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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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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... read more... |
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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 (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 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 (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 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 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 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 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 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... read more... |
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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 (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 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 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 (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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