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    Prairie Evers

    Prairie Evers is a ten-year old girl who has been homeschooled by her grandmother until the family moves to upstate New York and her parents decide it’s time she goes to public school to be around children her own age.  Prairie is content to stay at home on the farm…

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    Liar & Spy

    Written by Newbery Award Winning writer, Rebecca Stead, Liar & Spy is a tale of mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.  When Georges (the s is silent) moves into an apartment building in Brooklyn, he meets Safer a kid his own age and a self-appointed spy…

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    Book Review: Water Balloon

    This coming of age novel by Audrey Vernick is a great summer read for middle school girls!  When Marley’s parents decide to get separated, she finds herself spending the summer with her dad in a new house, a summer babysitting job she doesn’t want, and friends who seem too busy for…

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    The Lions of Little Rock

    The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine is a story about two young girls growing up in the late 1950s during the time of the Little Rock Nine.  Marlee, a white girl, meets Liz on the first day of school and they become friends almost right away.  Liz is the…