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Geekly Reader: The Brixton Brothers Book One
As a kid, I loved reading Encyclopedia Brown books, even when I was old enough that the mysteries were really simple to solve and I realized how absurd it was that Chief Brown needed his son’s help to solve cases. I didn’t read quite as much Hardy Boys, except for one summer when my younger […] Continue reading
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Geekly Reader: When You Reach Me Wins Newbery
Congratulations to Rebecca Stead, this year’s winner of the Newbery Medal for her book When You Reach Me. I’d read WYRM (convenient acronym, yes?) back in October and kept meaning to tell you all about it, but now it’s official: it’s a great book.
Sixth-grader Miranda is a latchkey kid in New York City, and […] Continue reading
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