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Kid Reads Book Reviews

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Steven Arntson

Reading Level: Grades 6 - 8

Gabriella is having a perfectly normal day, until she receives a letter from her Death, Hercule, informing her that she has been chosen for Departure...

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Mary Sullivan

Reading Level: Ages 3 - 7

This one word book cleverly tells the story of a ball obsessed dog who has nobody to play with him.

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When We Wuz Famous
Greg Takoudes

Reading Level:  Grades 9 and up

Franciso is a celebrity in his Spanish Harlem neighborhood.  He is a top student, popular, and a gifted basketball player....

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Chirs Westwood

Reading Level: Grades 4 - 6

Ben Harvester meets a strange old man in a graveyard one day, and again at his aunt's funeral in another town, and again on the street by his...

The Warrior's Heart
Greitens, Eric

Reading Level: Grades 6 and up

What sort of person becomes a Rhodes Scholar (one of the most prestigious academic honors in the world) and then signs on to become a...

News from the Gerbils

  • Boy, are we excited for summer! We've reconnected with our Uncle Seymour, who we haven't spoken to in a gerbil's age. He's got quite the around-the-world trip planned for this summer, and we gerbils have been following his travels, which he's posting on Instagram. He's...

  • Wow did we gerbils have an exciting day today!  Arthur hasn't been feeling himself for a few days and when the humans examined him yesterday they realized his teeth were all overgrown.  This can happen with us rodents because our teeth continue to grow throughout our life. ...

  • What an odd week of weather we have been having... first rain, rain, rain, flood, then snow and now cold? Come on, spring, we gerbils are ready! 

    Book Match 2013-14

    You know what else is ready? The 2013-2014 Book Match list! New titles have been...

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