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The Quirks cover 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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The Conference of the Birds book title The Conference of the Birds
by Peter Sís

On shelves 10/27/2011

The Conference of Birds is a new interpretation of a Persian poem from the 12th century. Peter Sís tells the story of a poet who wakes...
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The Princesses of Iowa book cover The Princesses of Iowa
by M. Molly Backes

On shelves 05/08/2012

Before I talk about how much I love this book, how beautiful it is, and how I can't stop thinking about it, I should let you know that I know the...
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The Serpent's Shadow book cover The Serpent's Shadow (3 Kane Chronicles)
by Rick Riordan

On shelves 05/01/2012

It must be said, and I'm the right cranky old bat to say it. Rick Riordan can not end his books. The word "conclusion" uttered in his presence...
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Monument 14 book cover Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne

On shelves 06/05/2012

This is a pretty cool book about 14 kids of various ages trapped in a superstore in Colorado during world shaking disasters. A massive volcanic...
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City of Lost Souls book cover City of Lost Souls (5 Mortal Instruments)
by Cassandra Clare

On shelves 05/08/2012

I am fully convinced that Cassandra Clare has ensorcelled her books, making them highly addictive and impossible to resist.

Upon...
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Unraveling book cover Unraveling
by Elizabeth Norris

On shelves 04/24/2012

Janelle dies on page 7. She's brought back to life 8 pages later by someone she never had the human decency to notice before dying. She wakes up...
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Devine Intervention book cover Devine Intervention
by Martha Brockenbrough

On shelves 06/01/2012

Chalk this one up as a fortuitous discovery. Devine Intervention seems to be yet another humorously innocuous paranormal romance — light,...
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The Minority Council book cover The Minorty Council (4 Matthew Swift)
by Kate Giffin

On shelves 05/01/2012

Kate Griffin is the queen of urban fantasy!

With her series of books about an accidental supernatural being and reincarnated sorcerer by...
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Ship's Cat Doris book cover Ship's Cat Doris
by Jane Simmons

On shelves 04/01/2012

If you are looking for a lovely, un-sentimentalized, child's eye view of growing up, Ship's Cat Doris is the perfect book.

Doris...
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I Hunt Killers book cover I Hunt Killers
by Barry Lyga

On shelves 04/03/2012

Jazz was raised by the worst serial killer of the 21st century. His father taught him to follow in Dear Old Dad's footsteps, and Jazz's worst...
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Fated book cover Fated
by Alyson Noël

On shelves 05/22/2012

Daire Santos has been traveling the world with her mother, going to Internet school and hanging out with celebrities on the sets of the movies...
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The Killing Moon book cover The Killing Moon (1 Dreamblood)
by N. K. Jemisin

On shelves 05/01/2012

Just in time for the final battle in Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles — a book for those older teens and young adults who love the...
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The Drowned Cities book cover The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi

On shelves 05/01/2012

Paolo Bacigalupi's novels never fail to elicit increased heart rates and adrenaline levels. He does not write bedtime stories!

The...
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Revived book cover Revived
by Cat Patrick

On shelves 05/01/2012

Cat Patrick must have very strange dreams. Her first book, Forgotten, was a thriller centered on a girl who only retained "memories" of...
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Dust Girl book cover Dust Girl (1 American Fairy)
by Sarah Zettel

On shelves 06/26/2012

Sarah Zettel has finally done what even Rick Riordan failed to do. She has taken Old World European tropes like fairy creatures and grafted them...
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