The Absolute Value of Mike By Kathryn Erskine (Philomel, Hardcover, 9780399255052, June 2011, 256pp.) The Short of It: Laugh-out-loud funny. The Rest of It: When his father takes a teaching job in Romania for the summer, fourteen-year-old Mike is sent to a town he affectionately calls, “Do Over” so he can stay with his grand-aunt [...]
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Mockingbird By Kathryn Erskine Penguin Young Readers April 2010 224pp Here’s the blurb from the publisher: In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help at all. [...]
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Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading Here’s the blurb from the publisher: In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help [...]
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