Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts
As a child of the Harry Potter era, I have a soft spot for stories that follow a similar model of outcast pre-teen who suddenly finds...
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Mary Lanni
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Lemon Drop Falls
Wow! This book took my breath away through tears of both happiness and joy. Morgan is twelve years old and reeling from the unexpected...
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Mary Lanni
Feb 11, 20222 min read
The Lucky Diamond
The Lucky Diamond was another delightful story to be featured by Blackberry Book Tours, and this one is specifically geared toward middle...
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Mary Lanni
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
What an exciting story this is! Cece Rios lives in the desert, but instead of her soul being infused with fire like others in her town,...
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Mary Lanni
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Little Wanderers: The Everlasting Seasons
There is something about fantasy quests that bring people together from all walks of life. In this book, readers are introduced to Snowy,...
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Mary Lanni
Jan 25, 20222 min read
The Inhabitant of Alexis O'Riley
What a fantastic story this is! Vanessa Meadows is not the girl she has always been because a year ago, her brain was transferred into...
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Mary Lanni
Jan 18, 20223 min read
The Unforgettable Logan Foster
What a fantastic surprise this story was! Beginning as a narrative about an orphaned boy with a desire to find his birth family, it...
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Mary Lanni
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Cities of Adventure Series
I came across this fantastic series through Reedsy and was thrilled to get to read more than just one of its component books. The series...
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Mary Lanni
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Tiger Honor
Tiger Honor is the latest in the Rick Riordan series of global mythologies for middle grade readers, and this one stood out from others...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 28, 20212 min read
Evertrue
I've often heard about book editors and agents being able to tell within the first pages--and even the first paragraphs--of a story...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Amari and the Night Brothers
I got to listen to the audio version of this book, and more than once I reacted audibly to events in the narrative. Though the accent of...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 17, 20213 min read
A Place to Hang the Moon
Historical fiction is a fascinating genre to read, especially as authors expertly connect real events and behaviors with characters who...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Kodiak and the Un-Hunted Place
I have enjoyed reading all of the books in verse that have come across my radar in recent memory. This is the most recent one, which...
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Mary Lanni
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Amulet of Scion
This is the second book I’ve read by J.T. Grobler, and she doesn’t disappoint with this one! The Amulet of Scion is not related to the...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Spell Sweeper
Like most people my age, Harry Potter was a life-changing series in my teen years. Back in the day of Borders and other large-scale...
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Mary Lanni
Nov 2, 20212 min read
By the Light of Fireflies
History is filled with stories of everyday people who have done extraordinary things. While many of these tales are readily shared in...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 26, 20212 min read
The Way I Say It
School can be really hard, especially when bullying runs rampant and friendships change over time. When I was in elementary school, I...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 22, 20212 min read
A Kind of Spark
The older I get, the more I realize I don’t know about the world and the people in it. One of the reasons I love books is because I get...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Across the Desert
It requires fear to be truly brave, but those who demonstrate bravery are exceptional at concealing the level of fear they truly feel....
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Mary Lanni
Oct 8, 20213 min read
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
In the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to read many novels in the Rick Riordan mythological canon, including the entirety...
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