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Jesus The Christ by James E Talmage
Rating: Genre: Religious/LDS First sentence: It is a matter of history that, at or near the beginning of what has […]
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Tribute To Tim McGraw
It’s incredibly difficult for anyone who loves music as much as I do to pick a favorite song, or even […]
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Rating: Genre: Young Adult First sentence: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie […]
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The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Spook’s Apprentice #1) by Joseph Delaney
Rating: Genre: Fantasy, YA First sentence: When the Spook arrived, the light was already beginning to fail. Favorite Quote From […]
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Rating: Genre: Fantasy, YA First sentence: Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood. Favorite Quote From the Book: Publisher: […]
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The Velveteen Rabbit By Margery Williams
This is a wonderful story about love and the impact toys have on children and their imagination. It was one […]
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok
This is one of my all time favorite books. I first discovered it when I was in 6th grade, and […]
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The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
If you’ve ever wished to be part of an ‘old fashioned story’ then this is the book for you. Lois […]
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A Wrinkle In Time By Madeleine L’Engle
Meg Murry’s Father has been gone for two years and no one knows exactly why. All they know is that […]
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Little Britches by Ralph Moody
This is a wonderful true story about how a young boy learns some of life’s best lessons while working a […]
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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
I thought this book was pretty great. It is a wonderful story, but a little slow in places. I agree […]
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The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
This is one of the best fantasy series that I have read in a long time. The beginning for me […]
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