Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter

From Andrea Kalinowski Author:  Blaize  Clement Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter Dixie Hemingway, no relation to the famous personage, is a pet sitter in the Keys of Florida. She was a former deputy until a personal tragedy derailed her calm and her career. Her brother and his partner are her support system. Curiosity Killed the [...]

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Rot & Ruin

From Divya, Teen Book Reviewer author: Maberry, Jonathan Rot & Ruin Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry, is a great sci-fi novel about how humans would exist post-apocalypse. Benny’s earliest memory is of the First Night, when his brother Tom ran away with him, leaving behind his parents to be taken by zombies.  Now, fourteen [...]

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Blackout : a Cal Leandros novel

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Thurman, Rob Blackout : a Cal Leandros novel What would you do if you woke up on a beach littered with slaughtered giant spiders?  Usually, this is a typical day for Cal Leandros but he doesn’t know who he is or where he is, he just knows that he is a [...]

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The Pinballs

From Chloe Rafferty author: Byars, Betsy The Pinballs This book is about three children who are sent to a foster home. Their names are Charlie, Harvey, and Thomas J. It’s really hard for all of them at first. Carlie said they were all pinballs being bounced around. But later, as time went on, they realized [...]

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Little girl blue: the life of Karen Carpenter

From Jackie Cantwell author: Schmidt, Randy L. Little girl blue: the life of Karen Carpenter  This is an extremely well-written and well-researched biography of Karen Carpenter, the singer of The Carpenters.  Full disclosure: I grew up on her music and to this day, when I hear her voice, I’m completely transported to another place and [...]

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Candyfreak

From Rosalia Milan: Candyfreak by Steve Almond This book was extremely interesting. Steve Almond basically visits several factories that are owned and run by regional candy makers. The descriptions of the candy’s themselves and the people he meets are extremely honest and captivating. Many of the stories regarding his childhood and candy disputes between him [...]

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Cold Case

In Bone By Bone by Carol O’Connell, two teenage brothers go into the woods, only one returns home. Twenty years later the other returns bone by bone. This chilling mystery keeps you guessing; there is an entire town of suspects, secrets and guilt.

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