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The Undertaking Of Lily Chen, Emma Patton Dec 2018

The Undertaking Of Lily Chen, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Deshi’s brother Wei is dead, and Deshi feels he is responsible. Since Wei was unmarried when he died, he is doomed to be alone in the afterlife. That is, unless Deshi can find a female body to join with his brother’s in a post-mortem wedding ceremony before the burial. Deshi’s parents’ expectations are clear: come back with a bride for his brother by the Sunday burial, and he has a chance at earning their forgiveness. Deshi fully commits to his task, knowing that he will do anything to rid himself of the guilt he feels. He meets Lily Chen, a …

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The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

After T-Rex misplaces his eyeglasses, he encounters a string of unfortunate yet silly events resulting from his poor eyesight. From a run-in with an owl that T-Rex accidentally uses as a bath towel to his mistaking of a pterosaur for a kit, T-Rex’s nearsightedness causes him all sorts of problems that he doesn’t even realize. At last, T-Rex’s friends help him find his glasses, but alas, he loses them again, resulting in yet another silly mistake.

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The Town Of Turtle, Hannah Webb Dec 2018

The Town Of Turtle, Hannah Webb

Children's Book and Media Review

Turtle is feeling lonely. He dreams of a better, more inviting home for himself, so he decides to make some exciting renovations to his shell. He adds a splash of paint, a deck, gardens, homes, everything he can dream up. New friends from all over flock to his shell while he takes a nap. Whimsical ballerinas, brave sailors and creative painters are among the new residents. He is no longer lonely, for his shell is now the town of Turtle.

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The Tin Forest, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

The Tin Forest, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

An old man dreams of living in a beautiful green forest that is full of living plants and creatures, but the reality around him is trash. Each day he burns garbage, sorts trash, and buries a bit; but the mountain of waste is too high. One day while viewing a piece of trash he gets an idea--why not build a forest from the trash? Each day a builds a bit, and then a bit more. Soon he has tin trees and tin birds and tin cats, an entire forest of tin. But it is quiet. It is not quite the …

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The Thing About Jellyfish, Jennifer Padgett Dec 2018

The Thing About Jellyfish, Jennifer Padgett

Children's Book and Media Review

Suzi Swanson knows what it’s like to be mindful of facts few other children her age have ever fathomed. What she doesn’t know is that her life will be forever changed when she loses someone she deeply cherishes. When the news of the sudden and unexpected death of her closest childhood friend reaches her, she embarks on a journey of no return. She becomes determined to discover what really happened to her friend. Throughout her quest to find the ultimate “truth” about the circumstances of her friend’s inconceivable death, she unveils some truths about the life she’ll inevitably need to …

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The Supervillain And Me, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Supervillain And Me, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Abby Hamilton is the younger sister of the Red Comet, her city's most beloved superhero. Abby just wants to get the lead role in her school's musical, and maybe get a few minutes of attention from her father and her busy superhero brother. But when a new supervillain, the Iron Phantom, arrives in town and begins to talk to Abby, things get a bit more complicated. Between rehearsing for the musical, hiding secrets from her family and best friend, trying to help the Phantom with unraveling a dastardly conspiracy, and subsequently dealing with her budding feelings for the Iron Phantom, …

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The New Libearian, Hannah Webb Dec 2018

The New Libearian, Hannah Webb

Children's Book and Media Review

The librarian’s late for story time. Where could she be? Upon following some suspicious pawprints, the kids find their librarian’s desk covered in honey and torn books. Behind the desk is none other than a bear as their new librarian! After he reads (well...growls) them a story, the old librarian shows up to read them Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Uh-oh, looks like Baby Bear is missing from the pages! With some coaxing, the bear hops back into the story, but it appears he wasn’t the only character to escape the book!

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The Midnight War Of Mateo Martinez, Jazmin Gomez Dec 2018

The Midnight War Of Mateo Martinez, Jazmin Gomez

Children's Book and Media Review

Mateo Martinez doesn’t believe it at first. How could two skunks have stolen his old tricycle from the driveway in the middle of the night? When he realizes that it really did happen, and it wasn’t just a dream, Mateo is determined to get his precious trike back. Along with his best friend and little sister, Mateo plans a sneak attack on the skunks to get the tricycle back. They end up forming an alliance with the animals to wage war against a gang of raccoons. Together, the group discovers the strength in friendship, loyalty, and working with others.

