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Book of the Day: A Plague of Bogles by Catherine Jinks

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I was sent a copy of A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle) by Catherine Jinks A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle) by Catherine Jinks Release Date: 2015-01-06 “This is top-notch storytelling, full of wit, a colorful cast of rogues, and delectable slang.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a BogleJem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles—until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily…

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Book of the Day: How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks

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I was sent a copy of How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks Release Date: 2014-12-02 Birdie McAdam, a ten-year-old orphan, is tougher than she looks. She’s proud of her job as apprentice to Alfred the Bogler, a man who catches monsters for a living. Birdie lures the bogles out of their lairs with her sweet songs, and Alfred kills them before they kill her. On the mean streets of Victorian England, hunting bogles is actually less dangerous work than mudlarking…

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Book of the Day – Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults Exposed! by Julie Tibbott

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Member Only

I was sent a copy of Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults Exposed! by Julie Tibbott Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults Exposed! by Julie Tibbott Release Date: 2015-02-03 Throughout human history, people have banded together to pass on traditions, climb the social ladder, and often just have a good time. And sometimes, keeping other people out is part of the fun. (Every hot club needs a velvet rope, after all.) But some of these groups have proved so exclusive and secretive that we on the outside can’t…

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Book of the Day: The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

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The Testing

I was sent a copy of The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau Release Date: 2015-01-06 It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing.…

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Book of the Day – Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry

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I was sent a copy of Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry Anastasia Again! by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2015-01-06 In the second book in the Anstasia series, moves to the suburbs!   Anastasia is positive her family’s move is the going to ruin her young life. How can she deal with matching furniture, split-level homes, or mothers whose biggest worry is dirty laundry? But her new home offers many surprises, not to mention a cute boy right down the street. Maybe the surburbs won’t be so bad afterall.   | Have…

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Trailer – The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

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Hey yall! Happy Thursday! Check out this great BOOK TRAILER for The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black Release Date: 2015-01-13 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made…

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Book of the Day – Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

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Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

I was sent a copy of Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2015-01-06 Welcome to Anastasia’s world in the first book of the Anastasia series! To Anastasia, being ten is very confusing. She has an awful teacher who doesn’t like her non-rhyming poetry. Washburn Cummings, a very interesting boy, doesn’t even know she’s alive. And her parents insist that she visit her grandmother, who can’t even remember Anastasia’s name. On top of that, they’re going to have a baby—at their age! To get back…

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Book of the Day – Girl Power 5 Minute Stories

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Girl Power 5-Minute Stories 10 Books in 1

I was sent a copy of Girl Power 5-Minute Stories by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Girl Power 5-Minute Stories by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: 2015-01-27 The girls are in charge in this full-to-the-brim collection featuring ten stories that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Fearless, fun, determined, daring, kind, and confident . . . these girls rule! Whether you’re looking for a strong role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more! A padded cover with…

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Book of Day – The Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

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The Polar Bear Scientist by Peter Lourie

I was sent a copy of The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series) by Peter Lourie The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series) by Peter Lourie Release Date: 2012-01-10 Follow scientists as they scan the Alaskan wilderness for these magnificent creatures. It is springtime on the North Slope of Alaska, and the U.S. Geological Survey team—the polar bear biologists Kristin Simac and Mike Lockhart—is gearing up for polar bear capturing. During a capture, all information is collected on the sea ice. The scientists locate bears from…

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Book of the Day – An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund

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An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund

I was sent a copy of An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund Release Date: 2015-03-03 Due to her parents’ promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, a month before her birthday, a friend of her father’s enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents’ will left a second choice–if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow. Before long, Rosemarie is presented…

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