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Land of the Cranes – Book Review
by Laurie Elmquist Aida Salazar’s novel in verse, Land of the Cranes, is a serious story that does not shy from talking about the terrible living conditions in US detention facilities. It features an unforgettable protagonist, the young Betita who has a gift for creating beautiful poems. Her transformation from being a protected little girl…
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Book Review by Laurie Elmquist
Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting by Jean Mills What I like most about this story is the interior world that Jean Mills explores. She pulls us into Bliss’s thoughts in a most relatable way. Sometimes it is just a quick aside in parenthesis, such as when Bliss admits that she loves the…
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Rescue by Marie Etchell
Books Reviewed by Laurie Elmquist In her debut middle-grade novel, Rescue, Marie Etchell takes an old slobbery dog, Buster, and turns him into a most unlikely hero. Plus there’s Charlie. He’s a very relatable twelve-year-old kid. I liked him from the moment I read his reasons for wanting to be a volunteer at the local…
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