copyright 2007

“Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented.  You got…

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Due South: Dispatches from Down Home by R. Scott Brunner, copyright 1999

I’m being wooed by a Southern gentleman. No, really, it’s true. He sent me this book, and I now suspect…

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