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Hunted book cover Hunted (2 Spirit Animals)
by Maggie Stiefvater

On shelves 01/07/2014

Spirit Animals is an engaging new series from Scholastic. Another along the lines of 39 Clues — short books, simple plots,...
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The Lost Boy book cover The Lost Boy
by Greg Ruth

On shelves 08/27/2013

The Lost Boy is my first graphic novel review! It was a very good start!

It's a story of a young boy, Nate, who has just moved to...
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Falcon in the Glass book cover Falcon in the Glass
by Susan Fletcher

On shelves 07/09/2013

What first caught my eye about Susan Fletcher's Falcon in the Glass was that it's a middle grade historical fantasy set in Italy...
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Will in Scarlet book cover Will in Scarlet
by Matthew Cody

On shelves 10/08/2013

It does take a certain chutzpah to tackle such worn territory as the Robin Hood mythology. What could possibly be said that hasn't been said and...
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The Lost Kingdom book cover The Lost Kingdom
by Matthew J. Kirby

On shelves 08/27/2013

The Lost Kingdom is yet another fantastic journey into the past by Matthew Kirby. First he took us into New York in all its mythic,...
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Moxie and the Art of Rulebreaking book cover Moxie and the Art of Rulebreaking
by Erin Dionne

On shelves 07/11/2013

Moxie starts her summer in an unusual way. She answers her front door one morning and is confronted by a mystery woman who threatens Moxie and...
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What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World book cover What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World
by Henry Clark

On shelves 07/02/2013

One Tuesday morning at the bus stop, River finds his friend Freak parked on a worn green sofa that had certainly not been there on Monday. So he...
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The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail book cover The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
by Richard Peck

On shelves 07/02/2013

Poor little Mouse Minor! So tiny and runty he doesn't even have a proper name! He's always told by his aunt that, "Nameless is Blameless," but he...
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Pi in the Sky book cover Pi in the Sky
by Wendy Mass

On shelves 06/11/2013

Chapter 1 of Pi in the Sky opens with one of the funniest and at the same time the most profound observations from the greatest mind...
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To Be a Cat book cover To Be a Cat
by Matt Haig

On shelves 06/11/2013

Poor Barney Willow. He's been having a tough couple of years. His mom and dad are divorced, his father has disappeared under mysterious...
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library cover Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein

On shelves 06/25/2013

I am quite literally not sure what to say about this book. (I've been sitting here with a blank screen for a couple of minutes now.) When I first...
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The Lightning Catcher book cover The Lightning Catcher
by Anne Cameron

On shelves 05/07/2013

The Lightning Catcher is great fun. It begins with showers of amphibians, proceeds quickly to explosions and mysterious strangers...
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Rebel Spirits book cover Rebel Spirits
by Lois Ruby

On shelves 06/01/2013

Lori has a secret. She hasn't even told her best friend. Lori can see ghosts. Not often, and nothing much has happened beyond having brief,...
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Case File 13: Zombie Kid book cover Case File 13: Zombie Kid
by J. Scott Savage

On shelves 12/26/2012

Nick, Angelo, and Carter call themselves the Three Monsterteers because they love monsters so much. Every year, they blow the other kids out of...
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The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start book cover The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start
by Gordon McAlpine

On shelves 01/10/2013

Edgar and Allan Poe look a lot like their great-great-great-great-granduncle, Edgar Allan Poe. While the boys create trouble for themselves,...
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