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Laurel Snyder
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Orphan Island
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2017
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Bigger than a Bread Box
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2011
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My Jasper June
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2019
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Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
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2015
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Charlie & Mouse (Charlie & Mouse, #1)
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2017
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Penny Dreadful
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2010
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Seven Stories Up
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Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy (Charlie & Mouse, #2)
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2017
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Any Which Wall
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Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains
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2008
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My big spring project…
I am reading the new biography of Roald Dahl…
and have decided I need an office!
Currently, my office is also the laundry room, and Chris' office, and the walk-thru between the kitchen and the deck, and the room we store crap in. I need a place. A space. A spot. But I cannot afford to renovate my house, obviously.
So… I want to turn my no-electricity-having, moldy, trashed, hole-in-the-roof shed in
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"Camping as a family is fine, but sometimes it needs the spice of an excellent imagination, sometimes it doesn't. I just love these two brothers. "
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"Each book in the series follows brothers/best friends Charlie and Mouse through an everyday adventure. This installment: camping! The boys and their parents explore the great outdoors and the young pair weave whimsical stories to go along with the ad"
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“Problems don't always get fixed. Lots of the time things are boring or dumb for no good reason. Or even terrible. And you can't do anything about it. That's life.”
― Penny Dreadful
― Penny Dreadful
“Everything had its purpose. If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again.”
― Orphan Island
― Orphan Island
“But sometimes it doesn't matter whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you just have to love them when they need you.”
― Bigger than a Bread Box
― Bigger than a Bread Box
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| Wild Things: YA G...: Reading Challenge #10: Report Points Here | 190 | 119 | Jan 03, 2012 10:01AM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: November 2011 | 29 | 36 | Jan 18, 2012 08:57PM | |
| YA Reads for Teac...: August 2012 - Book Giveaway - Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder | 89 | 269 | Sep 16, 2012 09:02AM | |
| YA Reads for Teac...: September 2012 - Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder | 75 | 77 | Feb 20, 2013 07:21PM | |
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“Problems don't always get fixed. Lots of the time things are boring or dumb for no good reason. Or even terrible. And you can't do anything about it. That's life.”
― Penny Dreadful
― Penny Dreadful
“But sometimes it doesn't matter whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you just have to love them when they need you.”
― Bigger than a Bread Box
― Bigger than a Bread Box
“Mom always says you can solve most problems at the library, and there's a lady there who's my friend. We could ask her about helping Bernice. She has to answer people's questions. It's her job.”
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“Sometimes it's nice to be sick, to give up trying to function, to crawl into bed and be cared for a little.”
― Bigger than a Bread Box
― Bigger than a Bread Box
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Hey!I followed the brouhaha this week vaguely, and then, fiddling around Goodreads, I realized that was YOU.
I'd like to apologize on behalf of all authors (not that anyone has authorized me to do that, but hey, why not? :) It's shameful when people get defensive and lash out.
None of us like getting bad reviews, but they're a chance to LEARN things, you know? Write better. And your pull-quotes were pretty inarguably awful.
I'm a fan of honest reviewing, even when the reviews are hard to read. Keeps us all on our toes.
keep it up!
Hi Laurel, thanks for the friendvite! I look forward to snooping your shelves for more middle grade recommendations. Cheers.
Glad you liked the review - I certainly liked the book.
I can't wait to read "Penny Dreadful" ... I received it in the mail last week! It's at the top of my 'to-read' list!!!
Hi LaurelCongratulations on the publication of 'Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains'
best wishes!
Laurel, I've written some Irishy books myself. I wandered around there when I was a kid. Got a movie about Isaac Bashevis Singer. I remember when he won the Nobel Prize. I used to deliver the Forward in which he wrote articles.
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