Kid View: Smile by Raina Telgemier (Smile series, book #1)
A True Story Raina writes a graphic novel for ages 10 and up about her experiences going from middle school to high school. Though I don't...
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Kid View: Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy (Wildwood Chronicles, book #3)
A satisfying conclusion to this action packed series. With a gripping ending in which you are hanging onto every word until "The End"...
A satisfying...
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No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen by Jakusho Kwong
As you can tell from the shape the book is in, I've been carrying it around for a while. It's not one I could just read...
As you can tell...
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Kid View: Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy (Wildwood Chronicles, book #2)
Review "Slowly, words began to scrawl across the glass as if drawn there by a finger. GIRL, it read. Zita caught her breath in her throat. I...
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Rad Women Worldwide: Artist and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz
This book is part of a new growing set of resources coming out about tons of awesome things women have done throughout history to make...
This book is par...
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Kid View: Wildwood by Colin Meloy (Wildwood Chronicles, book #1)
Review "Holding him flat against the Plinth with one hand, the Governess began her ritual" With beautiful illustrations and a story to match, Wildwood glues your...
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Xav’s Favs: My Top picks of 2016
An Author's Odyssey by Chris Colfer (The Land Of Stories, book #5) The Map To Everywhere by Carrie Ryan (The Map To Everywhere, #1) ...
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Books for Adults: Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
Opening with some quotes from Vincent Van Gogh and a Prelude to Blue, I was not sure what to expect from this book but I was...
Opening with so...
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Kid View: The Bronze Key by Holly Black & Cassanra Clare (Magisterium series, book # 3)
Review "He reached for his canteen and thumbed it open, expecting to see the familiar glint of water." The Bronze Key is an enchanting fantasy novel that...
Review "He reache...
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Kid View: The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (Magisterium series, book #2)
Review From the best-selling authors, Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, The Copper Gauntlet (the second book in the Magisterium series) is greatly written for ages 10...
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Kid View: The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (Magisterium series, book#1)
Fire wants to burn Water wants to flow Air wants to rise Earth wants to bind Chaos wants to devour Review A fantasy novel that keeps you up all night. If...
Fire wants to burn...
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Graphic Novel: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang
The introduction of this book was pretty epic in the way it engaged me to rethink economics (a subject I wasn't so great at in...
The introduction...
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Kid View: Story’s End by Marissa Burt ( Storybound series, book #2)
Review "Her breath came out in a shaky gasp. She was alive. Her own treacherous blood had saved her." Full of action and complex characters who make...
Review "Her breath came out...
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Kid View: Storybound by Marissa Burt ( Storybound series, book #1)
Marissa Burt, a middle grades fantasy novel writer, creates an amazing and suspenseful tale for tweens who love to read. My favorite character would be...
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Kid View: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway(Momotaro series book #1)
Review "It occurs once in every minute, Twice in every moment, And yet never in a hundred thousand years." This book is an amazing start to the...
Review "It occurs once in eve...
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