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Review of The Rest of Us Just Live Here
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness High School HarperTeen 320 pp. 10/15 978-0-06-240316-2 $17.99 g e-book ed. 978-0-06-240318-6 $10.99 Ness’s latest offering is a fantasy novel —...
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Review of The Trouble in Me
The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos Middle School, High School Farrar 208 pp. 9/15 978-0-374-37995-7 $17.99 g By the summer before eighth grade, young Jack Gantos didn’t think much of himself....
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Review of Look and Be Grateful
Look and Be Grateful by Tomie dePaola; illus. by the author Preschool Holiday 32 pp. 10/15 978-0-8234-3443-5 $16.95 g e-book ed. 978-0-8234-3485-5 $16.95 With all the picture books designed...
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Review of The Hired Girl
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Middle School Candlewick 392 pp. 9/15 978-0-7636-7818-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-7636-7943-9 $17.99 In 1911, spirited fourteen-year-old Joan, the only girl...
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Review of James to the Rescue!
James to the Rescue! [Masterpiece Adventures] by Elise Broach; illus. by Kelly Murphy Primary Ottaviano/Holt 104 pp. 10/15 978-1-62779-316-2 $15.99 g e-book ed. 978-1-62779-317-9 $9.99...
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Review of Swan
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder; illus. by Julie Morstad Primary, Intermediate Chronicle 48 pp. 8/15 978-1-4521-1890-1 $17.99 In this exquisite introduction to ballet...
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Review of My Autumn Book
My Autumn Book by Wong Herbert Yee; illus. by the author Preschool Ottaviano/Holt 32 pp. 8/15 978-0-8050-9922-5 $14.99 A girl celebrates autumn in Yee’s fourth in a quartet of books about the...
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Review of Mothman’s Curse
Mothman’s Curse by Christine Hayes; illus. by James K. Hindle Intermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 311 pp. 6/15 978-1-62672-027-5 $15.99 e-book ed. 978-1-62672-028-2 $9.99 Spine-tingling...
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Review of Drowned City
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Houghton 96 pp. 8/15 978-0-544-15777-4 $18.99 To date, the majority of...
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Don Brown on Drowned City
In our September/October issue, reviewer Betty Carter asked Don Brown, author/illustrator of nonfiction graphic novel Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, about what we can learn from the...
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