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Bibliography: Harvey, Alyxandra. (2010). Hearts at Stake: The Drake Chronicles.  New York: Walker Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0802720740
Plot Summary: What Solange really wants is for everyone to leave her alone.  Almost sixteen, she prefers throwing pots and spending time with her best friend Lucy to field parties and boys.  No ordinary teen, Solange is [...]

My readalike list for Rebecca Stead’s Newbery winning When You Reach Me was published in Booklist’s online newsletter Read Alert this morning!  If you like books and reading, I highly recommend subscribing to this free newsletter.  Any comments about the books on my list or When You Reach Me, comment below.
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Bibliography:   Kramer, Julie. (2008).  Stalking Susan. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385524766
Plot Summary: Riley Spartz, television news reporter  in Minneapolis, just knows she has  a ratings winner when a former homicide detective hands her two cold case files–two women named Susan murdered on the same day but different years.  Riley knows they are connected and thinks [...]

Bibliography: Dolamore, Jacklyn.  (2009).  Magic Under Glass. New York: Bloomsbury.  ISBN: 978-1599904306
Plot Summary:  In her home country, Nimira’s mother was an artist, but after her death, Nimira leaves to look for better life.  Instead, she finds herself singing and dancing in a low class music hall.  That’s where she is discovered by the mysterious and [...]

I think I first read the Little House on the Prairie series in the summer time, but it is the winter scenes that really stick with me still.  Snow angels and sugaring snow, making pictures in the frost on the window, twisting hay and grinding wheat, Pa getting lost in a snow storm…Maybe because this [...]