Author Spotlight: Andrew Clements, Master of the American School Story Children’s Author: Andrew Clements, May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019 With nine books with a Christmas theme, December is a great time to read an Andrew Clements book. Start with The Last Holiday Concert, a novel of Winterhope, the last sixth grade choral […]
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Book Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, Marie Brennan
Book Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Fantasy: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Isabella Camherst, aka Lady Trent, has traveled from the mountains to the desert and across the ocean to study dragons. Her discoveries, along with her colleague and friend Tom […]
Book Review: In the Labyrinth of Drakes, Marie Brennan
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Book Review: Wanderers, Chuck Wendig
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Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
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Book Review: One Good Deed, David Baldacci
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