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Posted by BOOK NAME: Chomp
AUTHOR: Carl Hiaasen
Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so the critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one.
When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called “Expedition Survival!” Wahoo figures he’ll have to keep his dad from killing Derek Badger, the show’s boneheaded star, before the shoot is over. But Derek Badger seems to actually believe his PR and insists on using wild animals for his stunts. And there’s Tuna–a girl who’s sporting a shiner courtesy of her old man and needs a place to hide out.
They’ve only been on location in the Everglades for a day before Derek gets bitten by a bat and goes missing in a storm. And then Tuna’s dad shows up with a gun…
It’s anyone’s guess who will actually survive “Expedition Survival”…
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Posted by BOOK NAME: Joshua Dread
AUTHOR: Lee Bacon
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BOOK NAME: Ashtown Burials: The Drowned Vault
AUTHOR: N. D. Wilson
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BOOK NAME: The Enchantress
AUTHOR: Michael Scott
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BOOK NAME: The Emerald Atlas
AUTHOR: John Stephens
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BOOK NAME: Chomp
AUTHOR: Carl Hiaasen
Posted by BOOK NAME: The Time-Traveling Fashionista
AUTHOR: Bianca Turetsky
What if a beautiful vintage dress could take you back in time?
Louise Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns, and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion sale in the mail, her once painfully average life is magically transformed into a time-travel adventure.
Suddenly on board a luxurious cruise ship a hundred years ago, Louise relishes the glamour of this opulent age and slips into a life of secrets, drama, and decadence.
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BOOK NAME: Moonshadow: Rise of the Ninja
AUTHOR: Simon Higgins
It’s the dawn of a new age of peace in medieval Japan, and a power-hungry warlord is plotting to plunge the nation into a deadly civil war. Enter Moonshadow, the newest agent for the Grey Light Order, a secret brotherhood of ninja spy warriors. For his first mission, Moonshadow is sent on a dangerous journey to save his country from violent chaos. Can Moonshadow defeat the evil warlord, rogue samurai, professional killers, and another ninja spy? Or will his first mission also be his last?
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BOOK NAME: 13 Treasures
AUTHOR: Michelle Harrison
She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. Evil fairies who cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed. At wit’s end with her daughter’s unusual behavior, Tanya’s mother sends her to Elvesden Manor, her grandmother’s secluded countryside estate. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods surrounding the mansion, an as Tanya learns more about the mystery, she finds herself dangerously close to vanishing into the fairy realm forever.
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BOOK NAME: Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles #1: The Brimstone Key
AUTHORS: Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis
One year ago, Max, Natalia, Ernie and Harley were just regular kids from Avalon, Minnesota…but that was before they learned that evil faeries, werewolves, and other unthinkable monsters actually existed. Now they are the Grey Griffins: monster hunters, celebrated heroes, and allies of the legendary Templar Knights–but even heroes have to go to school.
At Iron Bridge Academy, a school where the students learn to fight the forces of evil, the Griffins find themselves in a whole new adventure when the Clockwork King, a Templar enemy from the past, returns with a deadly plan. Will the Griffins have trouble defeating their infamous foe? Or will they pass with flying colors?
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Posted by BOOK NAME: The Graveyard Book
AUTHOR: Neil Gaiman
Today’s the first day October, and Halloween is just around the corner. To celebrate, we’ll be reading a spooky book. If he lived anywhere else, Bod would be an ordinary boy. But he doesn’t live in an ordinary place–his home is a graveyard! Learn more about this month’s book on the Book of the Month page.
We’ll be reading the first two chapters for our meeting on Wednesday, October 6. Find a copy and get set to read (and shiver) along with the book club!
-DogEared
August starts on Sunday, and you know what the beginning of August means—time to start a new book!
Our next book club pick is The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. We’ll be reading the first five chapters for Wednesday’s meeting. We can’t wait to get started!
BOOK NAME: Turtle in Paradise
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Holm
During today’s meeting, we’ll wrap up our pick for July, Jennifer L.
