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This was a good book for middle age readers (4th to 7th) looking for a good mystery/suspense.

I love this author and I loved that she was putting a new spin on Shakespeare. I always like when authors try to breath new life into classics. But the story got a little muddled and hard to follow at times.

I used to love the Amelia's notebook series when I was little. This is the first book I've read by Marissa Moss since I was like 10 and I wasn't that thrilled. I actually thought it promoted teasing as Daphne's dad's way of getting back at the teacher for messing up her name was to make fun of her name. I thought it had a horrible message and the last 20 pages or so were just random doodles not tied in with the storyline at all. I wasn't happy with it and I wouldn't recommend this series.

This was a great adapatation of the novel and a worthy substitute for reluctant readers.

This is the second book in a series of titles re-examining classic fairy tales and changing up the endings. Abby and her brother Jonah travel to the land of Floom, by way of magic mirror, where they find themselves in Cinderella's story. But after accidentally breaking one glass slipper, and swelling Cinderella's foot, Abby and Jonah have to help Cinderella stand on her own two feet and prove to the fair godmother that she is not a damsel in distress and can become the prince's partner in life.

I liked this book because I think the idea of re-doing fairy tales is a cute one. It's message was a little too "I don't need a man in my life" for me, but I'm 24 and can see these things a little more easily than say the 10 year old for whom this book is intended.

The main character is 10 years old, but acts older (I would have thought she was about 12 or 13). I would recommend this for girls who like strong female characters as well as fairy tales.

This book is more like a series of stories spanning a year at Oddfellow's Orphanage. Delia is probably as main a character as you're going to get, as she is the newest arrival at the orphanage.

I didn't really like this book. To me, there wasn't much point to the stories. They were cute, but very simple and not tied together that well. At the start, I expected it to be a kids version of Miss Pergrine's Home for Peculiar Children, but it wasn't. There wasn't enough backstory to explain why the children were special. For instance, why is there a talking hedgehog? Why does one boy have an onion for a head? Why can't Delia speak? These questions are pretty obvious, but an answer isn't even hinted at in the pages of the book. It's a quick read, but I found it disapointing.

Kevin is determined to get Tina to fall in love with him, but first he has to go about gathering the proper data through experiments and observation so that he knows EXACTLY how to talk to her and ask her out. His approach to love is very scientific to the point that he almost misses his chance.

This was a cute, simply and quick read. I think that guys would enjoy it. It is companion to two other books, but stands alone, except for some references to things that happened in the previous two titles.

Margie is a girl caught between two worlds when her cousin Lupe comes to live with her family from Mexico. Margie is proud of the fact that she is American, and only wants to be associated with her American side to avoid teasing at school. Lupe helps her to see that you can still be American and acknowledge where your ancestors came from.

This is a great book for addressing issues of identity. The author does a really good job of explaining the hardships that immigrants go through for a younger audience. I expected there to be more emphasis on folklorico, which is why I picked it up in the first place, but that didn't detract from it's overall appeal.

Worked really well in my storytime for 12-24 months because everyone is familiar with the song and enjoyed making the animal noises.

Opportunity to make animal noises and blow kisses.