Book Reviews by EL_JMajor
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In the book, "The News Where You Are" Frank is a local television newsman. Frank has lots of minor problems. The fact that he can't seem to make his mother happy, and the sadness that all his father's buildings are being torn down are some of his problems. His biggest and most nagging problem of all is the mysterious death of his friend and former workmate, Phil. Somebody killed him and left the scene unnotices. Who? Why? In his journey to find out he will lift the veil of hidden secrets, discover new things, and learn how much he loves his family.

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The book I read was, "Smells like Dog." Homer Pudding is a far boy who wants to be just like his Uncle Drake, who goes on exciting adventures to find treasures no one has found before. Then, Uncle Drake dies trying to find a map leading to Rumpold Smeller's treasure. Rumpold Smeller was a famous treasure hunter. In his will he left Homer a note saying he wants him to follow his treasure hunting dream. So Homer sets out to find Rumpold Smeller's map. His Uncle Drake also gives him his droopy dog and said that it was his most treasured possesion.

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The book I read was, "Dandelion Fire." Henry is a boy who lives at his cousin's house and inside that house are cupboards that are portals to different worlds. In those worlds is where he is from and where his parents are. One day he goes in one of the cupboards and gets lost. His aunt, uncle, and cousins go in after him. Henry, who knows his family is lost in the cupboards too, tries to find them. On his way, people tell him who his parents are so he tries to find them too. But will he find anyone with Nimiane, an evil queen, trying to kill him?

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Her mom is going crazy, her dad is an abusive alcoholic; 
its no wonder that Mara has anger management problems. But 
when she starts to work at a child care center, Mara 
connects with the kids there and meets a guy named Tim. But 
one day Mara comes home to find her mom gone. After that, 
her life starts to spiral down out of control. And when the 
unspeakable happens, Mara decides she needs to get help and 
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A beach of stones. Thats the idea of this book when readersread the title. This book is much more. The Stone Beach isan exciting novel about an average 8th  grade girl goingthrough roughfriendships and taking care of her belovedcat, Casey. This book is a romance and fantasy yet, full of surprises. Caroline and Aimee soon find they arent the onlyones who know about the stone beach.
 
 
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The book I read was Horse Diaries: Elska. The book is about a horse named Elska who is a foal discovering her wonderful land. When she grows up she is the fastest horse in her herd. Her owner, Amma's father, gave Elska to his daughter Amma. She is happy until her father gives away Elska to another horse owner, Alfvaldr. Amma misses her horse and barely gets to see her now. Will Amma's love for Elska be enough to get her back?