Category Archives: Abandonment

 Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Posted on February 24, 2023 by kyurenka

 Into the Light by Mark Oshiro. Tor Teen, 2023. 9781250812254  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Manny and his older sister Elena have … Continue reading →

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Sugaring Off by Gillian French

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Stephanie Tournas

Sugaring Off by Gillian French. Algonquin, 2022. 9781643752709 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: ARC (11/22 publication date) Genre:  Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? This book is a mix of gritty, … Continue reading →

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Someday We’ll Find It by Jennifer Wilson

Posted on August 30, 2022 by kyurenka

Someday We’ll Find It by Jennifer Wilson, HarperTeen, 2022. 9780063044654  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Bliss’s mother left her at her aunt’s … Continue reading →

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Jadie in Five Dimensions by Dianne D. Salerni

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Stephanie Tournas

Jadie in Five Dimensions by Dianne D. Salerni. Holiday House, 2021. 9780823449095 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Science fiction What did you like about the book? Thirteen year old Jadie shares some … Continue reading →

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The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn. Albert Whitman, 2021. 9780807572276 Format: ARC (3/21 pub date) Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Magic realism What did you like about the book? This is an … Continue reading →

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Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch. Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2020. 9781534448834 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Liv Varanakis’s dad left her … Continue reading →

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Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Stephanie Tournas

Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen. Viking, 9780451479259 2020 Format: Hardcover, 470 pages Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Historical Fiction What did you like about the book? Set as World War II begins, this historical fiction novel … Continue reading →

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Watch Over Me by Nina Lacour

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Stephanie Tournas

Watch Over Me by Nina Lacour. Dutton, 2020. 9780593108970 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Ghost story What did you like about the book? Mila has aged out of the foster care system, … Continue reading →

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What the Birds See – Sonya Hartnett

Posted on May 23, 2020 by kyurenka

  What the Birds See – Sonya Hartnett, Candlewick Press, (9781536208818), c2002, 2018 Format: Paperback Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5  Genre: Realistic fiction  What did you like about the book? This may well be … Continue reading →

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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

Posted on November 7, 2013 by kyurenka

 Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures – Kate DiCamillo, Illustrated by K.G. Campbell, Candlewick Press,  2013 Format: Hardback  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 5 What did you like about the book? When Flora rescues a squirrel that has … Continue reading →

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