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The Book That Can Read Your Mind
The Book That Can Read Your Mind
By Marianna Coppo
Children’s Picture Book
Recommended for ages 4-8 (but really limitless)
What a fun interactive book! The author adapts a 17th-century Italian magic trick for this amazing book that kids and adults will love. It will provide hours of fun as you test the magic of the book.
A rabbit...
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County
By Claire Swinarski
Adult Fiction
This atmospheric novel revolves around two families in small town Northwoods Wisconsin. Based on the title and cover, I was expecting a cozy read, but Swinarski took her characters into some deeper and darker territory than I was expecting.
Whenever there is a funeral at St. Anne’s parish in...
Icarus
Icarus
By K. Ancrum
Young Adult Fiction
In Icaras by K. Ancrum, two boys living in different types of prisons embark on a journey toward freedom that begins with their fateful encounter.
Seventeen year old Icarus lives in a gloomy and joyless house with his father Angus. At his father’s behest, he breaks into a nearby mansion owned by Mr. Black, stealing ...
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