I recently finished the third installment of the The Fourth Stall series by Chris Rylander. Mac and Vince are still obsessed with the Chicago Cubs, but as series readers will remember they retired from the business and they no longer occupy the fourth stall of the bathroom in the east wing of the school. When Jimmy Two Tone, a new kid in school, approaches the Mac
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It has been busy and I have gotten a bit behind, so I am combining my July and August favorite books. My favorite books these past months were Artemis Fowl the Last Guardian, The False Prince, the Seven Realms Novels, and The Fifth Witness.
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Children’s Books The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens – I reread this book for book club and loved it! He is an amazing author. The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley – The 9th and final book of the Sister’s Grimm series has arrived and Puck, Daphne, and Sabrina keep up their shenanigans while trying to foil the evil – you know who- and
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I recently read The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. This historical novel about school integration is set in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1958. Marlee, a shy 12 year old, who speaks only to her family members and is bullied by her “friend” is encouraged by her older sister, Judy, to make new friends with similar interests. On the first day of school
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