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Cindy M
An accountant and CPA by profession, I found myself a book reviewer for Squeaky Clean Reads by happenstance. When the opportunity came to transform that website into Compass Book Ratings, I was excited to seize it and meld my business background with my love of books. As the mother of three teenage sons, I have read a large number of children and young adult books and I believe that there is great value in a content review service. As much as we would love to read everything our children read, there just isn’t enough time. I also appreciate being able to select books for myself that are really worth my precious and limited reading time. I believe there is a book out there for everyone–they just have to find it!
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The Kingdom of Wrenly 3 Books in 1!: The Lost Stone; The Scarlet Dragon; Sea Monster!

This particular edition is the first three books in the seventeen book series.  (There is also a spin-off series called the Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly.)  The Wrenly books are ch…
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Dead Wednesday

Jerry Spinelli is the author of the beloved Stargirl, and thus, this book comes packed with high expectations.  This coming-of-age story has a contemporary setting, but there is an element o…
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Atomic Habits

If you are looking for a hands-on, practical approach to habits, then this is the book for you.  This books is not science-y, like The Power of Habit, and that is articulated from the get-go…
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The Silver Blonde

The Silver Blonde by Elizabeth Ross takes a murder mystery, gives it a nostalgic Hollywood backdrop, entwines some history, and gives it a coat of noir.  Net-net, it is great and it totally …
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When Stars Are Scattered

I sought out When Stars Are Scattered when I heard great things about the audiobook version.  It wasn't until the end of the book that it clicked that this was originally a graphic nove…
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Six Crimson Cranes

Six Crimson Cranes is by far one of the best fairy tale adaptations I have encountered in quite some time.  That is perhaps because it is more of a "inspired by" and "mashed together with" incarnation…
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Curses

Curses is a fairy-tale retelling of Beauty and the Beast that flips the script:  the beast is the girl and the beauty is the boy.  The reverse is fun and both of the protagoni…
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The Other Side of Luck

The Other Side of Luck is a bitter-sweet, middle grade tale told in a lyrical style that would lend itself well to a read-aloud.  The style really was quite lovely and soothing to read.  The…
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Fledgling

Fledgling takes the reader back to the delightful, magical, alternate history/world of Sarah Smith aka Cassandra in book two of the Sorcery and Society Series.  The book opens with…
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2021 Middle Grade Summer Reading List

The last year and a bit has been different--to say the least. But at least one can always count on a good read to make everything better. So, here is a personally curated, eclectic list of ten of ou…
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2021 Young Adult Summer Reading List

Hopefully, Summer 2021 will be awesome. Here are a half a dozen fantastic reads for young adults that we recommend for the summer reading list. All these books have a content level of 5 or less in a…
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Best Audiobooks for the Family Road Trip 2021

Summer 2020 was not quite what we all hoped for, but the summer of 2021 is showing promise--especially for the road trip. Assembling this year's list, there seems to be an unconscious bias for escapis…
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