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"Coelho's slim volume of twelve seasonal poems, one for each month of the year, is a tribute to nature and a childhood spent exploring the outdoors. I selected this children's book to fulfill the 'a book of nature poems' category in the Read Harder..." Permalink

"I'd known Andre the Giant almost exclusively from The Princess Bride, having no previous sense of the extent of his professional wrestling career. Apparently he was kind of a big deal! This graphic, biographical account of his life contains very l..." Permalink

"The public library in Kyle's hometown is reopening following extensive renovations, and he and several of his friends have somehow been lucky enough to win an essay contest granting them an overnight sneak preview before the official grand opening..." Permalink

"In this retelling of a classic Greek epic, the narrative is delivered through the perspective of more than a dozen major players of the Trojan War, from the foolish and pathetic to the heroic and doomed. Was Helen's flight with Paris from Greece t..." Permalink

"Following her mother's death, Vanja arrives in Colorado at the age of thirteen, uprooting herself from her home in Brazil to live with Fernando, her mother's first husband. Though her ultimate hope is to find her biological father, the novel takes..." Permalink