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177. Once There Was A BearOnce There Was a Bear: Tales Before It All Began. Jane Riordan. 2021/2023. 128 pages. [Source: Library] [prequel to a children's classic]...
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October ReflectionsIn October, I read forty-one books. Books reviewed at Becky's Book Reviews 165. Kin: Rooted in Hope . Carole Boston...
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176. Where Coyotes HowlWhere Coyotes Howl Sandra Dallas. 2023. [April] 320 pages. [Source: Review copy] [Historical fiction; adult fiction] First sentence: A...
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175. The Puppets of SpelhorstThe Puppets of Spelhorst. Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Julie Morstad. 2023. [October 10] 160 pages. [Source: Library] First...
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174. The Queen and the KnaveThe Queen and the Knave (Dread Penny Society #5) Sarah M. Eden. 2023. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy] [adult historical romance] First...
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173. All That ShinesAll That Shines. Ellen Hagan. 2023. [September] 405 pages. [Source: Library] [Verse novel; YA verse novel; YA Realistic fiction; YA...
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172. Antarctica (Choose Your Own Adventure)Choose Your Own Adventure: Antarctica! Lily Simonson. 2022. 128 pages. [Source: Library] [j fiction; mg fiction] First sentence: The wind...
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171. Anne of the IslandAnne of the Island. L.M. Montgomery. 1915. 272 pages. [Source: Bought] “Harvest is ended and summer is gone,” quoted Anne Shirley,...
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170. Farther than the MoonFarther than the Moon. Lindsay Lackey. 2023. [September] 336 pages. [Source: Library] [MG Fiction, Realistic Fiction] First sentence: The...
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169. Impossible Escape169. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe. Steven Sheinkin. 2023. [August] 256 pages. [Source: Library]...
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168. UnstoppableUnstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington. Michael G. Long. Illustrated by Bea Jackson. 2023. 40 pages....
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167. Something Like HomeSomething Like Home. Andrea Beatriz Arango. 2023. 256 pages. [Source: Library] [verse novel; middle grade] First sentence: The drive to...
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166. Before Your Memory FadesBefore Your Memory Fades. Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Translated by Geoffrey Trousselot. 2018/2022. 220 pages. [Source: Review copy] First...
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165. Kin: Rooted In HopeKin: Rooted in Hope. Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 2023. [February] 193 pages. [Source: Library]...
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September ReflectionsIn September I read fifty-six books. Books reviewed at Becky's Book Reviews 153. Tiger Daughter. Rebecca Lim. 2021/2023. 192...
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164. The Librarian of AuschwitzThe Librarian of Auschwitz. Based on the novel by Antonio Iturbe. Adapted by Salva Rubio. Translated by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites. Illustrated...
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163. The Great Halifax ExplosionThe Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism. John U. Bacon. 2017. 418 pages. [Source:...
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162. ZeusZeus: Water Rescue (Dogs with Purpose #1) W. Bruce Cameron. 2023. [August] 288 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: Something was...
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161. DogtownDogtown (A Dogtown Book #1) Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. 2023. [September] 352 pages. [Source: Library] [Animal fantasy; J...
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160. A Papa Like Everyone ElseA Papa Like Everyone Else. Sydney Taylor. 1966. 176 pages. [Source: Library] [mg historical fiction; j historical fiction; children's...
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159. Shattered CityShattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery. Janet Kitz. 2010. 351 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: My...
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158. RewindRewind. Lisa Graff. 2023. [August] 256 pages. [Source: Library] [MG Speculative Fiction; Time Travel] First sentences: In most ways, Gap...
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157. The Blonde IdentityThe Blonde Identity. Ally Carter. 2023. 304 pages. [Source: Library] [spy thriller; adult fiction; adult romance] First sentence: Here's...
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156. Anne of AvonleaAnne of Avonlea. L.M. Montgomery. 1909. 304 pages. [Source: Bought] First sentence: A tall, slim girl, "half-past sixteen," with...
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155. Into Thin AirInto Thin Air. Jon Krakauer. 1997. 368 pages. [Source: Library] [adult nonfiction] First sentence: In March 1996, Outside magazine sent...
