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When Rowan takes a job as a live-in nanny at a recently remodeled home, she has no idea that not only will she have to learn how to deal with the children, but the possibility of ghosts as well. The house, known as Heatherbrae House, stands alone on the Scottish moors.
The locals ...
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Written from the perspective of Death, Markus Zusak tells the story of a young girl, Liesel, living in Nazi Germany in 1939. Shortly after her brother’s death, Liesel arrives at her new foster home with her foster parents, Rosa and Hans. During her stay, Hans teaches her to read, thus ...
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Friends Who Read Together Stay Together
Have you struggled to make new friends as a mom? Someone who understands the problems you face daily as a new parent? It can be difficult as a new mom to make new mom friends. We seem to be secluded in our own little worlds of parenting and running a household. But the truth is, we need social ...
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Review of The Age of Miracles by Karen Walker Thompson
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It’s just another Saturday in a California suburb for eleven-year-old Julia when she learns that the Earth’s rotation has slowed. But not by much, only 56 minutes. Scientists call it “slowing.” As the rotation continues to slow, the days and night grow longer. Many try to adapt, but some ...
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Review of The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
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In the future, when humans have left Earth to colonize habitable planets, Patrick Ness brings us a story about a pre-teen boy, Todd, and his dog, Manchee, who reside in Prentisstown on an alien planet called New World. Prentisstown consists of only men, who claim all the women and most of ...
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Bad Books and Movies Are Not a Waste of Time
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