Holm’s historical fiction Turtle in Paradise. (Holm is also the author of the Babymouse
book series.) Turtle faces her biggest adventures yet in the last chapters of this book!
Are there any books that you can’t want to read that you would like to
see us talk during August? Leave a comment with your suggestion.
We’ll announce the next pick on Friday. Who knows–your pick might be
DogEared’s August book!
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Stop here if you haven’t finished the book yet!
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BOOK NAME: Turtle in Paradise
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Holm
Welcome back, everyone! Time for this week’s book club meeting. We’re reading Jennifer L.
Holm’s book Turtle in Paradise. (Holm is also the author of the Babymouse
book series.) This week’s chapters were full of some pretty exciting stuff for Turtle. What do you think is going to happen next?
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Stop here if you aren’t done with chapter 14.
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BOOK NAME: Turtle in Paradise
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Holm
Welcome to the book club meeting! We’re continuing with Jennifer L.
Holm’s book Turtle in Paradise. (Holm is also the author of the Babymouse
book series.) Turtle is settling into her new life in Key West with her
Aunt Minnie and her cousins.
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the discussion? Great! Click “See More.”
Don’t want
any spoilers? Stop here!
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BOOK NAME: Turtle in Paradise
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Holm
Welcome to July’s first book club meeting! We’ve started reading
Jennifer L. Holm’s book Turtle in Paradise. (Holm is also the
author of the Babymouse book series.) The book is about a girl
named Turtle growing up during the Great Depression.
You
have your copy and you’ve read the first four chapters? Great! Click
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Uh-oh. Don’t have your copy yet? Don’t want
to spoil anything? Don’t read any further!
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BOOK NAME: Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel
AUTHOR: John Flanagan
Welcome to the last DogEared book club meeting of June! We just finished The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan. It’s the eighth book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. So we don’t give anything away to people who aren’t following along, click “See More” to keep reading this post.
If you don’t want to read any spoilers, don’t keep going!
Warning–we’re talking about things that happen at the end of the book! If you haven’t read it, STOP HERE!
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BOOK NAME: Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel
AUTHOR: John Flanagan
Welcome to today’s DogEared book club meeting! We’re continuing to read The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan. It’s the eighth book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. So we don’t give anything away to people who aren’t following along, click “See More” to keep reading this post.
If you don’t want to read any spoilers, don’t keep going!
Arrr! Here be spoilers! Turn back now if you haven’t finished chapter 36!
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BOOK NAME: Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel
AUTHOR: John Flanagan
Welcome back, book clubbers! This week we continued reading The Kings of Clonmel. We’ll be talking about chapters 13 through 24. If you haven’t made it that far yet, you might not want to keep reading this post–we wouldn’t want to wreck anything for you!
Warning: There are spoilers ahead!
Last chance to turn back. Really!
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BOOK NAME: Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel
AUTHOR: John Flanagan
Welcome to the first DogEared book club meeting! This week we started reading The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan. It’s the eighth book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. Since not everyone reading the blog has a copy of the book, click “See More” to keep reading. We wouldn’t want to spoil anything for people who don’t want to know what’s going on before they get a chance to read the book themselves!
Last chance to turn back. There are spoilers ahead!
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Guess what? Summer’s starting, and that means time to read on the beach (or in a hammock, or in your room… wherever!) To kick off your summer reading, we’re staring a Book of the Month group. Every month, we’ll feature a book that we think sounds really cool. You can pick up your own copy and follow along with us. Visit DogEared each Wednesday to follow the discussion with
other DogEared Book Club readers like you!
What’s the first book? It’s the newest book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. It’s called The Kings of Clonmel, and it’s the eighth book following the adventures of new ranger Will and his mentor, Halt.
Click here to visit the Book of the Month page and to learn more about this month’s pick!
We’ll be reading the first 12 chapters this week. See you on Wednesday, June 9!
-DogEared
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
By Heather Vogel Frederick
Four sixth-grade girls and their mothers join a book club and read Little Women together. Although Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess are reluctant at first, they form an unexpected friendship as they make their way though Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel and middle school together.
Check your local library or bookstore for a copy, or ask your mom or dad to help you order it online.
