friendship bread

From Esther Moy author: gee, darian  friendship bread  This was a heartwarming book about relationships and everyday situations encountered by a small town.  It was well written with many characters that one can identify with.  I enjoyed this book and look forward to a sequel.

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Beautiful Malice

From Mary, Teen Book Reviewer author: James, Rebecca Beautiful Malice Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James, was definitely, if not the best, then at least one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s about a girl named Katherine, who meets Alice; a beautiful, popular, live life to the fullest-type of girl. But what Alice doesn’t [...]

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September Sisters

From Alex, Teen Book Reviewer author: Cantor, Jillian September Sisters For the Teen Review Blog, I read the book September Sisters written by Jillian Cantor. In this wonderful book, Abigail and her younger sister Becky are always fighting and bickering. Their mother always pretends they’re friends but they aren’t. Then one day Becky disappears at  night. [...]

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Promise me : how a sister’s love launched the global movement to end breast cancer

From Lisa Kropp author: Brinker, Nancy  Promise me : how a sister’s love launched the global movement to end breast cancer  Part memoir, part non-fiction battle against breast cancer, this book tells how the author lost her beloved older sister, Suzy, to breast cancer at the age of 37. In one of her final conversations [...]

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Survival of the fiercest : a Sloane sisters novel

From Sarah, Teen Book Reviewer author: Carey, Anna Survival of the fiercest : a Sloane sisters novel  In the second Sloane Sister Novel, “Survival of the Fiercest,” Cate and Andie are still living on New York’s Upper East Side and their father has just got married to their friends’ (Stella and Lola) mom. When their [...]

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The merry recluse: a life in essays

From Jackie Cantwell author: Knapp, Caroline The merry recluse: a life in essays  This was published posthumously in 2004. The compiler is Sandra Shea, her former editor. The author died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.  Ms. Knapp was a columnist for the Boston Phoenix, an alternative newspaper, and her essays [...]

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The Sugar Queen

From Rosalia Millan author: Allen, Sarah  Addison The Sugar Queen Josey is a woman living with her mother in a small town.  All anyone can ever remember about Josey is what a difficult child she was, even though now she has completely changed to the point of being totally submissive of all her mother’s desires.  [...]

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The Pretty One

From Taylor, teen book reviewer author: Klam, Cheryl The Pretty One The Pretty One by Cheryl Klam is about a sixteen-year-old girl named Megan Fletcher.  Megan has always wanted to be like her older sister  Lucy. Lucy is a gorgeous starlet whom everyone worships, meanwhile Megan has been living in the shadows offstage, hoping that [...]

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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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The Pretty One

From Teen Book Reviewer Loudmilla author: Klam, Cheryl The Pretty One  Cheryl Klam’s The Pretty One told the story of two siblings’ rivalries. Lucy Fletcher was always the prettiest girl at school who always won over all the guys and to top it off, always got the lead in their school plays. Her younger sister, [...]

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