Lion’s Lair

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Entries from September 2006

A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

A Summer to Die is a story about a family with two girls, sisters who have grown up together but yet very different.  Molly is considered beautiful and confident while Meg is awkward and more of a loner.  They move to a different house and new school.  Molly while approaching the teen changes seems to [...]

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Tags: Upper Grade Fiction

Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

September 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Bethany is looking forward to her thirteenth birthday. But before the special day arrives her father takes her and her mother in the car and drives across several states and deposits Bethany with an aunt she was not aware existed.  Bethany has no idea as to the whys and wherefores of this action.  Things she [...]

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Tags: Upper Grade Fiction