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Ocean Friends (2 book series) by Tam Warner Minton

Fun and informative…  A winning collection. In her visually arresting series about tropical reef fish, Minton pairs striking, colorful pictures with information about the characteristics, habits, and diversity of these ocean vertebrates. In the first book in the series, Minton…
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Pigeon-Blood Red (3 book series) by Ed Duncan

A transfixing and highly readable series… Duncan’s electric action thriller trilogy features an endearing antihero, abundant action, and nonstop thrills. In the sharply realized series launcher, an ordinary job of retrieving his boss, Frank Litvak’s priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace…
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The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy Series (7 Books) by Claire Youmans

Splendid, nuanced, and unfailingly entertaining middle-grade read…. Part history, part folklore, and part fiction, Youmans’s vivid, deeply intriguing, and seemingly small story of a sibling pair, children who can turn into birds, tells a much larger tale of the Meiji…
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Cloudland Series by Chip Hill

An addictive, page-turner fantasy… Hill’s charming modern-day fairy tale featuring the endearing mythical creatures from a fantasy land follows a sibling pair journeying to Cloudland to help King Nature. In the first installment, the siblings Jane and Robbie are desperate…
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The Adventures of Tooten and Ter Series by Chris McCloskey

Jaunty, funny, and fun… Aimed at middle graders, McCloskey’s entertaining books in The Adventures of Tooten and Ter Series detail the ongoing sleuthing exploits of a young boy and his dog. In A Nose for Crime, the first installment in…
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Dick Hartmann Series by Richard V Rupp

  A sophisticated and strikingly fresh crime thriller series… The excellent first two installments in Rupp’s crime series featuring the seasoned FBI agent Dick Hartmann, who heads up San Francisco’s Violent Crime Squad, finds him dealing with cunning killers who…
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The Gemini Gate Series by Steven E. Wilde

  A tension-filled, entertaining SF thriller… A nuclear detonation on US soil pushes the world toward a global thermonuclear war, unleashing severe destruction in its wake in Wilde’s swiftly paced, engrossing SF series. In Omega Crisis, the first book in…
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The Prosper Series by Lindsay Schuster

  A deeply moving, eloquently written YA drama… In these deeply engrossing, poignant novels, Schuster not only gets deep inside the questions of faith in the wake of difficulties and the underlying security and burgeoning love of a deep friendship…
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The Wake Trilogy (3-book Series) by Sasha Devore

A total fun… A mind-boggling adventure, Devore’s 3-part thrilling dystopian series tells the story of a young hero who is struggling to save the humanity from the outer-space villains. When the Ancient Ones offered to save the humanity from self-destruction…
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Plague Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #4) by Shami Stovall

A fantasy to devour… Stovall outdoes herself as she continues the Frith Chronicles with this fourth installment, a tale brimming with magical intrigue and an endearing team of skilled misfits. After getting infected, Volke Savan has no option other than…