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November 26th, 2008

New mystery by Kevin Brooks

November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Books

Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks When two of sixteen-year-old Pete’s childhood classmates disappear from a carnival the same night, he is a suspect, but his own investigation implicates other old friends he was with that evening–and a tough, knife-wielding enemy determined to keep him quiet.

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Some truths are never meant to be revealed.

November 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Books

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating [...]

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November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off · Books

Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope by Olivia Gardner with Emily and Sarah Buder One bullied girl, two sisters who cared, and thousands more who opened up their hearts.

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The hope of one girl’s survival

November 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Books

T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte When the Nazi party takes control of Germany, 13-year-old Paula, who is deaf, finds her world-as-she-knows-it turned upside down, as she is taken into hiding to protect her from the new law nicknamed T4.

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New Fantasy by Margo Lanagan

November 7th, 2008 · Comments Off · Books

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan A young woman who has endured unspeakable cruelties is magically granted a safe haven apart from the real world and allowed to raise her two daughters in this alternate reality, until the barrier between her world and the real one begins to break down.

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