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Book Review: Feather Boy
A boy searches for the truth about the death of a boy 30 years earlier.
Read MoreBook Review: Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Writing poetry helps a jock get well -- and get the girl.
Read MoreBook Review: Locomotion
Woodson creates a voice that is lyrical, yet seamless and real.
Read MoreBook Review: A Face First
Kelley, injured and badly burned in a car accident, undergoes surgery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Her leg is pinned together, and skin grafts are taken from her leg to patch up her face and hand.
But the physical effects are only the beginning of her journey back. Facing a ravaged face, the need to wear a plastic face mask for at least a year, and the suspicion that her mother was at fault in the accident, Kelley begins to withdraw from the world, at first lapsing into silence, then refusing to return to school. Her mother, wracked with guilt and facing severe financial difficulties, doesn't know what to do. But her older sister, returning from France to spend the summer tutoring her, may have some ideas.
Read MoreBook Review: The Brimstone Journals
Students tell the events leading up to an attack on the school.
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