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Riot: Remember the Riot
Scones and Sensibility: Charming new heroine!
My Soul To Take: A deadly scream
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The Latest Teen Book Reviews
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This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces
Made to Last: A Harriet Powers Quilt
a review by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R. (Historical Investigative Reporter)
February 04, 2010 - If you're looking for that special African American title to add to your Black History library, consider the book, THIS I ACCOMPLISH: HARRIET POWERS' BIBLE QUILT AND OTHER PIECES, by writer and quilter Kyra E. Hicks.
THIS I ACCOMPLISH is the very detailed, very charming story of ex-slave and gift...
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Lockdown
A Different World
a review by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R. (Historical Investigative Reporter)
February 01, 2010 - Lockdown, by New York Times bestselling author, Walter Dean Myers, is a beautiful story. So just how can a book with handcuffs on its cover, and a title like "lockdown" be beautiful? It can...especially when it's the story of a troubled teen who wants more out of life than drive-by's, beat-...
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The Latest Tween and Children's Book Reviews
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Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs
Good Things in Small Packages
a review by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R. (Historical Investigative Reporter)
February 07, 2010 - Whether you need sound advice, a good laugh, or just a goodly dose of common sense in these troubling times, LIFELINES: THE BLACK BOOK OF PROVERBS, is the perfect book for you.
Written by hard-working author Askhari Johnson-Hodari (THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES) and Yvonne McCalla Sobers, L...
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Imogene's Last Stand
Imogene to the Rescue
a review by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R. (Historical Investigative Reporter)
February 04, 2010 - If you're hunting the perfect history book that's disguised as a high adventure, you need to read IMOGENE'S LAST STAND, by Candace Fleming.
Imogene Tripp is a history-lover from the cradle. In fact, her very first words were...you guessed it, "Four score and seven years ago!" Young Imogene live...
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The Latest Reader Book Reviews
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Princess Academy
Better than Expected!
a review by Trillian
February 08, 2010 - I actually enjoyed this book more than I expected. The title and cover put me off a little bu...
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House of Night: Marked
Mean Girls meats Buffy
a review by Trillian
February 08, 2010 - Typical teen fiction that has so many things in it that I don't like in a book but somehow I really liked it! It's Twilight without emo-girl and sparkley vampires. It's va...
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Splendor: A Luxe Novel
Unexpected Ending
a review by Ana
February 08, 2010 - I loved this book, as I have loved all of them (except Rumors) but this one had the writing style I love and the characters. It was like a tribute to Newland Archer and Ellen Olenska from the Age of Innocence, and Edith Wharton (the author)
As for the ending (No spoiler...
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