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Book Review for Reunited

     The book that I am reviewing is Reunited by Hilary Weisman Grahman. The age level for this book is 12-15 years old. I really enjoyed this book.

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After surviving the harrowing experience of the Dust Bowl, Callie LeRoux feels invincible. She has her life figured out and loves her stylish job at a film company, where she can live the fast life in the glamourous era of the 1920s.  Despite her success, she cannot let this distract her from her true mission, finding her mother. She finds herself tangled up in a world of magic, caught in between conflicting fairy clans.

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Emma's life is not going so well at the moment; she can't get along with her step-father, her grades are failing and the only person she seems to connect with is Caleb, a boy with a terrible reputation. She longs to be comforted by her mother, but Emma's mom is brain dead, only kept alive by life support in order to bring a baby to term. Emma's grief has caused her to withdraw from the world, but Caleb, who has suffered his own tragedy, appears to be the only person who can make Emma feel alive again. Will she allow Caleb to help her heal?

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In the second book of the series, Wren is finally free of the dome, but the outside world is not the paradise everyone thought it would be. She constantly blames herself for the deaths of many of her friends and is determined to protect those that have survived. This becomes a problem when they encounter rovers, who have weapons that can kill from a distance. Not only does Wren worry about the people she strives to protect, she also worries about the ones still inside the dome. Did they survive the explosions that flooded the mines?

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In the midst of World War II, Jayna, a young orphan, must piece together her family history after her beloved older brother enlists in the army. Her longing for a family counters her constant worry over her brother's safety, and Jayna finds herself losing hope. When she finds clues of her parent's past, Jayna discovers the possibility of finding a grandmother she has never known. Jayna, along with her turtle and an old family recipe book, endeavors to find her grandmother and reunite with her brother.

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Alice is just getting over her parent's death. She is slowly building her new family, yet she still shields her heart. A part of her is afraid. At some point that part of her is taken over by Zombie Alice. It’s her dark side. The dark side sends her life spiraling into more madness. The slayers are falling apart.

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When an orphaned girl named Samantha gets an opportunity to meet her mom, she takes it. She goes with two men and a giant she doesn't know to another world to meet the person who abandoned her on a doorstep, but it is a much bigger adventure than she expected. She has to fight vampires, werewolves, and she discovers something special and amazing about herself and her mother.

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Nadia and Rabbit are on their own. The terrible sickness dubbed BluStar has ravaged the human population, taking the children’s mother with it. Civilization has crumbled and the world has become a very dangerous place. Nadia and Rabbit, however, have a special advantage. Their Uncle Bean has given each of them a shot immunizing them from the deadly disease.

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In "Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain," Krosozka brings us back to school. Just in time for the school election! Now there is a tech bandit on the loose creating a whole new battle for the crime fighting team.  How will it affect the whole school's tech?  And if this wasn’t enough to handle, the new superintendent wants to replace the county schools' lunch ladies with vending machines!!

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