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Lyra Thompson
Feb 272 min read
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - Review
Book Synopsis: A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 183 min read
(SPOILERS) London in the Dark by Victoria Lynn - Review
Book Synopsis: London, 1910 Budding Private Detective Cyril Arlington Hartwell has a conundrum. London is being ravaged by the largest...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 29, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) Swing by Kwame Alexander - Review
Book Synopsis: Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt (aka Swing) have been cut...
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Lyra Thompson
Jul 30, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) On Little Wings by Regina Sirois - Review
Book Synopsis: Jennifer is an only child, and so were her parents—at least that's what she thinks, until she finds an old photo in the...
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Lyra Thompson
Jul 25, 20243 min read
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate...
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Lyra Thompson
Jun 12, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Some time has passed since the inimitable quartet of Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance have had a mission together. But...
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Lyra Thompson
Jun 4, 20243 min read
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - Review
Book Synopsis: 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The scrawled sign, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures the desperation sweeping the...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 28, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) Finding Paris by Joy Preble - Review
Book Synopsis: Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had each other to rely on. They can't trust their mother, who hops from city...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 24, 20244 min read
(SPOILERS) Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy - Review
Book Synopsis: For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly,...
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Lyra Thompson
Dec 26, 20234 min read
The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews - Review
Book Synopsis: When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life....
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Lyra Thompson
May 2, 20233 min read
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: IF YOU FAIL, ALL IS LOST. Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 2, 20224 min read
(SPOILERS) Losing Brave by Bailee Madison and Stefne Miller
Book Synopsis: Payton Brave's twin sister, Dylan, has been missing for more than a year. So has Payton's memory. Amid the turmoil of her...
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Lyra Thompson
Dec 11, 20212 min read
The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Children You must not come STOP Dangerous The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a...
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Lyra Thompson
Nov 8, 20214 min read
(SPOLIERS) Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - Review
Book Synopsis: Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is...
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Lyra Thompson
Sep 18, 20204 min read
(SPOILERS) The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett - Review
Book Synopsis: A teenage misfit named Hawthorn Creely inserts herself in the investigation of missing person Lizzie Lovett, who...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 22, 20202 min read
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper...
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