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Title: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Author: Mary E. Pearson
Genre: YA science fiction
Publisher: Square Fish
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my own library
First line: I used to be someone.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is the latest...
A List of Praises
Anne Porter
Give praise with psalms that tell the trees to sing,
Give praise with Gospel choirs in storefront churches,
Mad with the joy of the Sabbath,
Give praise with the babble of infants, who wake with the sun,
Give praise...
Title: Beside a Burning Sea
Author: John Shors
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: New American Library
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my own library
First line: Ten minutes before a torpedo sliced through the sea and slammed...
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
You’ve got to think something in this world would get back to normal. I don’t remember the last time we had electricity, not even for a few minutes in the middle of the night.
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Title: No Time to Wave Goodbye
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Publisher: Random House
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Source: Review copy from GoodReads First Reads program
First line: Before dawn on the day she would finally see...
