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Poetry Review: I Wish I Had a Wookie

Poetry Review: I Wish I Had a Wookie

I Wish I Had a Wookiee: And Other Poems for Our Galaxyby Ian Doescher (Goodreads Author), Tim Budgen (Illustrator)4 out of 5 stars I wish I had a Wookie,To keep the monsters out.If nightmares came to get me,You’d hear Chewbacca shout… This adorable book has poems about Star Wars for children. Some of them are funny, some of them are a little more serious. Some are short or long or in between.…

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Picture Book Review: Moose's Book Bus

Picture Book Review: Moose’s Book Bus

Moose’s Book Busby Inga Moore5 out of 5 stars Every evening, Moose tells a story to his family. One night he can’t think of any new stories, so the next day he travels in to town and goes to the library to get a book to read aloud to the family. Moose’s storybook readings are so popular that the animal neighbors want to come listen to Moose reading out loud, but there are too many of them to fit…

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Book REview: A Servant Like Jesus

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Book Review: Nooks & Crannies

Book Review: Nooks & Crannies

Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson My rating: 4 of 5 stars When Tabitha receives a mysterious invitation to visit the reclusive Countess of Windermere, Tabitha leaves her life of isolation behind, and hopes to find new friends among the other five children who have also been summoned. Since her only friend is her pet mouse, Pemberley, Tabitha has difficulty at first keeping up a conversation with…

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Graphic Novel Review: Laddertop

Graphic Novel Review: Laddertop

Laddertop, Volume 1 by Orson Scott Card My rating: 4 of 5 stars Robbi and Azure are chosen from among their classmates to train for Laddertop Academy, a space station that hires gifted children to do maintenance work in the miles of tiny service tunnels. Laddertop space station was a gift from an alien race, but the aliens disappeared soon after. When Robbi begins her training, she finds out that…

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Book Review: Star Passage

Book Review: Star Passage

Starpassage: Book One, the Relic by Clark Rich Burbidge My rating: 2 of 5 stars 2.5 stars: It was okay. I enjoyed this story about siblings Tim and Martie who find an ancient Star relic that transports them through time. The teens are on a mission to find spiritual help for their father, who is suffering from PTSD after being wounded in the army, and for their mother, who is dealing with…

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Book Review: Murder Is Bad Manners

Book Review: Murder Is Bad Manners

Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens My rating: 4 of 5 stars When Hazel Wong stumbles across the corpse of a murdered teacher, no one believes her except her faithful friend, Daisy Wells, and it’s up to the two girls to investigate the murder in between classes and still get their homework done. This 1930s British boarding school is the perfect setting for a murder mystery! I love stories about…

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