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Book Review: Epic Factopia

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Epic FACTopia! by Rose Davidson

Epic FACTopia!: Follow the trail of 400 extreme facts (FACTopia!, 8)
by Rose Davidson (Goodreads Author)

4 out of 5 stars

Did you know that the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, is deeper than Mount Everest is tall? There is a rare plant that only blooms every 100 years. The largest candy bar ever made was 9 feet long! The world’s longest bridge is 102 miles long.

This book gives amazing facts about everything under the sun (and beyond) with colorful artwork and photos on every page. Each fact connects in some way with the previous fact, leading you around in a trail of random information that is sure to grab your attention.

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Book Review: Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch

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Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch by Derek Keilty

Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch
by  Derek Keilty, Magda Brol (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Ivy is distraught when her royal witchy parents disappear during a terrible storm. She goes searching for them with the help of her “familiar”, a shapeshifting wolf boy. A friendly witch examines dust left behind from the disappearance and discovers that there are traces of “taint”, a cursed ingredient. They travel to the land of the Cunning Folk, and get help from a boy with a flying carpet. But can they discover who cursed their parents before it’s too late and more people start to disappear?

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Book Review: The Smallest Kitten

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The Smallest Kitten by Holly Webb

The Smallest Kitten (Holly Webb Animal Stories Book 53)
by  Holly Webb, Sophy Williams (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Zara and Amina are twins who have just moved to a new home and they are about to start at a new school. Quiet Zara is worried about trying to make new friends, but Amina is confident and talkative. They get a new kitten named Pixie, and are excited to show her to their new school friends. But when a disagreement arises, Pixie gets scared and runs off to hide. The twins are desperate to find her and are blaming themselves. Can they put aside their differences and work together to find their lost kitten?

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Book Review: The Classified Catnapping

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The Classified Catnapping by Colleen Nelson

The Classified Catnapping: Mystery at the Biltmore #2
by Colleen Nelson (Goodreads Author)

4 out of 5 stars

Elodie has her own detective business, and she has to help find a missing cat. But this isn’t just any old cat. This cat is famous. This cat is in the middle of shooting a movie and having a biography written. This cat is a wealthy heiress!

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Book Review: The Pinchers and the Curse of the Egyptian Cat

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The Pinchers and the Curse of the Egyptian Cat by Anders Sparring

The Pinchers and the Curse of the Egyptian Cat
by Anders Sparring, Per Gustavsson (illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

The Pincher family are all thieves and liars. They love to steal and cheat, except for Theo who gets a stomachache if he tries to tell a lie or do anything dishonest. It doesn’t help that their next-door neighbor is a policeman! When Theo and his sister quarrel over an old cat statue, they break the statue and unleash the curse of the Egyptian cat! Their moralities are switched, and not Theo wants to steal and cheat, and his sister wants to be honest. Can they get switched back or will Theo be cursed to a life of crime?

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Book Review: The Forest Yet to Come

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The Forest Yet to Come by Sam Thompson

The Forest Yet to Come (Wolfstongue Saga, 3)
by  Sam Thompson

3 out of 5 stars

Sally and her brother Faolon don’t know where they came from. They were found as orphans and raised in The Land, a settlement enclosed in walls where mysterious “shapes” assist in healing and growing food. When the fox trickster Reynard arrives in The Land, he is curious about the “shapes” and tricks Sally into helping him by promising to lead her to answers about her past.

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Book Review: Supernova

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Supernova by Marissa Meyer

Supernova (Renegades, #3)
by Marissa Meyer

3.5 out of 5 stars
Nova is a spy for the Anarchists. She has infiltrated the Renegade headquarters, pretending to be one of them so that she can plot against them. But Nova’s loyalties are divided as she finds herself more and more involved with Adrian, a young superhero whose two dads are the leaders of the Renegades. In this final book of the trilogy, Nova is starting to really feel the pressure of her double life as the violence in the city escalates. The Renegades definitely suspect her, and her secret identity is seriously compromised.

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Book Review: Shadow of the Wind

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

DNF after page 69
Daniel owns a rare book that is the last one from the author. A mysterious man has been systematically finding all the author’s books and burning them, so now Daniel has the last copy. When he is a child, Daniel falls in love with a woman ten years older than himself, then as a teen, he is devastated to discover that she has a lover.

This book includes an explicit sex scene, violence, crass comments and sexual innuendos.
To see details of the objectionable and explicit content in this book, check it out on the Screen It First Website. https://screenitfirst.com/book/the-shadow-of-the-wind-the-cemetery-of-forgotten-books-2480671

I was really disappointed in this book because the prose is beautiful, but the subject material is so ugly and disgusting.

Book Review: The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio

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The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
by  Lloyd Alexander

3 out of 5 stars

Carlo finds an ancient map to a long-forgotten treasure and sets out on a journey into faraway lands to search for the fortune. Baksheesh offers to work as his servant and guide him from the coast into the inland city and beyond through the desert. They are also joined by Shira, a girl running away from slavers, trying to return to her home in the mountains. Their caravan is attacked by bandits, and they get lost in the desert. Carlo is mistaken for a foreign prince and held for ransom. Through all their adventures, Carlo wonders if the treasure is even real or worth all this trouble.

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Picture Book Review: Surprise

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Surprise by Mies van Hout

Surprise
by  Mies van Hout

5 out of 5 stars

Birds wait in anticipation until the little eggs can hatch. Then the parent birds care for their little ones and comfort them and encourage them. They listen and tease and enjoy their time together cherishing one another. Eventually the little birds learn to fly away on their own, and the parents must let them go.

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