The Uncommon Reader

From Ellen Druda Author:  Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader  This is a quick 120 page book about what would happen if the Queen of England was able to escape her minders and mingle, just a bit, with the commoners.   Once she is exposed to the wonderful world of books and reading, her majesty discovers so very, [...]

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Mary of Nazareth

From Michele Webb author: Halter, Marek Mary of Nazareth This is an imaginitive rendering of Mary’s (mother of Jesus)early life.  It is a piece of historical fiction, making real the time and place of Mary childhood.

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Hello from Heaven

From Elaine Pasquali author: Guggenheim, Bill and Judy Guggenheim Hello from Heaven This book presents different types of after-death communications, as evidence of eternal life and eternal love. Raymond Moody, who reported his seminal research on near-death experiences in his book, Life after Life,  has high praise for this work.  It certainly provokes thought about [...]

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Dead In The Family

From Robin McCracken author: Harris, Charlene Dead In The Family Hooked on True Blood, the HBO Series brought me to read all of the Sookie Stackhouse books.  I just finished book 10 and to my surprise,  Charlene Harris seems to be having no problem keeping this series alive, if they follow her series of books. [...]

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Sarah’s Key

From Linda Lennon author: de Rosney, Tatiana Sarah’s Key In 1942 thousands of Jews were rounded up in Paris and transported to Aushwitz.  On the 60th anniversary of the Vel d Hiv, Julia Jarmond is  asked to write an article for an American magazine about the event.  She discovers Sarah, a connection to her family [...]

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The Last Song

From Gina Cortina, author: Sparks, Nicholas The Last Song This book was a great summer read! A bit predictable but I truly enjoyed this sweet story about a daughter and her dad getting to know each  other all over again.  The main character also falls in love with a lot of drama along the way.  [...]

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Maximum Ride

From Minouche Philippi author: Patterson, James Maximum Ride Maximum ride is a fast read. Its a fast read because it is fun, imaginative, and adventurous. It centers on a group of various children who all have certain genetic enhancements. One of these enhancements is the ability to fly. The children are from a place called [...]

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Things not Seen

From Edward, Teen Book Reviewer author: Clements, Andrew Things not Seen “Things Not Seen” by Andrew Clements is one of those books that will keep you awake through the night reading it. From start to finish, I could not put this book down. The story starts out when an average teenager, Bobby Phillips, wakes up [...]

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The Summer I Turned Pretty

From Kaitlyn, Teen Book Reviewer author: Han, Jenny The Summer I Turned Pretty For about-to-turn-sweet-16-years-old, Belly (short for Isabel), summers at the beach is where her real life happens. The rest of the year is just a period of time that she has to endure until the months when she gets to go back to [...]

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The Lonely Hearts Club

From Cindy, Teen Book Reviewer author: Eulberg, Elizabeth The Lonely Hearts Club The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg is a very interesting book about a teenage girl who’s sick of being heart broken by the ‘jerks’ in her school, so she decides to form her own club that bans the dating of guys-at least [...]

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