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The Letter Q, Emma Patton Dec 2018

The Letter Q, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

If you had the chance to speak to your younger self, what would you say? This is the question that famous queer writers answer in letter form in The Letter Q. The writers have lived through the trauma of growing up queer and can see how life turns out on the other side. In these letters, each writer offers a piece of their story and their past while also conveying the message that it does get better. Though some writers use humor and others use strong emotion to convey that message, each possesses an admirable self-compassion and a desire to …

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The Incredible Magic Of Being, Sam Whitaker Dec 2018

The Incredible Magic Of Being, Sam Whitaker

Children's Book and Media Review

Julian is what he calls a 'uni-sensor' (short for Universe Sensor). He can see things in people that most others wouldn't be able to find even if they take all of their lifetime. When his stressed family moves to Maine to try and run a Bed & Breakfast, Julian uses his vast knowledge of time and space to try and reconnect with his older sister, Pookie, who is very against having to live as a host at the Bed & Breakfast. Then, when things seem like they can't get worse, Mr. X, the family's next door neighbor, places a lawsuit …

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The Forest Queen, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Forest Queen, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Sylvie is a noblewoman who loves the forest of Woodshire near her home and spending time in it with her best friend, Bird. When her older brother, John, becomes the sheriff of Woodshire, he plots to marry Sylvie off to some other faraway nobleman so he can maintain control of their estate at Loughsley. But Sylvie decides instead to run away to the forest with Bird and make her own destiny. Soon, they are joined by Little Jane, a girl with a tragic past and an unpromising future, a midwife named Mae Tuck, and a few prisoners who couldn't afford …

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The Cemetery Boys, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Cemetery Boys, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Stephen is forced to move to his grandmother's house with his dad after his mom has a psychotic break. Stephen is not expecting to enjoy the very small town of Spencer, Michigan. However, on his first night he is invited to hang out with Devon, the charismatic leader of a band of boys. Devon is mysterious, intriguing, and a little freaky, but Stephen can't help but feel drawn to him and his beautiful twin sister, Cara. As Stephen hangs out with Devon and the boys at the local cemetery, he begins to notice strange things happening in the town that …

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The Atlas Of Cursed Places: Radioactive, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

The Atlas Of Cursed Places: Radioactive, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Every year, Zack's family vacations on a small island off the Pacific Coast. Since his parents' divorce, Zack and his father have not shared an easy relationship. Zack's dad seems to have little time for the three kids and is always on the phone working on his conspiracy theory website. This vacation is no different, at least with Zack's dad, but something is weird this year. Everything feels off, island visitors are going missing, and Zack is noticing that all of the island natives are wearing symbolic jewelry or sporting the same symbol in tattoo form. Zack and his friends …

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The Atlas Of Cursed Places: Director's Cut, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

The Atlas Of Cursed Places: Director's Cut, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

A daring group of friends slip through the fence surrounding a cursed and abandoned movie set near an airbase in Nevada. Rumor has it that those who go in bring the curse upon themselves, even after they leave. Fire and death have stalked the set, but one of the girls wants to capture evidence of the ghosts. Their excursion ends when they are chased out by a pack of mysterious wolves. Misfortunes continue to follow them over the next few days, until they decide that they need to go back in and rescue a film which may release the captive …

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The Art Of The Swap, Tessa Mcmillan Dec 2018

The Art Of The Swap, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Hannah Jordan is a huge history buff. Luckily, Hannah receives a daily helping of the past because she lives inside a museum with her caretaker father. The Elms, a mansion-turned-museum, was once the home of the prestigious Berwind family during the 1900s. Hannah’s favorite Berwind story concerns the stolen Mary Cassett portrait of the Berwind’s niece, Maggie Dunlap. While walking the hallways of The Elms one night, Hannah looks in a mirror and sees Maggie’s reflection. When both girls touch the mirror, Hannah and Maggie switch bodies and centuries. With no idea how to switch back, the two girls try …

