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What the Heart Knows
What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings by Joyce Sidman is a beautiful collection of poetry that touched me in many ways and I think that is what good poetry should be able to do – touch your soul. I don’t often go out of my way to read…
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The Chaos of Stars
The mortal daughter of Egyptian gods Osiris and Isis, Isadora is sent to live with her brother in San Diego after her mother’s dark dreams about her daughter’s safety. Sixteen-year old Isadora is thrilled to be in “the real world” after living under her parents and dealing with the drama…
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Ghost Hawk
I’ve been captivated by historical fictin since I was young and I especially loved The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare and Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. I read Ghost Hawk this week and what a perfect time of year, the book takes place around…
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Boxers & Saints
As I’ve said in the past, graphic novels are not my favorite format for reading, but the companion stories Boxers and Saints is a really interesting take on a historical event, that I did not know much about. Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese, wrote about the Boxer…
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Author Talk – A.S. King
PaLA’s Annual Conference is happening this week at the beautiful Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Although I was only able to stay for just one day, I learned a lot of great new ideas and am excited for the new possibilities these ideas represent. I was also able…
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Reboot
I was scavenging for books late last week when I realized I had nothing to read for the weekend and came across Reboot on an end cap near the science fiction books. Without giving it a second glance (except to check the publication date), I grabbed it off the shelf…
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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Holly Black has a great imagination for all things fantasy, creepy, scary, and different. She is the co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles series as well as the author of the recently published book, Doll Bones (which I felt was even creepier than this one!). Her most recent book, The Coldest…
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The Screaming Staircase
The Screaming Staircase, the first in a series called Lockwood & Co. is a must-read for older middle school students and young adults looking for a story filled with action, suspense, thrills and chills around the Halloween season. Lucy Carlyle has been employed by Anthony Lockwood and his colleague George to…
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Cinder
I think I’m obsessed with any form of fairy tales that have been reworked into a new setting or changed, fractured, or updated. As soon as I saw this book I knew I had to read it. This version of Cinderella has a new and exciting setting – it’s the…
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A Corner of White
There were two things that made me want to read this book – the fist was the cover, I love all the bright colors and it looked like something right up my alley. The second was the author’s last name, I’m a little bit of a Sherlock fan and with…