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Bibliography: Offill, Jenny and Nancy Carpenter. (2006).  17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Any More. New York: Schwartz and Wade.  ISBN: 9780375835964 (hc) 9780375866012 (pbk) Plot Summary:  A mischievous little girl has a lot of seemingly good ideas but they all seem to get her in trouble. Critical Analysis:  Books like this one make me miss being [...]

Bibliography: Cain, Chelsea. (2011).  The Night Season. New York: Minotaur Books.  ISBN: 978-0312619763 Plot Summary:  Heavy rains have caused the Williamette River to swell, threatening the city of Portland.  Several people have been caught in the swiftly rising waters and appear to have drowned.  The medical examiner discovers that the latest victim was poisoned before she [...]

Bibliography: Moore, Graham. (2010).  The Sherlockian.  New York: Grand Central Publishing.  ISBN: 978-0446572590 Plot Summary:  Sherlockian and minor researcher Harold White is thrilled to be inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars.  And then a real-life murder mystery worthy of Holmes himself lands in his lap–a prominent Doyle scholar is dead after announcing he has found a [...]

Bibliography:  Healey, Karen. (2011).  The Shattering. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN: 978-0316125727 Plot Summary:  Teens Keri, Janna and Sione have something in common.  All had an older brother who committed suicide.  Janna tells Keri she and summer fling Sione think it might have been murder, with a pattern of deaths stretching back for years. [...]

Bibliography: Pearce, Jackson. (2011). Sweetly. New York: Little Brown Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0316068659 Plot Summary:  As a child, Gretchen all but watched as her twin sister was taken by a witch in the woods.  Brother Ansel could do nothing either.  They kept waiting for the witch to return for them.  Many years later,  their stepmother kicked [...]

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