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A Wrinkle in Time
Book 1 of the Time Quintet. This classic had underpinnings of novels by C. S. Lewis and leaves you with a wonderful comparisons that can be had as you enjoy this beautifully written story. That’s several times banned book is very worth the read. Completely enjoyable for both YA and author alike. Pick this one…
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The Wizard in the Wood
Book 3 of Kit the Wizard. This is the conclusion so far to the series. That said I am shocked that this is not a 30 book series. This series feels like it is just taking off. I will just move into her Loki series as I have throughly enjoyed this series. If you are…
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The Monster in the Lake
Book 2 of the Kit the Wizard series. This is the second book and continues in stride with where the last one left off. Still strong middle grade and continues to be action packed that will help draw in those reluctant readers. As we follow the story we begin to see what problems the world…
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The Dragon in the Library
Book 1 of The Dragon in the Library series. This is a fun middle grade book to help encourage adventurous spirits to read. It is a simple text and very appropriate for middle school age. This series so far would be perfect for Magic Treehouse fans and by size would be very appropriate for slow…
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Interpreter of Maladies
This was a collection of short stories that together give a good feel for Indian culture. The depth of the difference between each story adds depth and color to the picture that the author paints. I picked this one up from a list of must read books and was not disappointed. Hope you choose to…
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Dear Santa
A quick short story celebrating Christmas. This is simply a magazine article, but leaves you with thinking a little about belief and a lot about determined faith. This will take very little of your time, but is worth not skipping over.
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The Halloween Tree
This is a wonderful telling of the history of Halloween. In a similar style to Something Wicked This Way Comes we have some Halloween antics that mixes just right with the supernatural. Overall it is another classic by Ray Bradbury and teaches a lesson while being immensely entertaining. Good reading for middle grade up and…
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Hit or Myth
Book 4 of the Myth Adventure series. Hilarity continues to ensue in this forth installment in the series. This has far less of our favorite pervect. But that is not to say that Skeeve is getting into any less trouble. A looming marriage, the mob, and a missing pervect are less he finds himself in.…
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Mossflower
Book 2 of Redwall. The first book is great, but this second book deepens and makes us so excited to learn more of these simple woodland creatures. We get to learn more of the history of the beginning of Redwall. If you are looking for a series that is great for young readers this is…
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The Handmaid’s Tale
This classic novel of a futuristic dystopian world shows us the dark side of perversion and religious extremism. Told from a woman’s viewpoint of being used as a womb we can see the way people are devalued as the standard have and have nots take advantage of the lower classes. Not so far fetched as…
