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It’s a PAIN that these books are so short. I joke about the title because Scumble River is a great escape, and every trip there is bittersweet because the book has to end. In her eleventh full-length novel, Denise Swanson once again breathes life into our favorite school psychologist (and sleuth) Skye Dennison. When murder…

Pearlie lives live much like any other housewife in Northern California in the early 1950s. She dutifully works to keep the house clean, keeps her polio striken son as healthy and vibrant as possible and her husband happy and calm (so as not to aggrevate his heart condition. All seems well, or at least liveable…

Such a Great Book, May 8, 2009 This review is from: Such a Pretty Girl (Paperback) One time ‘Daddy’s Girl’ Meredith holds a secret so terrible that it is talked about by everyone–her neighbors, her schoolmates and even people she doesn’t know. Meredith’s testimony at her father’s trial three years ago was the nail in…

Faith Duckle tries to reinvent herself at high school by losing weight at an institution after a failed suicide attempt. Despite the weight loss, Faith doesn’t make any waves until a single, violent act forces her to flee her home and meet up with a friend whose disappeared into a circus. Faith, fearing capture, renames…

As Cool As I Am by Pete Fromm In As Cool As I Am, Pete Fromm writes like he is a sullen female teenager, sent to her room after an argument, who picks up the pen and details parts of her life so that someone can see just the type of injustices she have to…