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Wolf Hollow
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Lauren Wolk
Pam in Kennewick
, August 29, 2017
I previewed this book for a girls' reading group I lead. It's a good one for our group, but this is a book for all of us, not just our children. This is a beautiful, nuanced story, heartbreaking and heart-lifting both. I'm glad to have read it, excited to read it with my girls, and think it's an important book for all of us. And like any good book with children, not telling the grownups is the beginning of adventure, and trouble.
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Hueys in the New Sweater
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Oliver Jeffers
Pam in Kennewick
, December 09, 2012
I'm ordering this for a new niece (new to me, but not a brand new person) but I wish I were getting it myself. "Before long they were all different, and no one was the same anymore." Perhaps the most perfect line ever written. This is a simple, sweet, charmer. Perfect for the 2-7 year old on your list. Or maybe for you.
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Bowling Avenue
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Ann Shayne
Pam in Kennewick
, August 29, 2012
This was a great summer read - fun & charming. I'm not much of a chick-lit reader, but if you are, you'll like this book. If you aren't, you'll like it too - if you enjoy interesting characters, well-written dialog, and an ending that, while not unpredictable, satisfies. This is the book you'll pass on to your sister, mom, or daughter when you're done.
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan
Pam in Kennewick
, January 03, 2012
This is the book I've been passing on to my friends when they ask if I've read any good books lately.
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Between Shades of Gray
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Ruta Sepetys
Pam in Kennewick
, September 29, 2011
I enjoyed this book so much! Similar to stories of heroes of the holocaust, this book shows the brightness of the human spirit, transformed by love, all the brighter against a very dark background. The stories of people imprisoned by Stalin, in this case Lithuanians, are not well known. Sepetys' story is fiction, but based on true events. Adults as well as middle school aged readers will enjoy this book.
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Okay for Now
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Gary D. Schmidt
Pam in Kennewick
, July 12, 2011
If you are looking for a book for a kid, say, age 10-13 or so, this would be a good one. If you once were a kid, maybe in the late 60's or 70's, you might want to read this before you give it away. You don't have to have read The Wednesday Wars to enjoy this companion book, but after you're done with this one, you'll want to read The Wednesday Wars too. When Doug Sweiteck moves to a new town, it's not easy for him. Some of his most difficult problems come from his own family. A great story of (quoting the book jacket) "creativity and loss, love and recovery, and survival."
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Room
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Emma Donoghue
Pam in Kennewick
, January 02, 2011
Given the circumstances in this story, it feels strange to say that I enjoyed it, but I did. It left me with much to think about -- what one does to survive, how having someone who needs you can be a lifeline, the difficulties that come after a life crisis. And there is much to love in Jack, the narrator of this story. A hopeful story about a dark subject.
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Zero History
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William Gibson
Pam in Kennewick
, November 10, 2010
William Gibson brings us inside a cool, frightening world that is something like the one we live in. Just this week I saw an article in the newspaper about an iphone piloted drone, which is eerily like a piece of technology in this book. This book reads like a thriller you might pick up to pass the time on a long flight, only it's much better. I'm still pondering themes and characters weeks later. I still remember the way I felt reading the first book in this series, "Pattern Recognition". As soon as I finished it, I MADE my husband read it. We're still passing it along to people looking for a good book. This book is that good. If you start here (and you can), you'll be circling back to read the first two as well.
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Some Danger Involved
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Will Thomas
Pam in Kennewick
, August 04, 2010
A friend passed this book along to me, and I left it waiting to be read FAR too long. I didn't know I was postponing so much fun. It's reminiscent of Conan Doyle, but with the verve of the last (2009) Sherlock Holmes movie. I won't wait to read the next installment in the story of Thomas Llewelyn and his boss.
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Digging To America
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Anne Tyler
Pam in Kennewick
, January 04, 2010
What a great, heart-warming book! I'm a fan of Anne Tyler, and I thought this was one of her best. The families are flawed but still people you root for. A great pleasure!
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The Hearts of Horses
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Molly Gloss
Pam in Kennewick
, January 02, 2009
A book that evokes the "west" of eastern Oregon & Washington -- Loving westerns as a kid, reading this very good book was like coming home.
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Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
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Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
Pam in Kennewick
, July 13, 2008
What a delight. Though I'm wary of epistolary novels, I found myself looking for time to spend in the world of this book in a way I haven't for a while. Interesting and warm-hearted.
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Tenderness Of Wolves
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Stef Penney
Pam in Kennewick
, January 23, 2008
You wouldn't think that escaping to a Canadian winter in the 1860's would be a good thing, but I kept wanting to get back to this book -- its characters and its mystery. A book you'll recommend to others.
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Home for Christmas Stories for Young & Old
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Miriam Leblanc
Pam in Kennewick
, November 21, 2007
An excellent collection of Christmas stories. This book is my favorite to give as a small gift at Christmas. Great authors, a few classics and some I'd never read before. We love to read Riders of St. Nicholas every December!
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The Higher Power Of Lucky
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Susan Patron
Pam in Kennewick
, May 07, 2007
We finished reading this book aloud last night. It is a terrific book - sweet and lovely without a smidgen of saccharine. As for the famous "naughty" word, well, it isn't a book about sex, or with anything inappropriate for someone over, say, 7 years old. However, I realized last night that the word (scrotum) is necessary, not for the plot, but for the artistic structure of the book. Read it and see if you agree with me!
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Cant Wait To Get To Heaven
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Fannie Flagg
Pam in Kennewick
, January 30, 2007
This book made me laugh out loud! And then laugh again, when my sister & I both realized we were thinking about it at a family funeral.
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Cant Wait To Get To Heaven
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Fannie Flagg
Pam in Kennewick
, November 14, 2006
I'm listening to this story right now -- and finding it literally laugh-out-loud funny. Sweet without being sacharine -- this book lifts my spirits.
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Iron Giant:Special Edition
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Pam in Kennewick
, September 04, 2006
The[kw] Iron Giant[/kw] has been a favorite of our family for years. Lines from this movie (expecially Hogarth's "prayer") have become part of the family vocabulary. If you've missed this one, you HAVE missed something.
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