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The Half Life of Molly Pierce

May 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno

Publisher’s Description: You take it for granted. Waking up. Going to school, talking to your friends. Watching a show on television or reading a book or going out to lunch. You take for granted going to sleep at night, getting up the next day, and remembering everything that happened to you before you closed your […]

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