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The Lightning Catcher book cover The Lightning Catcher
by Anne Cameron

On shelves 05/07/2013

The Lightning Catcher is great fun. It begins with showers of amphibians, proceeds quickly to explosions and mysterious strangers...
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An Army of Frogs: A Kulipari Novel book cover An Army of Frogs: A Kulipari Novel
by Trevor Pryce

On shelves 05/07/2013

I am embarrassed to admit that I hadn't even considered ordering An Army of Frogs until the ABA picked it for their Celebrating Debut...
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Rebel Spirits book cover Rebel Spirits
by Lois Ruby

On shelves 06/01/2013

Lori has a secret. She hasn't even told her best friend. Lori can see ghosts. Not often, and nothing much has happened beyond having brief,...
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The Sasquatch Escape (1 Imaginary Veterinary) book cover The Sasquatch Escape (1 Imaginary Veterinary)
by Suzanne Selfors

On shelves 04/02/2013

I love Suzanne Selfors' sly humor. Every books she writes makes you smile. Guess it's hard not to like that.

The Sasquatch Escape...
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Sugar book cover Sugar
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

On shelves 05/07/2013

Jewell Parker Rhodes is a master of writing plucky characters that don't feel saccharine and about dark times that don't feel choked by despair....
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Zebra Forest book cover Zebra Forest
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz

On shelves 04/09/2013

Zebra Forest is one of those stories that has characters that you know are not as bad as they seem and yet they still have the power to...
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O. M. G. (Oh My Godmother) The Glitter Trap book cover O. M. G. (Oh My Godmother) The Glitter Trap
by Barbara Brauner

On shelves 05/14/2013

The Glitter Trap, the first book in the O.M.G. series (that's Oh My Godmother, by the way), is a slapstick romp...
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When the Butterflies Came book cover When the Butterflies Came
by Kimberley Griffiths Little

On shelves 04/01/2013

When the Butterflies Came truly is a magical tale, the best of Kimberley Griffiths Little's marvelous bayou tales.

Tara's...
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Chews Your Destiny: Gum Girl book cover Chews Your Destiny: Gum Girl
by Rhode Montijo

On shelves 07/09/2013

Gum Girl is a treat, a sweet little confection for the youngest readers.

Gabby Gomez loves bubblegum. She chews it everywhere. But this...
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The Fairy Bell Sisters book covers The Fairy Bell Sisters, Books 1 & 2 (Sylva and the Fairy Ball & Rosy and the Secret Friend)
by Margaret McNamara

On shelves 04/23/2013

These are two little gems! Sylva and the Fairy Ball and Rosy and the Secret Friend are the first two books in a chapter book...
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The Worm Whisperer book cover The Worm Whisperer
by Betty Hicks

On shelves 01/22/2013

The Worm Whisperer is the tale of Ellis Coffey — a boy who desperately wants to help his family and finds an unusual way to do it....
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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest book cover The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
by Charles de Lint

On shelves 03/12/2013

The only thing I don't absolutely love about this book is the title.

The cats are important to the plot, but they're not central...
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Tilly's Moonlight Garden book cover Tilly's Moonlight Garden
by Julia Green

On shelves 10/02/2012

Tilly has just moved into a cold, old mansion on the edge of town. She doesn't know anyone in her new school, and from the mean looks she gets...
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There book cover The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
by Catherynne M. Valente

On shelves 10/02/2012

I know Valente's books are not for everyone. Her style is so florid and complex it just turns off reluctant readers. However, I prefer to look at...
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I Funny book cover I Funny
by James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein

On shelves 12/10/2012

Not what I expected at all! I think every bookseller is getting a tad tired of Wimpy Kid knock-offs. And, at a glance, I Funny...
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