Book Review: Ruby Red

Posted by on September 5, 2011

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A time traveling gene runs in Gwen’s family, pulling the gene carrier uncontrollably into the past sometime during their sixteenth year. Everyone expects Gwen’s cousin Charlotte to become the time traveler, so Gwen is shocked when she is the one that feels the warning symptoms of time travelling at age sixteen instead of her cousin.

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2011 Newbery Medal Winner Clare Vanderpool

Posted by on July 27, 2011

Clare Vanderpool author of Moon over Manifest comes to Topeka

Wichita author Clare Vanderpool won the 2011 John Newbery Medal for children’s literature for her first book, Moon Over Manifest. The Newbery is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author who has made the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Vanderpool will share stories about the joy of writing and [...]

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand is a delight

Posted by on July 2, 2011

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

A retired British Major and a Pakistani shopkeeper are brought together by chance, but the circumstances of their friendship cause trouble in villiage society. If you like British fiction and a nice gentle romance plot, this book is for you!

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The Unforgettable Novel, What Alice Forgot

Posted by on June 1, 2011

What Alice Forgot

An accident in Friday’s spin class has left Alice with more than a nasty bump because now she is ten years younger- at least in her mind. Alice believes that she is 29 again, madly in love with her husband and expecting their first child with the last ten years forgotten.

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Book Review: The Kneebone Boy

Posted by on May 4, 2011

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Life has not gone smoothly for Otto, Lucia, and Max Hardscrabble. Their mother mysteriously disappeared five years ago and the gossipy people in their small town viciously blame the kids and their father.

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Read the Book, See the Movie

Posted by on April 1, 2011

Read the book, see the movie

Water for Elephants isn’t the only movie based on a book that will be opening in the next couple of months.  Read on to see what else to put on your reading list so that you can be prepared the next time you go to the theater. This list is gleaned from information gathered from [...]

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Rediscover a classic: Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Posted by on March 19, 2011

Hard Times

Charles Dickens published Hard Times in 1854 by serializing it in his magazine Household Words from April to August of that year. He doubled the circulation to his magazine, but the novel is sometimes criticized for the choppy chapters that resulted from writing it in installments. The novel is also only about half the length [...]

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