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KIM VENTRELLA loves infusing everyday settings with a touch of magic. Her works explore difficult topics with big doses of humor, whimsy and hope. Her most recent middle grade novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF SAM, was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2020. BONE HOLLOW was chosen as a Best Book for Kids 2019 by New York Public Library, and SKELETON TREE was nominated for the 2019 Carnegie Medal in the UK. She is also a contributor to the middle grade horror anthology, DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS. She is a former librarian, Peace Corps Volunteer and a lover of all things strange and creepy. When she's not writing, she spends her days ruling over a seaside garbage dump and her nights helping vampires remove all that excess glitter. ...more

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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

by Colin Dickey

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Root Magic

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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We have read a lot of great literature this year, but have we missed your favorite?

What book should we read in November?

Please vote/write in your choice for the book of the month.

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Auma's Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo

10 votes 15.9%

Lemons by Melissa Savage

10 votes 15.9%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (write-in)

10 votes 15.9%

A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman

9 votes 14.3%

Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm

5 votes 7.9%

Restart by Gordon Korman (write-in)

5 votes 7.9%

Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris

4 votes 6.3%

Skeleton Tree by Kim Ventrella

4 votes 6.3%

One Amazing Elephant by Linda Oatman High

The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline K. Ogburn One Amazing Elephant Linda Oatman High

4 votes 6.3%

The Someday Birds by Sally J Pla (write-in)

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Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (write-in)

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“We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

tags: life, living

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