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Best of 2014, Part 2: Children’s Fiction and Young Adult
My picks for top 5 children’s and top 5 YA fiction I read this year: Murder Most Unladylike (Wells and Wong #1) by Robin Stevens The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl #3) by Ben Hatke Now Look What You’ve Done (Timmy Failure #2) by Stephen Read more
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Review: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Review: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King Source: Hardcover, Published October 12th 2010 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after Read more
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Review: The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks
Review: The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks Source: ebook, Published April 24th 2012 by Schwartz & Wade Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When Wendy Geller’s body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,”Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled.” But shy Rain, once Wendy’s Read more
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Review: Burning Blue by Paul Griffin
Review: Burning Blue by Paul Griffin Source: Hardcover, Published October 25th 2012 by Dial Verdict: Very Good Book Description: How far would you go for love, beauty, and jealousy? When Nicole Castro, the most beautiful girl in her wealthy New Jersey high school, is splashed with acid on the left side of her perfect face, Read more
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Review: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff
Review: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff Source: ARC, courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: Clementine DeVore spent ten years trapped in a cellar, pinned down by willow roots, silenced and forgotten. Now she’s out and determined to uncover who put her in that cellar and why. When Clementine Read more
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Review: Shine by Lauren Myracle
Review: Shine by Lauren Myracle Source: Hardcover, Published May 1st 2011 by Amulet Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a Read more
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Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Source: Hardcover, Published June 5th 2012 by Crown Publishers Verdict: Excellent Book Description: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their Read more
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Review: The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
Review: The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter Source: Paperback, Published December 20th 2011 by Square Fish Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble Read more
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Review: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand
Review: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand, illus. Sarah Watts Source: Hardcover, Published August 28, 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Victoria hates nonsense. There is no need for it when your life is perfect. The only smudge on her pristine life is Read more
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Review: The Anatomist’s Wife (Lady Darby #1) by Anna Lee Huber
Review: The Anatomist’s Wife (Lady Darby Mystery #1) by Anna Lee Huber Source: Paperback, Published November 6, 2012 by Berkley Trade Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her husband, Lady Darby has taken refuge at her sister’s estate, finding solace in her passion for painting. But when her hosts throw Read more
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