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The entirety of England is infested with ghosts of all kinds and only young people can see them. Agencies open in order to fight off the country’s new unwelcome visitors. Children of all ages now work full time jobs on private and government ghost cases and competition between ghost fighting agencies is fierce. The Screaming Staircase, the first book
Read moreKatherine Gardner The Chrysalids John Wyndham Review Set millennia after a nuclear holocaust, The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is a fascinating novel about a highly religious communities’ attempt to prevent mutation and evolution from occurring while struggling against a type of mutation they cannot detect. Their beliefs are based off of the Old Testament and a novel called Nicholases Repentances.
Read moreBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson is a beautiful, enthralling tale of growth and loss. Set in a rural southern American town during the 1970s, the story centers around a fifth grader named Jesse. Opening as Jesse begins fifth grade, the monotonous tone that Jesse’s life has fallen into is perfectly reflected in the writing style. The only thing that
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