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Exit, Pursued by a Bear - E. K. Johnston
I chose to read this book for two reasons, it’s a 2019 YRCA Title, and because I love Shakespeare, which might not make sense, except...
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Twilight: the Relationship Killer?
Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...
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Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
Dear Boy Meets Boy… my high school was pretty damn progressive, but even we didn’t have the “Drag Queen Clique.” First of all, that there...
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Coldest Girl in Coldtown – Holly Black
Tana wakes up after passing out at a house party. As she walks through the house in a mission to collect her purse, jacket, and boots she...
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Loki’s Wolves – K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr (2014)
Loki’s Wolves is discount Percy Jackson, with Norse Mythology. There is way less adult supervision (I know, I didn’t think that was...
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The 5th Wave – Rick Yancey (2013)
Well this wasn’t terrible. The weave was actually pretty good, but again chronically it would seem, parents can’t go on adventures. The...
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A Boy and His Bunny – Sean Bryan (2005)
A Boy and His Bunny is a humorous take on being different. Everyone is a little different, but if you are a boy with a bunny on your head...
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Starcrossed – Josephine Angelini (2011)
Helen lives on the island of Nantucket with her father. She has lived there all her life, and despite hating the ocean, Helen doesn’t...
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Steel – Carrie Vaughn (2012)
On a family vacation to the Bahamas after a disappointing competition Jill finds the tip of a broken sword. When Jill topples out of a...
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Your Pal Mo Willems Presents: Leonardo the Terrible Monster (2005)
Leonardo is a really terrible monster. Actually, he is terrible at being a monster. He tries so hard to scare people, he just cannot...
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Ollie & Ollie the Stomper – Olivier Dunrea (2003)
Ollie is waiting. Gossie and Gertie are waiting for Ollie, their new sibling. Ollie however is a rather ornery little blighter who...
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Reincarnation – Suzanne Weyn (2008)
Reincarnation was a really remarkable book. The cover is terrible, I was a little embarrassed to be seen reading it, but it was so very...
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Ripple – Mandy Hubbard (2011)
The night of her sixteenth birthday Lexi’s world changed forever, it is the night she killed the man she loved. Two years later, every...
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Sister Wife – Shelley Hrdlitschka (2008)
Books with subject matter as controversial as this one can often ring false, and bias. I was surprised that this was not always the case...
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The Chosen One – Carol Lynch Williams (2008)
I could not put this book down. Honestly, from the moment I picked it up at the library yesterday afternoon, on the walk to the bus, on...
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The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (2008)
I know, hot topic. But I would like to state that this is my second time reading the Hunger Games, and truthfully, I feel much the same...
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Scaredy Squirrel – Mélanie Watt (2006)
I’d like to introduce you to Scaredy Squirrel. Scaredy Squirrel is a germaphobic squirrel who suffers from panphobia (a fear of...
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The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book – Bill Watterson (1989)
I never quite had the same connection to Calvin and Hobbes as my other friends did growing up. That being said, I did really enjoy...
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Zen Shorts – Jon J Muth (2005)
Siblings Abby, Michael, and Karl meet Stillwater the panda bear, who has newly moved into the neighbourhood. As Stillwater and the...
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Tales from The Hood – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2008)
After Mr. Canis is arrested in Magic and Other Misdemeanors, a brutally skewed court finds him guilty of the murders perpetrated by the...
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