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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

Riggs, Ransom
Jacob goes to Wales to visit the island his grandfather grew up on. Illustrated with old photos. Nicely done!

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2/2012

One Crazy Summer

Williams-Garcia, Rita
Three sisters go to Oakland in the 60s to visit the mother who abandoned them when they were babies. Interesting view of Black Panthers from the children's viewpoint.

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2/2012

No Passengers Beyond This Point

Choldenko, Geniffer
Three children fly to Colorado, but land in a very strange place. Things get weirder and weirder, until the end, when they get VERY intense. I should have foreseen the ending, but I did not! And I still don't know what is with all the birds!

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2/2012

The Red Umbrella

Gonzalez, Christina Diaz
It's the revolution in Cuba, Lucia and her little brother end up in Nebraska after being sent to the U.S. by their parents. Interesting story. I always wonder where people come up with money for bribes and plane tickets after having all their wealth taken away, though.

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2/2012

The Necromancer

Scott, Michael
Another volume in the Adventures of Josh and Sophie. Volume four, to be precise. Well, now we know what happened to Virginia Dare!

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2/2012

Okay For Now

Schmidt, Gary
Doug Swieteck moves to a small town. Although it takes a while to get going, this is such a great book I can hardly stand it!

Quote:

"Why don't we all sit down and have another bowl of raspberry sherbert?" said Mrs. Windermere.

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2/2012

Middle School The Worst Years Of My Life

Patterson, James
Rafe, with the help of his friend Leo, decides to break every rule in the handbook. I wasn't too excited with this book until near the end when things are revealed that change everything.

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2/2012

Middle

Patterson, James

The Help

Stockett, Kathryn
Novel about 60s women in Mississippi and the women who work for them. Might make a good movie!

Words I Had To Look Up:

degustationary (pg. 214) -- The action or an instance of tasting especially in a series of small portions

Quote:

"Who are these Fedders, anyway?" Mother asks. "Where are their people from?" -- pg 324

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2/2012

The Hot Gate

Ringo, John
Book three of the series, after Life Free Or Die and Citadel. Best of the three, I think, but I really enjoyed all three.

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2/2012

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