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Follow the Improbable Road

Thistlefoot, by GennaRose Nethercott – This is a retelling of the Baba Yaga legend specifically linking it to the pogroms against Russian Jews. In New Orleans in the present, the witch’s descendants, a shapeshifting street performer and a woodworker who can … Continue reading

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I’ll Come Back to Haunt You If I Drown

These are the books I’ve read most recently. Many of the reviews do have SPOILERS. Along the Saltwise Sea, by A. Deborah Baker – The follow-up to Over the Woodward Wall has Avery and Zib continue their journey along the … Continue reading

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Too Low to Get Under

The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure, by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro – Set in Percy Jackson’s universe, it stars the recurring tragic character and son of Hades, along with his boyfriend Will Solace, son of … Continue reading

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