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Alex & Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
Armstrong and Charlie by Steven B. Frank
Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance
Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
Bow Wow by Spencer Quinn
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton
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Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch
Ivy by Katherine Coville
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Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson
Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds
Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer
Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt
Otis by Loren Long
Our Hero by Jennifer L. Holm
Outside In by Jennifer Bradbury
Queen and Country Volume 1 by Greg Rucka
Smarty Marty Steps Up Her Game by Amy Gutierrez
Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
We Are the Engineers by Angela Melick
Winnebago Graveyard #3 by Steve Niles
A Woman's World Tour in a Motor by Harriet White Fisher
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November in Review: 11/30/17

Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
  2. Armstrong and Charlie by Steven B. Frank
  3. Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire
  4. The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
  5. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
  6. Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch
  7. The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue
  8. Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds
  9. Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer
  10. We Are The Engineers by Angela Melick

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance
  2. Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan
  3. Our Hero by Jennifer L. Holm
  4. Smarty Marty Steps Up Her Game by Amy Gutierrez
  5. Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
  6. Winnebago Graveyard #3 by Steve Niles
  7. Wrong Side of the Paw by Laurie Cass

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Alex & Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
  2. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
  3. Bow Wow by Spencer Quinn
  4. Field Trip by Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen
  5. Ivy by Katherine Coville
  6. My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt
  7. Outside In by Jennifer Bradbury
  8. Queen and Country Volume 1 by Greg Rucka

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

  1. Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton
  2. Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Steven
  3. Otis by Loren Long
  4. Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti

    One Star (Didn't finish or absolutely cannot recommend)

  1. A Woman's World Tour in a Motor by Harriet White Fisher

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
  2. Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrabel
  3. From Ant to Eagle by Alex Lyttle
  4. The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match by Elizabeth Eulberg
  5. Not the Killing Type by Lorna Barrett
  6. Walking with Miss Millie by Tamara Bundy
  7. We Are The Engineers by Angela Melick
    Research
  1. The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
  2. Speedy in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
    Library book
  1. Beast & Crown by Joel Ross
  2. Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
  3. Braced by Alyson Gerber
  4. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
  5. The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring
  6. 14 Hollow Road by Jenn Bishop
  7. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
  8. Kitty Cornered by Bob Tarte
  9. Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
  10. The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats
  11. Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
  12. The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente
  13. Refugee by Alan Gratz
  14. The Sea Lady by Margaret Drabble
  15. Secret at Mystic Lake by Carolyn Keene
  16. Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs
  17. The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / November 2017
Read vs Review by Date for 2017

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