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The Quirks: Welcome to Normal Author: Erin Soderberg Reviewed by: Geoff Habiger Release date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 The Quirks are not your typical family. Sure Molly is a fairly normal 10 year old. But her twin sister Penelope can make her imagination come to life. Her brother Finn has been invisible for years, her mom can control minds, and Grandpa Quirk can... |
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Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Detectives Extaordinaire! by translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath On shelves 02/14/2012 |
It is an immutable law of fiction that once a talking rabbit shows up absurdity will follow. This book takes that law and runs with it! ... |
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Earwig and the Witch by Dianna Wynne Jones On shelves 01/31/2012 |
There really is no need to chime in on anything by Diana Wynne Jones, except that Earwig and the Witch is the one of the last things we'... |
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Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore On shelves 05/01/2012 |
Kristin Cashore has created another strong contender for the Best Book Ever! Bitterblue is the latest chapter in the saga that began... |
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey On shelves 02/01/2012 |
The Snow Child is a magical tale of winter and survival, isolation and longing, and the dreams of childless couples. This dream comes to... |
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This One Time With Julia by David Lampson On shelves 02/02/2012 |
This One Time With Julia is a strange combination of Tennessee mobsters and Forrest Gump. Joe is mentally handicapped. He is in... |
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iBoy by Kevin Brooks On shelves 11/01/2011 |
iBoy is a new addition to the reluctant superhero pantheon. Tommy's brain has been fused with an iPhone that was thrown out of a high-... |
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Above World by Jenn Reese On shelves 02/14/2012 |
The Above World is deadly and inhabited by a mix of augmented humans (most body forms based on Greek myth), androids of various kinds... |
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Starters by Lissa Price On shelves 03/13/2012 |
Starters is a literary joy ride. It is squarely in the post-apocalypse thriller/romance genre, but still it is a unique contribution.... |
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When the Sea Is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen On shelves 02/28/2012 |
This book feels completely foreign. Dark and strange and writhing with desire. It is more than just the fantasy and magic. It is all the fearsome... |
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Mrs. Noodlekugel by Daniel Pinkwater On shelves 04/24/2012 |
What a delightfully odd little book. I think it rather perfectly captures the magic of childhood. How wonderful things happen every day. . . like... |
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Daughter of the Centaurs (1 Centauriad) by Kate Klimo On shelves 01/24/2012 |
Malora is who I wanted to be as a young girl. A girl who could survive in the wild, who could hunt and ride, who knew how to read the clouds and... |
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The Sisters by Nancy Jensen On shelves 11/08/2011 |
I lived in Southern Indiana, among the rolling hills and stubborn people that are the backbone and underbelly of Nancy Jensen's The Sisters... |
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Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke On shelves 05/01/2012 |
I have a weakness for Cornelia Funke. I rather think she can write anything and capture my fancy. However, Ghost Knight shines bright... |
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Finnikin of the Rock (1 Lumatere Chronicles) by Melina Marchetta On shelves 08/09/2011 |
So what happens when award-winning literary authors go all feral and start writing genre? Apparently, good things. Colson Whitehead tackled the... |
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Winterling by Sarah Prineas On shelves 01/03/2012 |
What a lovely fairy tale!
Prineas has woven together a tapestry of Celtic-flavored myth and nature magic. Fer is an orphaned Chosen One,... |
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