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Bibliography: Harbison, Paige.  (January 31, 2012). New Girl. Buffalo, NY: Harlequin Teen. ISBN: 978-0373210428 Plot Summary:  Only at Manderley Academy to please her parents, if being away from home and super hard classes were not enough, the “new girl” is faced with reminders of the girl whose place she took–Becca.  She is in Becca’s room, she [...]

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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 [...]

As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Levine, Gail Carson. (1997). Ella Enchanted. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0060275105 (hc) 978-0064407052 (pbk) It [...]

Bibliography:  Berry, Julie. (2009).  The Amaranth Enchantment.  New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books.  ISBN: 978-1599903347 Plot Summary:  15 year old orphan Lucinda leads a pretty dreary life,  working as a servant in her uncle’s jewelry shop.  When the unusual stone belonging to a witch is stolen from Lucinda, she must get it back.  In the process, [...]

Bibliography: George, Jessica Day. (2010). Princess of Glass.  New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 9781599904788 Plot Summary:  After the curse that forces Poppy and her sisters to dance night after night in Princess of the Midnight Ball was broken, she decides she has had enough of dancing and balls, thank you very much.  When [...]

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