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The Alternative: Controlled, Erica Sonzogni Dec 2018

The Alternative: Controlled, Erica Sonzogni

Children's Book and Media Review

Rachel, a straight-A's AP student, has always listened to her parents’ advice and followed the rules. When her aunt passes away from a drug overdose, Rachel's family takes in the aunt's daughter, Misty. Misty has many issues, including those with alcohol, drugs, sex, and behavior. Quickly, Misty's attitude begins to change Rachel’s. Misty moves from school to school until Rachel’s family decides to take her to a psychiatric facility where she can be evaluated. When Misty is released and able to go back to Rachel’s family, they are hopeful but realize that her behavior has not, in fact, changed.

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The Adventures Of Sophie Mouse #5: The Maple Festival, Kelly Garcia Dec 2018

The Adventures Of Sophie Mouse #5: The Maple Festival, Kelly Garcia

Children's Book and Media Review

Sophie Mouse decides to help her mom with baking goods for the maple festival. She comes up with unique flavors and helps her mom bake. She has two best friends from school that are planning to go with her to the festival. When the big day arrives, Sophie is excited to be there but then realizes as her mom's baking assistant she should help at their booth. Her mom lets her go enjoy the festival with her friends, so Sophie leaves to play some games and ride rides with them. But she sees her mom struggling, so she decides to …

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Swallow The Leader, Ellen Mccarty Dec 2018

Swallow The Leader, Ellen Mccarty

Children's Book and Media Review

Count to ten and back to one again with a playful underwater game of follow the leader! One fish with a red flag is joined one at a time by other sea swimmers for a lively adventure. As we arrive at ten, our leader comes across a tasty snack and without thinking, gulp! Too late, he realizes his mistake! Now it is a game of swallow the leader. Each fish in turn swallows the one in front of him… and we count back down to one. But never fear, the last gulp was too much, and burrrp! The group is …

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Sun, Ashley Mckenzie Dec 2018

Sun, Ashley Mckenzie

Children's Book and Media Review

It's a hot day, but not too hot for an adventure. A boy and his grandfather collect all the necessary items for a picnic and set out on an adventure in the blazing heat. They consult the map and walk and walk until they find the perfect spot. As it turns out, someone else was already there. They have stumbled upon a ship full of pirates. They join the pirates for a picnic and then head home to reflect on the day and hope for more sunny days ahead.

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Sterling, Best Dog Ever, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Sterling, Best Dog Ever, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Sterling has received a lot of rejection and needs a home and people to belong to. He wants love so much that he is willing to do anything or be anything to live with these new people. He tries to be what just what they want—even if that means being a fork. "Sterling," silverware, fork, get it? Sterling won't do anything he doesn't believe a fork would do, which is unfortunate since all this family wants is a dog! Sterling comes to understand that they will love him just the way he is if he is his true self.

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Sophia's War, Emily Loveless Dec 2018

Sophia's War, Emily Loveless

Children's Book and Media Review

When Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan Hale in 1776, it cements her determination to support the American cause. But living in British-occupied New York City leaves little opportunity for rebellion. When her brother is taken prisoner, she begs the officer boarded at her home to help secure his release, but he refuses, and her brother dies. Sophia redoubles her efforts for the revolution and is recruited to work as a spy in General Clinton’s headquarters. She learns of a plot that could end the war in British favor: an American is switching sides, but Sophia must take it …

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Sheep 101, Haley Singleton Dec 2018

Sheep 101, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

Counting sheep is a necessity before falling asleep, but what happens when a sheep gets stuck in the fence? The show must go on and you find help where you can. From the blind mice to the three little pigs, everyone is there to help the reader fall asleep. Everyone pitches in to jump the fence and continue the count, except that 101 remains in the way. They call for help and Sheep 101 is rescued and able to help complete the count.

