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Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities

This was on the short list for the Middle Grade Science Fiction and Fantasy Cybils award – I checked out or put on hold all the ones on the short list that I hadn’t already read. I realized my recent … Continue reading

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Zita the Space Girl

This is one I’d been meaning to read for a while, and only put an actual hold on it when I flipped through the newly published sequel on our backroom new book shelf. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke. When … Continue reading

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Larklight

Many thanks to my love for discovering this book, which Lightning Bolt and I listened to in the car. Larklight by Phillip Reeve. Read by Greg Steinbruner. Larklight is set in an alternate Victorian world, where the British Empire spans … Continue reading

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