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Contracts with the Devil

…Heat and Light, addresses the calamity of fracking. Though Haigh makes it clear from the start that energy exploration inevitably carries environmental costs, she fills her novel with characters who…

Three Girls, One Summer

…Florida Central Tire contest, and when her father sees the news stories about her triumph, he will leave the dental hygienist he has run off with and come back to…

Gotta Dance

…flash of white underwear can make a twelve-year-old believe his life is over, the power of first crushes, how tough the social scene can be. His depictions of middle-school—the jockeying…

Mystery and Adventure at … the Library?

…disappointed. This novel for middle-grade readers is a sequel to his bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, but it easily stands alone. Readers unfamiliar with the first book might be…

Betting the Farm

…In Chicken Stock readers will find a compelling and sympathetic hero, a strong argument for sustainable, natural farming, and a Tennessee novelist worth watching. Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism at…

Stumbling on a Wasp’s Nest

…mother has an outside job—unusual for a middle-class family in this era. When Billie’s father gives her a vacuum cleaner for Mother’s Day, Billie’s mother can’t hide her hurt, perhaps…

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