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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
Bad Island by Doug TenNapel
Bigger Than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder
Blue Sky by Audrey Wood
The Bumper Book of Nature by Stephen Moss
Code Talker by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila
Country Road ABC by Arthur Geisert
A Dance for Emilia by Peter S. Beagle
Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden
Flight by Sherman Alexie
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer by James Endredy
Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth by Jon Chad
The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie
Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats
Natural History by Justina Robson
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
Rust: Secrets of the Cell by Royden Lepp
The Sacramento, River of Gold by Julian Dana
Tatty Ratty by Helen Cooper
Tiger Trek by Ted Lewin
A Very Fuddles Christmas by Frans Vischer
A Wounded Name by Dot Hutchinson

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February in Review: 02/28/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Bad Island by Doug TenNapel
  3. Bigger Than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder
  4. Blue Sky by Audrey Wood
  5. Code Talker by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila
  6. Country Road ABC by Arthur Geisert
  7. Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope
  8. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
  9. How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
  10. Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth by Jon Chad
  11. The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie
  12. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  13. The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
  14. Tiger Trek by Ted Lewin
  15. A Very Fuddles Christmas by Frans Vischer

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden
  2. Flight by Sherman Alexie
  3. The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer by James Endredy
  4. Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats
  5. Rust: Secrets of the Cell by Royden Lepp
  6. The Sacramento, River of Gold by Julian Dana

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. A Dance for Emilia by Peter S. Beagle
  2. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
  3. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
  4. Tatty Ratty by Helen Cooper

    Two Stars (Finished but it was a chore to read)

  1. The Bumper Book of Nature by Stephen Moss
  2. Natural History by Justina Robson

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. A Wounded Name by Dot Hutchinson

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Blue Moon by James Ponti
  3. The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender
  4. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer
  5. Snuff by Terry Pratchett
  6. Timeless by Gail Carriger
  7. Under the Dome by Stephen King
    Library book
  1. Ball by Mary Sullivan
  2. A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
  3. Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices by Ralph Fletcher
  4. Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel by Marissa Moss
  5. Dragon's Breath by E.D. Baker
  6. Good Harbor by Anita Diamant
  7. Half Magic by Edward Eager
  8. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
  9. Journey by Aaron Becker
  10. Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur
  11. The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg
  12. Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons
  13. Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker
  14. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
  15. When You Are Alone/It Keeps You Capone; An Approach To Creative Writing With Children by Myra Cohn Livingston
    Review copy

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.
5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / January 2014
Read vs Review by Date - January / February 2014

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