FINISHED: 
Yang, Kelly. (2018). Front Desk. New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic.

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STARTED:
Funke, Cornelia. (2018). The Griffin's Feather [Dragon Rider #2]. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic.

[Remember LOVING the first one...]

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FINISHED:
Rhodes, Jewel Parker. (2018). Ghost Boys. New York: Little, Brown/Hachette.

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STARTED:
Hanlon, Abby. (2018). Dory Fantasmagory: Head in the Clouds. New York: Dial/Penguin Random House.

[LOVE THIS SERIES.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Gillman, Melanie. (2017). As the Crow Flies. Chicago: Iron Circus Comics.

[.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Tanaka, Shelley. (2018). The Breadwinner: a Graphic Novel. Toronto: Groundwood Books. 

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STARTED:
Connor, Leslie. (2018). The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle. New York: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins.

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FINISHED:
Kullab, Samya. (2017). Escape from Syria. Buffalo, NY: Firefly.

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STARTED:
Babbitt, Natalie. (1975). Tuck Everlasting. New York: Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux.

[Was home sick without a new book... chose this one - one of my all time favorites - to read again for comfort...]

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FINISHED: 
Lee, Mackenzi. (2017). The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. New York: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins.

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STARTED:
Applegate, Katherine. (2017). Wishtree. New York: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan.

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FINISHED:

Thomas, Angie. (2017). The Hate U Give. New York: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

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STARTED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2015). The Unmapped Sea (Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #5). New York: Batzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

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FINISHED: 
Bryan, Ashley. (2016). Freedom Over Me. New York: Simon & Schuster.

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STARTED:
Wegelius, Jakob. (2017). The Murderer's Ape. New York: Delacorte/Random House.

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FINISHED:
Zusak, Markus. (2005). The Book Thief. New York: Knopf.

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STARTED:
Oh, Ellen [Ed.]. (2017). Flying Lessons & Other Stories. New York: Crown/Random House.

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FINISHED: 
Whitehead, Colson. (2016). The Underground Railroad. New York: Doubleday/Penguin Random House.

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STARTED:
Marciano, John Bemelmans. (2016). Mischief Season [Witches of Benevento, Book 1]. New York: Viking/Penguin Random House.

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FINISHED:
Gottesfeld, Jeff. (2016). The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window. New York: Knopf. 

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STARTED:
Ogburn, Jacqueline K. (2017). The Unicorn in the Barn. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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FINISHED: 
Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. (2015). All American Boys. New York: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster.

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STARTED:
Kinney, Jeff. (2016). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

[Must try to read the very popular new titles kids will be asking for... plus, they are occasionally kind of laugh-out-loud amusing...]

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FINISHED: 
Gidwitz, Adam. (2016). The Inquisitor's Tale. New York: Dutton/Penguin/Random House.

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STARTED:  
Phelan, Matt. (2016).  Snow White.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

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FINISHED:
Alexander, Michelle. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: The New Press.

[To be fair, I only read the Introduction and one of the chapters... because that is what we were asked to do as part of a book discussion group that I'm now a part of!  When I have time to engage in something that I don't need to review, I'll likely give it full read because it seems like required reading.]

STARTED:
Gidwitz, Adam. (2016). The Inquisitor's Tale. New York: Dutton/Penguin/Random House.

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FINISHED: 
Wolff, Jana. (1997). Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother. Honolulu, HI: Vista Communications.

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STARTED:
Yang, Gene Luen, and Sonny Liew. (2014). The Shadow Hero. New York: First Second/Roaring Brook.

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FINISHED:
Gemeinhart, Dan. (2016). Some Kind of Courage. New York: Scholastic.

[SOOOO good, this one.  Will be reading it again, as I decided to review it for ACL.  Full review at that time...

In Washington State in 1890, twelve-year-old Joseph Johnson – no stranger to loss after his mother and sister die by disease, and his father is involved in a fatal accident – finds out that his beloved horse, Sarah, has been sold without his consent.  So begins Joseph’s epic and unceasing quest across the wild west to get her back, enduring a bear attack, being swept down roaring river rapids, and many more harrowing situations.  The first-person narrative in this dynamic, survival story allows Joseph to prove himself to be an endearing and complex character, unafraid to show sensitivity, and never fully discouraged despite continually getting so close to his goal, yet having it stripped from him again and again.  Joseph is accompanied on the bulk of his journey by Ah-Kee, a Chinese boy who doesn’t speak any English, with their relationship being such that even though they can’t fully understand one another, they poignantly have each other’s back at all times.  The character of Ah-Kee is handled with aplomb, touching upon the rampant racism of the time, and having Ah-Kee be the one who unflinchingly helps to deliver a baby to a woman in cabin out in the middle of nowhere.  Chapter-ending cliffhangers will keep readers swept up in the action, and Joseph’s heart and unyielding good nature will have readers rooting, and feeling, for him through to the very last page.]

STARTED:
Thorne, Jack. (2016). Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two. New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic.

[$30?!??  Seems a bit greedy.]

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FINISHED:
Weatherford, Carole Boston. (2016). You Can Fly:  The Tuskegee Airmen. New York: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster.

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STARTED:
Lane, Kathleen. (2016). The Best Worst Thing. New York: Little, Brown.

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FINISHED:
Springstubb, Tricia. (2016). Every Single Second. New York: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

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STARTED:
Connor, Leslie. (2016). All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook. New York: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins.

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FINISHED: 
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. (2015). Between the World and Me. New York: Spiegel & Grau.

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STARTED:
Gephart, Donna. (2016). Lily and Dunkin. New York: Delacorte/Random House.

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FINISHED:

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2015).  Echo.  New York: Scholastic.

[SO PLEASED to now be able to list this one here on the blog.  Obviously, as it was on of our Newbery Honor books, it's one that I read A NUMBER of times last year.  Also cool to now read it to just... read it.  No more note-taking and intense scrutiny.  Just able to read it for the FANTASTIC piece of fiction that it is.]

STARTED:
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. (2015). The War That Saved My Life. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[Re-reading before meeting the author at the ALA Annual conference.]

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