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		<title>Becoming Naomi Leon, by Pam Munoz Ryan</title>
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Naomi and her little brother Owen are content living with their great-grandmother in a trailer park &#8212; Naomi carves soap into animal shapes, hangs out with the (clearly flaming, even though the text doesn&#8217;t say so explicitly) librarian at school, and watches Wheel of Fortune every night with Gram and her best friend Fabiola. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, by Jack Gantos</title>
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In two weeks I&#8217;ll be heading to the Simmons College Children&#8217;s Literature Summer Institute.  Three days of talks by and schmoozing with fabulous authors, editors, and other people working in the children&#8217;s lit field (not to mention some dear friends).  So excited!  
I realized that I&#8217;m unfamiliar with the work of a [...]]]></description>
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This was a request from Zix, who wanted to know what I thought of this after reading Luna.  (I do take requests, btw &#8212; if there&#8217;s a YA novel you want me to review, just let me know!  I&#8217;d rather post stuff I know people want to read.)
Parrotfish opens in the middle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life is Fine, by Allison Whittenberg</title>
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The only people in Samara&#8217;s life are her neglectful mother, her mother&#8217;s abusive live-in boyfriend, and her favorite chimpanzee at the zoo&#8230; until elderly Mr. Brook subs for her regular English teacher and changes her life with some poetry.
Sound like a cliche?  Well, it&#8230; pretty much is.  The book is only 173 small-format [...]]]></description>
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