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June 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published June 2012.

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Patience

by Elizabeth Millard

With a generous dose of humor and a style that turns any reader into a confidante, Jed La Lumiere offers his own story about what it means to grow up gay in an environment rife with bigotry and still emerge as a compassionate, healthy... Read More

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Black Tide

by Jill Allen

Given how much teens enjoy stories of heroic adolescents, they will quickly become engrossed in the adventures of young Toby Tennant as he sets off to rescue his father and sister against the backdrop of a wintry dystopian Scotland... Read More

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Let the Children Play

by Maria Siano

To encourage children to be more active, former physical education teacher Deloris Suddarth has drawn upon a decade of experience to compile fun, entertaining games and activities geared toward youngsters in kindergarten through third... Read More

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The Age of Divinity

by Kristine Morris

Unsatisfied with the religious teachings he had been exposed to in his childhood and youth, spiritual teacher B. William Ball embarked on a sixty-year journey of spiritual discovery through personal study and meditation. At first,... Read More

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The Scavenger's Daughter

by J. G. Stinson

The Scavenger’s Daughter is a torture device invented during the reign of Henry VIII of England. It’s a particularly nasty machine which works opposite the famous rack: it crushes a person, causing internal bleeding, broken bones... Read More

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Pursuit of the Nightingale

by Mary Crawford

Six wounded soldiers are separated from their unit in southern France near the end of World War II. Their nightingale is a young nurse, nicknamed “Buttons” by the soldiers, who works tirelessly tending to them. The twist? The... Read More

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My Own Magic

by Lauren Kramer

"My Own Magic" explores a fictional classroom’s experience of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) through the voice of one of its female students, Morgan. Salem Elementary School invites a famous author, Ms. Prosaic, to assist the... Read More

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