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    Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

    Are you looking for a new title to read all about construction trucks?  Well, here it is!  Goodnight, Goodnight Consturciton Site written by Sherri Duskey Rinker with illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld is a great bedtime story for your little guy (or girl) who loves construction equipment.  As the sun goes down, the reader sees each…

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    Down By the Station

    Down By the Station written by Jennifer Riggs Vetter and illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz is one of my favorite “transportation” themed stories for young children.  It works really well in story time because you can actually sing the whole story which keeps the kids interested, but it would work just as well as a…

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    Middle School – The Worst Years of My Life

    Middle School – The Worst Years of My Life written by James Patterson (yes, that James Patterson… the one that wrote the Witch & Wizard series for YA, the Maximum Ride series, as well as the Alex Cross detective series for adults) is a fun read – especially for middle…

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    Book Review: Zombie Tag

    If you’re looking for a new spin on zombies… this is the book for you.  Written by Hannah Moskowitz (a young adult novelist) Zombie Tag is at times a heart-wrenching, hysterical, and scary middle grade story about a 12-year-old boy named Wil. As the story progresses you find out that…

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    The False Prince

    The False Prince written by Jennifer A. Neilsen is an exciting new book, the first in a trilogy ( The Ascendance Trilogy), that stars characters so well written, it feels like you know them in real-life.  The book is described by Booklist as a action-oriented fantasy, but it’s less fantasy and…

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    May the Fourth be With You!

    Happy International Star Wars Day everyone! May the Fourth be With You! I was watching the news this morning at the gym and lo and behold it’s Star Wars Day and I didn’t even know about it!  It’s very interesting to me that a movie series that was released in…

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    Found

    I finally got around to reading the first book in The Missing series – Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  I definitely need to read the second one – I couldn’t put it down!  Granted, I really enjoy Haddix’s writing.  Her books are fast-paced with interesting plot lines and characters. In…

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    Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time

    Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time written by Lisa Yee is an in-depth look at what it is to be a teenage boy in today’s society with the pressures of family, friends, teachers, and girlfriends.  All Stanford wants to do is play basketball, but when he fails 6th grade English and…