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The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue
Middle School Sumac Lottery is nine years old and the self-proclaimed “good girl” of her (VERY) large, (EXTREMELY) unruly family. And…
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The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle School 11-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her…
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Bow Wow (Bowser and Birdie Novel) by Spencer Quinn
Kids and Adults A bull shark in the swamp? No one in the Louisiana town of St. Roch believes it at…
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The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
High School After Jessica loses her leg in a bus accident, she thinks her life it over. She’s not comforted by the…
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Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
High School Welcome to Elsewhere. It’s warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t…
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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Middle School 11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Sagan – named for…
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The Fudge Series by Judy Blume
HAPPY 100th POST For the record, I did not plan to make it all the way to 100 posts when I…
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The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
High School 16-year-old Delia and her family move into the house they just inherited in Pennsylvania, the Piven Institute for the Care…
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Famous Last Words by Katie Alender
High School After moving from suburban Connecticut to Hollywood when her mom married Jonathan, a movie director, it seems like she’s seeing…
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The Ghost’s Grave by Peg Kehret
4th Grade and Up What Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric great-aunt, turns chilling…
