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*****= An all-time favorite
****  = Outstanding
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Sonderbooks #39

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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
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Happy reading!

October 15, 2002 

Nonfiction

****In Search of America, by Peter Jennings & Todd Brewster 
***Spanish Lessons, by Derek Lambert 
***My House Is Killing Me! by Jeffrey C. May 

Fiction

***Blessings, by Anna Quindlen 
**The Christmas Basket, by Debbie Macomber 

Young Adult Fiction

****All-American Girl, by Meg Cabot 
***Girl Coming in for a Landing: A Novel in Poems, by April Halprin Wayland 

Old Favorite

(Children's Fiction):  ****Heidi, by Johanna Spyri 

Picture Book Pick

****Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn’t Tell a Lie, retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler 
 

Quotation of the Week

“Even before it became a republic, America was a place of libraries.” 
–Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster, In Search of America 
                   
= Available at Sembach Library

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