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Tag: Mystery

September 11, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G. Z. Schmidt

Fairy tales meets The Canterbury Tales meets Clue. You're in, right? Because I was in from the very first line.

June 26, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels written by Beth Lincoln and illustrated by Claire Powell

This was a total delight to read. A great whodunit full of larger-than-life characters, secret rooms, red herrings, and so much amazing wordplay.

October 14, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Creepy(ish) Teen Reads for the Month of October (and always)

Librarian Karen Jensen shares 5 creep(ish) teen reads for the month of October, because it's the perfect season for creepy reads

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Book Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

January 17, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Publisher’s Book Description: New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart. Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded […]

Book Review: Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta

October 10, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Debuting on the New York stage, Zara is unprepared — for Eli, the girl who makes the world glow; for Leopold, the director who wants perfection; or for death in the theater. Zara Evans has come to the Aurelia Theater, home to the visionary director Leopold Henneman, to play her dream role in Echo […]

Book Review: A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

September 21, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the October 2017 issue of School Library Journal.    A Line in the Dark […]

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Book Review: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

March 16, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said “could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.” Frances Janvier spends most […]

Review from this month’s School Library Journal: The Girl with the Wrong Name by Barnabas Miller

October 13, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of School Library Journal.   Gr 9 Up—A search for […]

Book review: Twisted Fate

January 15, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

In Norah Olson’s Twisted Fate, sisters Sydney and Ally couldn’t be more different. Ally is naïve, picks blueberries, bakes muffins, and doesn’t mind dressing like her mother to go sailing. Syd skateboards, like punk music, and is on track to be class valedictorian, despite her main interests in life including skipping class and getting high. When […]

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