Category: Book of the Day

Book of the Day: Give Me The Night by Martin Scanlan

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I was sent a copy of Give Me The Night by Martin Scanlan   Give Me The Night by Martin Scanlan Release Date: May 28, 2015 Radovan Skoda is a predator, and humans are his prey. Old and practiced in his ways, the vampire has come to Seattle to feed—and perhaps find a little distraction. He finds both in Becky Carmody, a suicidal prostitute and drug addict. Drawing her into his personal darkness, Skoda plans to Bring her Across, presuming, of course, she proves herself. While Skoda toys with his…

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Book of the Day: Terrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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I was sent a copy of Terrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti   Terrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Release Date: August 4, 2015 What happens when a person’s reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary’s controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with…

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Book of the Day: The Ire of Iron Claw

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I was sent a copy of The Ire of Iron Claw (Gadgets and Gears, #2) by Kersten Hamilton   The Ire of Iron Claw (Gadgets and Gears, #2) by Kersten Hamilton Release Date: Jul 07, 2015 Someone is smuggling secrets out of the Kennewicketts’ lab and sabotaging their experiments, putting everyone at the Amazing Automated Inn at risk. In pursuit of the villains, the family of scientific geniuses board their dirigible and take to the skies. Together with their robotic staff and the inventor Nikola Tesla, they must face murderous…

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Book of the Day: Ink and Ashes

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I was sent a copy of Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani   Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani Release Date: May 13, 2015 Claire Takata has never known much about her father, who passed away ten years ago. But on the anniversary of his death, she finds a letter from her deceased father to her stepfather. Before now, Claire never had a reason to believe they even knew each other. Struggling to understand why her parents kept this surprising history hidden, Claire combs through anything that might…

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Book of the Day: Escape from Baxters Barn by Rebecca Bond

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I was sent a copy of Escape from Baxters Barn by Rebecca Bond   Escape from Baxters Barn by Rebecca Bond Release Date: July 7th 2015 When Burdock the barn cat sneaks into the Baxters’ farmhouse kitchen to hide behind a warm stove, he overhears a sinister plot that endangers all the animals on the farm. It’s up to him and his cacophonous cohorts to figure out how to bust out of the barn before it’s too late. In this winning debut, readers will fall in love with the solitary…

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Book of the Day: First Grade Dropout

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I was sent a copy of First Grade Dropout by Audrey Vernick   First Grade Dropout by Audrey Vernick Release Date: 7/7/2015 The first grade narrator of this book has been lots of things: Hungry. Four years old. Crazy bored. Soaking wet. Pretty regular kid . . . until he makes a mistake so big that he’s sure he will never be able to go back to Lakeview Elementary School. All readers, even those not in first grade, will find the narrator’s feelings familiar, and discover that even though embarrassing…

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Book of the Day: Penny & Jelly: The School Show

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I was sent a copy of Penny & Jelly: The School Show by Maria Gianferrari   Title: Penny & Jelly: The School Show Author: Maria Gianferrari Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers Release Date: 7/7/2015 Pages: 32 This young and funny picture book introduces the soon-to-be star of her school talent show: Penny. Despite her desire to knock everyone’s socks off, Penny’s having a tough time deciding on what talent she might have. With a little help from her dog, Jelly, Penny tries out various talents—from dancing…

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Book of the Day: The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

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I was sent a copy of The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef Release Date: Jan 01, 2012 The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte),Wuthering Heights (Emily), and Agnes Grey (Anne). In this sometimes heartbreaking young adult biography, Catherine Reef explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which…

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Book of the Day: Witches Protection Program

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I was sent a copy of Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash Release Date:  May 14, 2015 Wes Rockville, a disgraced law enforcement agent, is given one last chance to prove himself and save his career when he’s reassigned to a 232 year old secret government organization. The Witches Protection Program. His first assignment: uncover a billion-dollar Cosmetics company’s diabolical plan of using witchcraft for global domination, while protecting its heiress Morgan Pendragon from her aunt’s evil deeds. Reluctantly paired with veteran…

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Book of the Day: The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin

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I was sent a copy of The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin     The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin Release Date:  June 16, 2015 “The most complete and successful biography of the Führer available for this audience.”—SLJ, starred review Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this Sibert Medal–winning biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this façade and presents a picture of a complex person—at once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed man. Giblin explores the…

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