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Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold

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Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold

I was sent a copy of Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold   Far from Fair by Elana K. Arnold Release Date: 2016-03-08 Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they’ve nicknamed the Coach. There’s nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her par­ents and exasperating younger brother, sharing one stupid cell phone among the four of them. And there’s definitely…

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At Water’s Edge (Water Rushes) by S. McPherson

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At Water's Edge (Water Rushes) by S. McPherson

I was sent a copy of At Water’s Edge (Water Rushes) by S. McPherson   At Water’s Edge (Water Rushes) by S. McPherson Release Date: 2015-09-01 When 17-year-old, Dezaray Storm drunkenly stumbles across a portal one night, her downtrodden life begins to change, mainly because she starts living someone else’s life. Accidently trading places with the most powerful sorceress of the realm Coldivor, Dezaray finds herself assuming the identity of her magical lookalike, having to convince everyone in the realm that she’s the real deal.Aside from a few minor hiccups…

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The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick

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The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick

I was sent a copy of The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick   The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick Release Date: 2016-03-29 Audrey Vernick and Steven Salerno have again collaborated to bring us a captivating picture book about a compelling but little-known piece of baseball history. Beginning in 1922, when Edith Houghton was only ten years old, she tried out for a women’s professional baseball team, the Philadelphia Bobbies. Though…

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Tru and Nelle by G. Neri

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Tru and Nelle by G. Neri

I was sent a copy of Tru and Nelle by G. Neri   Tru and Nelle by G. Neri Release Date: 2016-03-01 Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) were childhood friends in Monroeville, Alabama. This fictionalized account of their time together opens at the beginning of the Great Depression, when Tru is seven and Nelle is six. They love playing pirates, but they like playing Sherlock and Watson-style detectives even more. It’s their pursuit of a case of…

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Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey

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Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey

I was sent a copy of Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey   Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey Release Date: 2016-03-01 It’s 1920s Chicago—the guns-and-gangster era of Al Capone—and it’s unusual for a girl to be selling the Tribune on the street corner. But ten-year-old Isabel Feeney is unusual . . . unusually obsessed with being a news reporter. She can’t believe her luck when she stumbles not only into a real-live murder scene, but also into her hero, the famous journalist Maude Collier. The story of…

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The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb

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The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb

I was sent a copy of The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb   The Case of the Vanishing Emerald: The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins Book 2 by Holly Webb Release Date: 2016-03-08 “Isnt it a bit strange that all these horrible things are happening to Miss Massey now… Just in time to make her think that the curse is working.” Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend…

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Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger

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Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger

I was sent a copy of Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger   Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to Animals by Nancy Furstinger Release Date: 2016-04-05 Only 150 years ago, most animals in America were subject to horrific treatment. They needed a champion to protect them from abject cruelty, and that person was Henry Bergh. After witnessing the beating of a horse in the streets of New York and attending…

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Banished Threads by Kaylin McFarren

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Banished Threads by Kaylin McFarren

I was sent a copy of Banished Threads (Volume 3) by Kaylin McFarren   Banished Threads (Volume 3) by Kaylin McFarren Release Date: 2016-01-08 A valuable art collection disappears turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths committed to vindicating family members in Kaylin McFarren’s action-packed suspense novel, Banished Threads. While vacationing at the stately Cumberforge Manor in Bellwood, England, Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen attend an elegant dinner party hosted by her uncle, Paul Lyons, and his aristocratic wife, Sara. Before the evening ends, a priceless collection of Morris Graves’s…

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Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) by Kathleen Krull

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Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) by Kathleen Krull

I was sent a copy of Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) by Kathleen Krull   Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) by Kathleen Krull Release Date: 2016-03-08 Poor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who didn’t like him as president, a homely appearance—what could there possibly be to laugh about? And yet he did laugh. Lincoln wasn’t just one of our greatest presidents. He was a…

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The Scrivener’s Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians) by Brandon Sanderson

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The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians) by Brandon Sanderson

I was sent a copy of The Scrivener’s Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians) by Brandon Sanderson   The Scrivener’s Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians) by Brandon Sanderson Release Date: 2016-02-16 The Scrivener’s Bones is the second action-packed fantasy adventure in the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for young readers by the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. These fast-paced and funny novels are now available in deluxe hardcover editions illustrated by Hayley Lazo. In his…

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