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Calinda
My taste in literature leans heavily towards sci-fi, fantasy, and (my favorite) horror, and the latter can present some fairly murky waters for parents to let their children explore. I enjoy novels of both the standard and graphic varieties. Since those genres, and graphic novels in particular, tend to appeal to boys, I hope that I can help other Boy Mommies in their quest to find books that their little video gamers--I mean, future bibliophiles will read and enjoy. When I am not reading, I enjoy tabletop role-playing games, video games, and singing karaoke. I have a wonderful husband who lets me indulge my reading habit by sharing the housework and being a great dad to our genius kids and their faithful hound.

Exclusion and the Chinese American Story (Race to the Truth)

Exclusion and the Chinese American Story is a collection of many stories, which Blackburn weaves together to form a view of the Chinese American experience as a whole. Each individual story is interes…
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Sick! The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs

Sick! draws the reader immediately into the huge world of the tiny, examining the fascinating diversity of the microscopic critters with which we share the world, and the magnificent animals that they…
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The Mediterranean Diet for Beginners

The benefits of the Mediterranean Diet have been taking center stage in discussions of healthy eating, weight loss, and diabetes in recent years. This book provides concise information for readers wh…
Calinda

Gender Queer

Gender Queer is a memoir that explores the emotional journey and struggles surrounding being transgender. Having experienced it first-hand, the author powerfully conveys the depth of feeling and the m…
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Race for the Ruby Turtle

In Race for the Ruby Turtle, readers accompany a young man and his friends through the forests of Oregon in a quest to find and protect a turtle known only in local folklore. The story has elements of…
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The Vanquishers: Secret of the Reaping

The Secret of the Reaping is the entertaining continuation of The Vanquishers series. The adventures of Boog and her companions continue as they discover more about the history of Vanquishers, their o…
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Plague-Busters! (Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases)

Since the beginning of the ancient practices that were the precursors to modern medicine, humans have tried to eradicate and prevent diseases, or at the very least to alleviate the symptoms and preven…
Calinda

The Otherwoods

The Otherwoods takes the reader on a mystical journey through a magical land that is at once ominously dangerous and darkly beautiful. River, who has to brave this otherworldly place to rescue a frien…
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Once Upon a Camel

Once Upon a Camel is a delightful story about friendship, perseverance, and the magic of stories. When disaster separates a family of kestrels, their friend Zada the Camel takes it upon herself to pro…
Calinda

Prince of Lies

Prince of Lies is the enthralling sequel to the Avatar Trilogy. (If you have not read the Avatar Trilogy, read no further in this review and proceed instead to the review for Shadowdale to begin your …
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Waterdeep

Waterdeep is the third book in the Avatar series, and the final installment of what was originally the Avatar Trilogy. As such, it provides an ending to the tale of the adventurers who began their jou…
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If You Really Want to Help: Redefining the War on Poverty

In If You Really Want to Help, Kurt Kandler takes the reader on a global journey to some of the poorest nations of the world, with the lion's share of the tales and examples taken from Kenya. The book…
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