by William Goldman – 4/5 Stars – Girl and boy fall in love. Boy leaves girl on personal quest. Girl believes boy dead and agrees to a loveless marriage. Girl is kidnapped and subsequently rescued by boy and two of her original kidnappers.
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The Santa Suit
by Mary Kay Andrews – DNF – Ivy Perkins finds a Santa suit containing a letter from a little girl asking for the safe return of her father from the war. Perkins makes a personal mission out of discovering what the fate of the father was.
The Magician’s Nephew
by C.S. Lewis – 4/5 Stars – Polly and Digory embark on an adventure to several different worlds, thanks to Digory’s cruel Uncle Andrew, in an effort to rid their world of an evil inadvertently drawn to it.
Fit to be French Fried
by Celia Kinsey – 3.5/5 Stars – Food truck owner Felicia tracks down the culprit who committed a surprise attack on one of her regular customers.
The Diary of Anne Frank
by Anne Frank – 5/5 Stars – “I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” – Anne Frank
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan – 4/5 Stars – Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, embarks on a quest to recover Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt
Beauty and the Beast
by Vivienne Savage – 3.5/5 Stars – Unique retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Disney-version). Anastasia is a strong-willed princess who chooses to live with a dragon named Alistair when her father attempts to marry her to an awful prince.
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
by Sam Hueghan and Graham McTavish – 5/5 Stars – Follow Sam and Graham on their road trip around Scotland in this humorous, informative, diary-entry-style book.
Dark and Shallow Lies
by Ginny Myers Sain – 4/5 Stars – Grey’s best friend, Elora, has mysteriously disappeared. Joined by Elora’s brother, Grey tries to find out what happened to Elora before it’s too late.
Johnie Irish
by T.N. Jones – 4/5 Stars – Page turner that tells the story of wrongly-convicted-but-the-world-doesn’t-believe-him ex-con Bayer Thompson.
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