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Cindy B
As a kid, I used to tell people that I wanted to be a “professional book reviewer” when I grew up (along with writer/ballerina/figure skater/mom). I thought that any profession that involved the full-time reading of books was my idea of heaven. Getting the chance to review books is a little dream come true!

What Can’t Wait

Based on the author's time teaching at an inner-city school, "What Can't Wait" is a realisitc story of one Hispanic teen's life in a low-income neighborhood in Texas. Marisa's voice drew me in immedia…
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Ice

Talking animals, magical transformations, sentient winds—have you ever wondered if there could be a logical explanation for all the fantastical things that happen in fairy tales? In Ice, Sarah Beth Du…
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Sixpence in Her Shoe

This collection of essays about all aspects of homemaking is written in an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek manner that will make you smile—and maybe even giggle once or twice. Sixpence in Her Shoe is mo…
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Siddhartha

Siddhartha, the son of a high-caste Brahmin priest, from an early age hopes to achieve total enlightenment—to be able to completely transcend his life. Deciding quickly that he cannot find the knowled…
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The Scarlet Letter

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of sin, redemption, and guilt, Hester Prynne is forced by her community to wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing after she is discovered to be pregnant out of wedloc…
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The Jungle Book

Kipling’s masterful way with words makes it easy to see why The Jungle Book has been a classic for so long! In this collection of fifteen stories (originally published as The Jungle Book and The Secon…
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Crystal Bones

Twins Diello and Cynthe are excited to turn thirteen and come of age—but their birthday doesn't shape up quite how they'd hoped. Instead of a celebratory breakfast and a day spent at the market fair, …
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David Copperfield

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show” So begins the delightful tale of David Copperfield, Charles Dic…
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Memento Nora

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."  George Santayana's famous quote was always in the forefront of my mind as I read Angie Smibert's compelling, fast-paced dystopian nove…
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The Skin Map

What if ley lines—mysterious lines of electromagnetic energy along which ancient Britons built their monuments—were more than just a scientific puzzle?  What if, in fact, British ley lines held the se…
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Penny From Heaven

Penny's idea of Heaven involves butter pecan ice cream, the Dodgers, and her big, loud, Italian family.  But this summer isn't exactly heaven.  She's living through a horrible haircut, days filled wit…
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Hattie Big Sky

 I considered myself a pretty mature sixteen-year-old, but I had nothing on Hattie Inez Brooks, the protagonist of Kirby Larson's beautifully-crafted novel Hattie Big Sky!  At sixteen, orphan Hattie (…
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