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With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do what must be done. The one place she can let her responsibilities go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Still, she knows she doesn’t have enough time for her school’s […]
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I struggle to review contemporary middle grade because I’m not passionate about the genre. I read these two titles because I wanted to be able to book talk them. That’s my main motivator for reading any contemporary middle grade…
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Translator: Jay GabrielFormat/source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: October 2018Publisher: VikingLength: 277 pages Genre: Contemporary fiction Target Age: Adult (suitable for 13+) #OwnVoices: N/A ★★★★ This novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru’s longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe . . . With his crooked tail–a sign of good fortune–and […]
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The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith When he was four years old, Sam Abernathy was trapped at the bottom of a well for three days, where he was teased by a smart-aleck armadillo named Bartleby. Since then, his parents plan every move he makes. But Sam doesn’t like their plans. He doesn’t want to go to MIT. And he doesn’t want to skip two grades, being stuck in […]
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The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert In a sprawling estate, willfully secluded, lives Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured heir to a fortune of mysterious origins. Morgan spends his days in quiet study, avoiding his reflection in mirrors and the lake at the end of his garden. One day, two children, Moira and David, appear. Morgan takes them in, giving them free reign of the mansion he shares with his housekeeper Engel. Then […]