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Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers, Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka copyright 2007

“How can you trust a person who has eyebrows as thick and black as hairbrushes and smells of boiled cabbage…

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A featured review at Children’s Literature

I just discovered that a review I wrote for Guillaume Prevost’s first young adult novel, The Book of Time, appears…

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Toy Boat by Randall de Seve, illustrated by Loren Long, copyright 2007

“A little boy had a toy boat. He made it from a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some…

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Where did September go?

My apologies to the kind friends and family members who check this blog regularly and have wondered, “What? Did she…

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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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Austenland by Shannon Hale, copyright 2007

Jane Hayes is a graphic designer in New York City with a scandalous secret: she is obsessed with Mr. Darcy,…

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