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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Favorite 2018 Middle School Books

In no apparent order; Middle School books published in 2018, I read and loved and Highly Recommend:

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2573454967

Sunny by Jason Reynolds

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2570429340

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2481104661

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2479489269

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2539873674

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2527192806

Knockout by K.A. Holt

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2339410673

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