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The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer “And in smaller letters at the bottom it concluded: ‘RESULTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED, BUT IF NOT PERFECTLY SATISFIED, YOUR WASTED TIME WILL BE REFUNDED.’” “‘You jumped, of course,’ explained Canby. “That’s the way most everyone gets here. It’s really quite simple: every time you decide something without having […]
More5 Affordable Ways to Read Ebooks
I got a Kindle Paperwhite for my birthday/Christmas gift. Since fully joining the e-reader community I have been on the hunt for affordable ways to get ebooks. Let’s be honest, while ebooks are cheaper than physical books the price still adds up. 1. Amazon Daily Deals Emails We have to accept as readers that Amazon […]
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Louis Sachar “His parents couldn’t afford a lawyer. “You don’t need a lawyer,” his mother had said. “Just tell the truth.” Stanley told the truth, but perhaps it would have been better if he had lied a little.” Holes is on Time’s 100 Best YA lsit. I was able to borrow a digital copy from my […]
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Charles Franklin “The women begged the men to come back and help the people that needed them. They wept and cursed…then wept some more. But they never prayed.” “Juilo’s words about the outside world returned to him: It rained fire. Beast came from the sea. Everything changed.” Children of the Forgotten is something I easily […]
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Madeleine L’Engle “I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” “Maybe I don’t like being different,” Meg said, “but I don’t want to be like everybody else, either.” I am not going to lie, I saw the […]
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