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Review: Wolf at the Door by Cindy Harris

by Keira 02.22.2011

Wolf at the Door is one of those stories that starts with a pebble falling off the side of a mountain and ends in an avalanche. The pebble is the little white lie Millicent Hyde tells her stepsister about being engaged. The snow drift starts when Sherry asks Captain Alec Wolferton if it is true, [...]

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Review: The Wedding by Julie Garwood

by Keira 02.03.2011

Julie Garwood is a staple, a household name, and Wedding is the first book of hers I ever read. Recommended to me by my closest friend, I came to the conclusion that it must go to the top of my TBR pile. I found the Wedding to be a delightful combination of bride stealing, tortured [...]

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Book and Movie Review: Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

by Keira 04.16.2009

The movie: BBC 2008 v. staring Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, and Hans Matheson I read this book in eighth grade at the urging of my English teacher who thought I would enjoy this book above all others he had offered up for students to read and on which to do a report. He couldn’t have [...]

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Get Dating Advice from a 9 Year Old

by Keira 12.04.2008

Alec Greven is a 4th grader who began to write his book on dating advice when he was eight. He spent time observing boys and girls on the playground at school and wrote down things he saw that worked and also things that didn’t. The book is full of little pearls of wisdom. For instance: [...]

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