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July 24
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Ginger
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The Higher Power of Lucky (Hardcover)
by Susan Patron
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"A little girl who eavesdrops on 12-step recovery programs, who's looking for control, who lives with Brigitte--her French guardian and her absentee father's first wife, who is afraid Brigitte will go back to France and leave her, Lucky, at an orphana...more
A little girl who eavesdrops on 12-step recovery programs, who's looking for control, who lives with Brigitte--her French guardian and her absentee father's first wife, who is afraid Brigitte will go back to France and leave her, Lucky, at an orphanage in L.A. What is it about award-winning books these days full of quirky characters who are all orphans or foster children? Blaugh. Originality has become mundane....less
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Ginger
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Everything on a Waffle (Paperback)
by Polly Horvath
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"Primrose Quarp's parents are supposed drowned in a storm and she becomes the ward of her Uncle Jack. She seeks refuge from the stares of the other townspeople with Miss Bowzer in the kitchen of the town restaurant (The Girl on the Red Swing) where e...more
Primrose Quarp's parents are supposed drowned in a storm and she becomes the ward of her Uncle Jack. She seeks refuge from the stares of the other townspeople with Miss Bowzer in the kitchen of the town restaurant (The Girl on the Red Swing) where everything is served on a waffle. Episodically structured. Typical Horvath quirkiness....less
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July 23
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Ginger
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Bud, Not Buddy (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"Bud's journey to find his father. After leaving an abusive foster-family, Bud decides to ride the rails out west, but doesn't make the train. Instead, he goes on a search for his father based on the clues he had from his deceased mother. The clues ...more
Bud's journey to find his father. After leaving an abusive foster-family, Bud decides to ride the rails out west, but doesn't make the train. Instead, he goes on a search for his father based on the clues he had from his deceased mother. The clues lead him to Grand Rapids, MI where he meets the meanest coot ever and finds perhaps something than his father. ...less
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Ginger
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Pictures of Hollis Woods (Paperback)
by Patricia Reilly Giff
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"Hollis Woods, a foster girl, is placed with Josie, an older woman who is beginning to forget things. Knowing that she is going to receive a new placement, Hollis takes Josie and runs away.
The novel is structured with alternating forward-lookin...more
Hollis Woods, a foster girl, is placed with Josie, an older woman who is beginning to forget things. Knowing that she is going to receive a new placement, Hollis takes Josie and runs away.
The novel is structured with alternating forward-looking chapters (The Time with Josie) and backstory (descriptions of numbered pictures and their context). The structure adds to the disunity of the plot. Throughline of wanting a home, a family, a place to belong....less
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July 19
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Ginger
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Hardcover)
by E. Lockhart
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"One more boarding school book full of pranks, though these pranks are committed by the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, an all-boy secret society, under command of Frankie Landau-Bankes, a girl. The trick is that the Hounds don't know Frankie is be...more
One more boarding school book full of pranks, though these pranks are committed by the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, an all-boy secret society, under command of Frankie Landau-Bankes, a girl. The trick is that the Hounds don't know Frankie is behind their pranks. A book full of the angst and unfairness of exclusion told by an unreliable narrator who occasionally strays from Frankie's close third POV....less
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July 07
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Ginger
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Because of Winn-Dixie (Paperback)
by Kate DiCamillo
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"A nice book, a sweet book for the younger middle-grade crowd. Opal claims a stray dog for her own, names him Winn-Dixie (after the grocery store in which he was found), and allows him to create his doggie magic on those around him who are in need o...more
A nice book, a sweet book for the younger middle-grade crowd. Opal claims a stray dog for her own, names him Winn-Dixie (after the grocery store in which he was found), and allows him to create his doggie magic on those around him who are in need of some love. ...less
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Ginger
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The Stones Are Hatching (Paperback)
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"I have to say this is probably the weirdest book I have ever read. At times I felt like it read like an encyclopedic work of folklore with a bit of story superimposed on it, but McCaughrean has a brilliant way of describing physical responses.
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July 04
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Ginger
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The Boggart (Paperback)
by Susan Cooper
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"Emily and Jessup's father inherits a castle in Scotland, and when they return home to Toronto after visiting it, they accidentally bring the castle's boggart with them. Chaos ensues, and the two use computer technology to aid the boggart's return to...more
Emily and Jessup's father inherits a castle in Scotland, and when they return home to Toronto after visiting it, they accidentally bring the castle's boggart with them. Chaos ensues, and the two use computer technology to aid the boggart's return to Castle Keep....less
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Ginger
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The Moorchild (Aladdin Fantasy)
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"The story of Saaski, a changeling, and her eventual remembrance of life in "The Mound." A nice read full of traditional fairy elements.
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Ginger
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The Mennyms (Paperback)
by Sylvia Waugh
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read in July, 2008
Ginger said:
"A letter arrives one day at Brocklehurst Grove from Albert Pond--a letter that unintentionally threatens the Mennyms, for the Mennyms are not human. A nice story about an extended family, with well-developed characters. Even though there is a larg...more
A letter arrives one day at Brocklehurst Grove from Albert Pond--a letter that unintentionally threatens the Mennyms, for the Mennyms are not human. A nice story about an extended family, with well-developed characters. Even though there is a large cast of characters, I didn't find it as difficult to distinguish among them as I originally thought (consider the names: Wimpey, Poopie, Soobie, Appleby, Googles! Yikes!)...less
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