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Month: March 2018

Posted on March 31, 2018April 30, 2018

Flora and Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

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As a fan of Kate DiCamillo, I’m delighted to report that Flora and Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures does not disappoint. In fact, it may have just become my favorite book of hers. This 2014 Newbery Medal winner is mostly a standard text, but it’s sprinkled with scenes like a graphic novel thanks to illustrator K.G.… Read the rest

Posted on March 22, 2018March 15, 2018

Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

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Fawkes is a stand-alone YA historical fantasy. 

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Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England.

Silent wars leave the most carnage.

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Posted on March 13, 2018March 25, 2018

Refugee by Alan Gratz

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Refugee is a book about three families searching for a new home. It is appropriate for older teens as it has mature themes.

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Three kids travel to find refuge…

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany.… Read the rest

Posted on March 10, 2018March 8, 2018

The Grey King by Susan Cooper

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The Grey King had been recommended to me some time ago by a lover of high fantasy. Since it’s a Newbery Medal winner, I was willing to try it out, and if I liked it, I’d read the whole series: The Dark Is Rising Sequence.… Read the rest

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