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Anything But Typical

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October 23, 2011

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.

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My Summer Reading List: Every Soul a Star : a novel by Wendy Mass

July 12, 2010

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass The best book I read so far this summer! Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at the one place the Great Eclipse can be seen in totality, each carrying the burden of different personal problems, which become dim when compared to the task they embark upon and the friendship they find.

Dough Boy by Peter Marino

October 23, 2011

Dough Boy by Peter Marino Overweight, fifteen-year-old Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mother and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects of his life when Frank's popular but troubled, daughter arrives to live with them.

Bravo Zulu, Samantha! by Kathleen Benner Duble

February 05, 2010

We read this one during consortium. 'Decidedly unenthusiastic about spending part of her summer vacation with her grandparents, twelve-year-old Samantha is particularly upset by her prickly grandfather's secretive behavior and decides to find out what he is hiding."

Anything But Typical

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