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Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar
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Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar

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Title: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake Author: Louis Sachar Series: Holes, Book 1.5 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperback: 96 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Imagine your misfortune if, like Stanley Yelnats, you found yourself the victim of a miscarriage of justice and interned in Camp… Continue reading Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar

Book Review: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
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Book Review: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

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Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard Author: JK Rowling Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperback: 109 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. Additional… Continue reading Book Review: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

Book Review: Potato by Rebecca Earle
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Book Review: Potato by Rebecca Earle

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Title: Potato Author: Rebecca Earle Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Paperback: 144 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository bject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes frites . . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To… Continue reading Book Review: Potato by Rebecca Earle

Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Isle of Feral Beasts! by Stephen Bramucci and Arree Chung
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Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Isle of Feral Beasts! by Stephen Bramucci and Arree Chung

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Title: The Danger Gang and the Isle of Feral Beasts Author: Stephen Bramucci Illustrator: Arree Chung Series: The Danger Gang, Book 2 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Hardcover: 352 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository Ronald Zupan and the rest of the Danger Gang are back for their second rip-roaring adventure, perfect for fans… Continue reading Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Isle of Feral Beasts! by Stephen Bramucci and Arree Chung

Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! by Stephen Bramucci
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Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! by Stephen Bramucci

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Title: The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! Author: Stephen Bramucci Illustrator: Arree Chung Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Hardcover: 304 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Ronald Zupan is a daring master adventurer! But he actually hasn’t experienced any grand adventures . . . YET! When his world-traveling parents are kidnapped on his… Continue reading Book Review: The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! by Stephen Bramucci

Book Review: Seeds of Science: Why We Got it So Wrong on GMOs by Mark Lynas
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Book Review: Seeds of Science: Why We Got it So Wrong on GMOs by Mark Lynas

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Title: Seeds of Science: Why We Got it So Wrong on GMOs Author: Mark Lynas Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma Hardcover: 304 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s–working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement–he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at… Continue reading Book Review: Seeds of Science: Why We Got it So Wrong on GMOs by Mark Lynas

Book Review: Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange
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Book Review: Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange

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Title: Rebel Bully Geek Pariah Author: Erin Jade Lange Publisher: Bloomsbury Hardcover: 320 pages Source: Goodreads Giveaways Summary: (taken from Goodreads) “The Breakfast Club” gets a modern, high-stakes reboot in this story of four very different teens and a night that changes them forever. The Rebel: Once popular, Andi is now a dreadlocked, tattooed wild child. The Bully: York torments… Continue reading Book Review: Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange

Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
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Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

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Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Chris Riddell Publisher: Bloomsbury Hardcover: 71 Source: Chicago Public Library, Overdrive Summary: (taken from Goodreads) A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell – weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of… Continue reading Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman