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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
- By: Stacy McAnulty
- Narrated by: Ana Isabel
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Lucy Callahan was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but it changed her life forever. The zap gave her genius-level math skills, and ever since, Lucy has been homeschooled. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school!
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great empowering atory
- By a reader from Miami, FL on 05-24-19
- The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
- By: Stacy McAnulty
- Narrated by: Ana Isabel
Great story but who's on first?
Reviewed: 07-19-21
Great story for Middle Grade and above but - the relationship of the family is confusing. Lucy calls the woman Nana, and the guy Uncle Paul, but Nana seems to be someone other than Lucy's biological Mother and Paul apparently is not Nana;s son.
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The Missing Woman
- Utterly Gripping Psychological Suspense with Heart-Thumping Twists
- By: Georgina Cross
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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It’s the fourth of July and the whole town is gathered at the local pool. Through the sweltering afternoon, we single mothers don’t mix with the other women - the ones with the perfect lives and happy marriages. Women like Sabine Miller. But when Sabine shoots me a desperate look across the water and suddenly disappears, my blood runs cold....
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Disappointed
- By Mary Jo Usserey on 02-08-21
- The Missing Woman
- Utterly Gripping Psychological Suspense with Heart-Thumping Twists
- By: Georgina Cross
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
Edit the title!
Reviewed: 03-18-21
Is "The Missing Woman: Utterly Gripping Psychological Suspense with Heart-Thumping Twists" the title or an advert? The cover says, "The Missing Woman" - it'd be less obviously a sales pitch if the library title were edited to match the cover. As for the story, the opening chapters take too long to get rolling - I just didn't sense the excitement mentioned in the pitch and why the pitch needs to be deleted from the library title, because the story might not be able to deliver the build-up it's promising..
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Stef Soto, Taco Queen
- By: Jennifer Torres
- Narrated by: Kyla García
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Seventh grader Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when new city regulations are proposed, and her family's livelihood is threatened, she will have to become the truck's unlikely champion.
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Sweet YA Book
- By Ali Gonzalez on 05-26-23
- Stef Soto, Taco Queen
- By: Jennifer Torres
- Narrated by: Kyla García
Enjoyed it more at 1.50 speed (lol)...
Reviewed: 11-25-19
No kidding - the faster speed makes Stef sound more like her character - give it a try! P.S. About the city ordinance hearing (the climax of the story), here in Florida the solution for roaming lunch wagons is this - the owner must wear disposable gloves at all times. Many lunch wagons also sell only pre-packaged food (it'd be sad to see a taco wrapped in plastic).
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The Trouble with Shooting Stars
- By: Meg Cannistra
- Narrated by: Susannah Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Twelve-year-old Luna loves the nighttime more than anything else. It’s when no one gives her “that look” about the half mask she has to wear while healing from a disfiguring car accident. It’s also the perfect time to sit outside and draw what she sees - like the boy and girl from the new family next door that zip out of the window in a zeppelin and up to the stars. At first, she thinks she’s dreaming. But one night they catch her watching.
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Maybe it's my age, but...
- By Frank on 10-30-19
- The Trouble with Shooting Stars
- By: Meg Cannistra
- Narrated by: Susannah Jones
Maybe it's my age, but...
Reviewed: 10-30-19
...unlike some MG books that are readable for all age groups, TTWSS is meant for early tweens and younger readers. I suppose it's the imaginary balloon that makes the difference. I was hoping it had to do with the medication she was taking, but that never materialized. The story is well written and could I smell the lasagne from here (though being of the same ethnic group I thought the background was a little too rich at times - perhaps that part of me has "worn off" so to speak because amulets and la famiglia holding the dreaded grudge forever (the Thanksgiving argument) hold no interest for me). Still young readers who can manuver through a book of this length would probably enjoy staying with it to the end.
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A Danger to Herself and Others
- By: Alyssa Sheinmel
- Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Hannah knows there's been a mistake. She doesn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at that summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go home to start her senior year. Then Lucy arrives. Lucy has her own baggage, and she's the perfect project to keep Hannah's focus off all she is missing at home. But Lucy may be the one person who can get Hannah to confront the secrets she's avoiding - and the dangerous games that landed her in confinement in the first place.
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Total disappointment
- By Chris McLaughlin on 01-04-20
- A Danger to Herself and Others
- By: Alyssa Sheinmel
- Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
Page 338 (EXTREME SPOILER ALERT)
Reviewed: 06-30-19
I like to skip ahead and reading the last sentence on Page 338 (the story ends on Page 336) brought it all home.
Truth - loads of triggers for the claustrophobic so stressful due to the subject matter (granted, I'm a flight person in the fight or flight definition) and still waited for Hannah to do a Shawshank or MacGyver or Natty Gann and find a way out of her court-ordered captivity. She is very bright for a high school senior and no doubt instead of measuring the floor for the 1,000th time (8 steps by 7 steps) she could figure out a way to leave, and does - or did she. Escaping would make the story an adventure and more readable, but that's just me.
Then there are her wealthy parents - rude, arrogant and spoiled - and make it clear their daughter's illness is interfering with their jet-set lifestyle. I hated them (good writing is to blame - lol).
It's plain Hannah hates them for raising an only child in 5-star hotels, and perhaps the reason for her crisis that my guess could be resolved without the pills but with intense therapy, but I'm not a psychiatrist.
Then there's the last sentence on Page 338 - sneaky of the author to leave it for the few who would skip ahead...
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When You Reach Me
- By: Rebecca Stead
- Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note.
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Excellent intrigue story
- By Brianna on 12-26-09
- When You Reach Me
- By: Rebecca Stead
- Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
Confusing
Reviewed: 02-19-19
Too many sub-plots made the stew too rich for me and confusing at times. A Newberry winner does not mean it's a book all will enjoy.
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