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Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023.  9781665902373  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Stevie has … Continue reading

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Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us by Berna Anat

Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us by Berna Anat. Quill Tree Books, 2023. 9780063067370 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book? Anat … Continue reading

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Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno

Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593433287 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery What did you like about the book? Having gotten into a prestigious private school in Massachusetts … Continue reading

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Cranky Chicken: Crankosaurus by Katherine Battersby

Cranky Chicken: Crankosaurus by Katherine Battersby. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2023. 9781665914550 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover graphic novel Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? Five chapters starring Cranky Chicken … Continue reading

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For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome

For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Holiday House, 2023. 9780823450152 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC Genre: Historical fiction What did you like about the book?  This story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in … Continue reading

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Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World by Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD, illustrated by Rob Wilson

Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World by Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD, illustrated by Rob Wilson. Mit Kids Press, 2023. 9781536226461 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about … Continue reading

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Big Nate: Move It or Lose It! by Lincoln Peirce

Big Nate: Move It or Lose It! by Lincoln Peirce. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2023. 9781524881290 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback graphic novel Genre: Humor What did you like about the book? Oh my … Continue reading

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Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi. Balzer & Bray, 2023. 9780062888846 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic Fiction What did you like about the book?  Sixteen-year-old Nigeria Jones has always been homeschooled, … Continue reading

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Who’s Got Mail?: The History of Mail in America by Linda Barrett Osborne

Who’s Got Mail?: The History of Mail in America by Linda Barrett Osborne.  Abrams Young Readers, 2023. 9781419758966  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book? Absolutely stuffed … Continue reading

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Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans. Clarion Books, 2023. 9780358721642  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery / Romance What did you like about the book? Bianca Torre … Continue reading

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