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Shoshana

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"
- Anne of Green Gables


Bookseller Shoshana recommends:

The One and Only Ivan (Hardcover)

By Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061992254
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Published: HarperCollins, 1/2012
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If you're a gorilla, there's not much you can do if a human decides to keep you at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.  That's how Ivan sees it, at least.  Until there's an elephant who needs his help.

~ recommended March, 2012

Inside Out and Back Again (Hardcover)

By Thanhha Lai
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780061962783
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Published: HarperCollins, 3/2011
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What if you had to leave Saigon for a place as different as...Alabama? What if classmates you could barely understand bullied you for how different you seemed? This beautiful, accessible verse novel tells one person's answers to those questions.

~ recommended January, 2012

The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking: Book One (Paperback)

By Patrick Ness
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780763645762
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Published: Candlewick, 7/2009
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What if everyone could hear your thoughts? How would you escape?

I highly recommend this trilogy if you've ever found a dystopian story exciting. "Firefly" fans take note: it's a space-western.

~ recommended November, 2011

The Silent Gondoliers (Paperback)

By William Goldman
$10.00
ISBN-13: 9780345442635
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Published: Del Rey, 1/2001
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"Another book by S. Morgenstern?" I thought. "The genius behind The Princess Bride, once again abridged by master craftsman William Goldman? I'm either going to hate this or fall in love with it."

I fell in love with it.

~ recommended September, 2011

Beauty Queens (Hardcover)

By Libba Bray
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9780439895972
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Published: Scholastic Press, 5/2011
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Did you know girls have brains and those brains are all different? Yeah, me too. But I have never had so much fun being hit over the head. Write on, Libba Bray, write on.

~ recommended July, 2011

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (Hardcover)

By Barry Deutsch, Hansen Literary Agency
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780810984226
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Published: Harry N. Abrams, 11/2010
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She's fierce, she's fast, she's frum! As if setting the Shabbos table for eight siblings isn't enough adventure, Mirka has an evil talking pig to fight -- and that's just the beginning. A hilarious heroine's story set against the backdrop of a sometimes irreverent but always respectful portrayal of Jewish life.

~ recommended February, 2011