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Review: Seven by Jacqueline Leo

December 10, 2009 Book Reviews
Seven

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Seven, written by Jacqueline Leo, is a compilation of ways that the number seven reoccurs in likely, and not so likely places.
From identifying Confucius’s seven ways to the good life to observing the seven colors of a rainbow, Leo examines this commonly reoccurring number as it relates to a myriad of topics such as [...]

Book Review: Lonestar Secrets

October 27, 2009 2009
Lonestar Secrets

By Colleen Coble
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
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This book is about a woman named Shannon who decides to go back to her hometown where she can raise her young daughter Kylie in a good environment with lots of fresh air. However, by moving back, Shannon must also face the many demons she left behind. She gets a [...]

The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible I

September 15, 2009 2009
The Amanda Project

The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible I
By Stella Lennon, Melissa Kantor
Publisher: HarperTeen
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Invisible I is the first of eight books in a YA series called The Amanda Project. There are four main characters: Callie, Nia, Hal, and Amanda. The book begins when the school principal’s car has been vandalized, and all four teens are implicated. [...]

Olive Kitteridge

August 22, 2009 2009
Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge
By Elizabeth Strout
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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This book follows the life of Olive Kitteridge, a strong-willed, say-it-like-she-sees-it, junior high school math teacher. Olive is married to kind-hearted pharmacist, Henry. Throughout the book, Strout dips you in and out of the lives of the Kitteridges, their son Christopher, their friends, and their acquaintances, while [...]

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