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Saving Lucas Biggs, Maryn Wheeler Dec 2018

Saving Lucas Biggs, Maryn Wheeler

Children's Book and Media Review

As much as Margaret O’Malley has been told she shouldn’t use her family’s “quirk” of time travel, she feels she could reverse her innocent father’s murder conviction if she did. It is not her father she wants to go back in time to save though, it is the judge, Lucas Biggs. In 2014 with the help of her friend Charlie and his Grandpa Joshua, Margaret defies her family’s advice and travels back seventy-six years to 1938 when Lucas Biggs was Luke Aggripa, age 13. His father was fighting for worker rights against the big mining company, Victory Fuels. When Luke’s …

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Rules Of Summer #1: Rules Of Summer, Beverly Jones Dec 2018

Rules Of Summer #1: Rules Of Summer, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

When seventeen-year-old Rory gets the summer job of a lifetime as an errand girl in a mansion in the Hamptons, she can't help but be thrilled. But she is not prepared for the culture shock that awaits her and the interesting and sometimes difficult people she will meet. One of the new people in her life is Isabel Rule, the daughter of the couple that Rory is working for. Isabel is the same age as Rory, and the girls find themselves in an unlikely friendship. When Isabel stumbles upon love, she will find her life changing in a way she's …

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Ruby Rose: Off To School She Goes, Ashley Mckenzie Dec 2018

Ruby Rose: Off To School She Goes, Ashley Mckenzie

Children's Book and Media Review

Ruby Rose loves to dance—not just to music and not just at home, but all the time. This becomes a problem when she goes to school and dances during art class, at the library, and in line for lunch. Her teacher has to constantly tell her to stop dancing, and when Ruby asks when it will be time to dance, she is told, "There is no time to dance at school." In her alarm at such dreadful news, she accidentally knocks over the ant farm, which gets the whole class moving and shaking!

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Robots Rule! #1: The Junkyard Bot, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

Robots Rule! #1: The Junkyard Bot, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Ten-year old George Gearing lives in the town of Terabyte Heights where robots and humans co-exist. His best friend, Jackbot, is even a robot. When a car hits Jackbot, George ends up in the TinkerTech Laboratories to fix him. However, George doesn’t just fix Jackbot, he creates a new intelligence that has never been created before. The next day, Jackbot is kidnapped and it is up to George and his new friend Anne to figure out who is behind the kidnapping. But, once they got to TinkerTech Headquarters, they realize that the person behind the kidnapping has much more sinister …

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Real Cowboys, Maryn Wheeler Dec 2018

Real Cowboys, Maryn Wheeler

Children's Book and Media Review

Real cowboys are tough and strong, but they are also gentle and quiet. This picture book goes beyond the cowboy stereotypes to highlight the real life of a cattle drive. Many qualities are needed for a good cowboy. They are thoughtful, helpful, peaceful listeners and patient caretakers of animals and the earth. They come from many backgrounds and miss their families left behind. Cowboys work together and dream of bigger things beyond the horizon.

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Ready Or Not, Woolbur Goes To School!, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Ready Or Not, Woolbur Goes To School!, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Woolbur's parents are not 100% sure that their little lamb is ready for school. Will he be teased by the other kids? Will he make friends? Can he do all of the things the others can do? Foolish sheep! Wilbur's attitude can get him through any challenge that comes his way and many do. Wilbur's response to every first day difficulty is, "I know, isn't it great!" While other children seem put off by some of the new and different things about school, Woolbur plows right through it all and has a wonderful time too!

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Radio Silence, Emma Patton Dec 2018

Radio Silence, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Frances Janvier has her whole life figured out. She spends all of her time studying and participating in student government, not because she particularly wants to, but because she knows it would look good on university applications. She also has a secret: she is majorly obsessed with an obscure YouTube podcast called Universe City. When the creator asks her if she would like to collaborate with him for the show, she thinks that it will totally change her life. Little does she know that the creator of Universe City is not a distant internet presence—he’s someone she has met before. …

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Possum And The Summer Storm, Robyn Lee Dec 2018

Possum And The Summer Storm, Robyn Lee

Children's Book and Media Review

Possum’s family watches as their home washes away in a rainstorm, leaving them with nowhere to live. A friendly neighbor notices their situation and volunteers to help rebuild the Possum family home, prompting a community effort. Each forest animal helps build the kind of home they are used to, until eventually the Possum home is roomy enough for everyone to take shelter when the next storm hits.

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