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Ms. Rapscott’s Girls

Ms. Rapscott’s Girls by Elise Primavera It must be acknowledged that many parents are too busy to properly care for their children.  But Ms. Rapscott’s School is only for those children of the very busiest parents in the world. These … Continue reading

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I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You

I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You Cammie Morgan goes to a very exclusive all-girls school. But it’s not the rich girl’s academy that it appears to be.  It’s a training ground for spies. … Continue reading

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Spy School

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs Ben Ripley is twelve.  He has a slightly cooler slacker best friend, a truly special talent for math and a huge crush on Elizabeth Pasternak.  He returns home from school one day to find a … Continue reading

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Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins One of my friends once said that there should be a long compound German word meaning “nostalgia for a past that never was”.  I wish that word existed because that’s exactly what … Continue reading

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Bloomability

Bloomability by Sharon Creech Can we discuss how awful that cover on the right is?  I don’t know how you’d convince a kid to read a book with that cover.  Any kid I know would either say “ew” and put … Continue reading

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