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 Sonderbooks 101

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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
In this site, you can find good books for yourself or for friends.
You can hear about books to read, talk about books you've read, and order your own copies.
Be sure to check out my new Book Discussion Forum!
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Click on the title of the book to read the complete review.

Happy reading!

October 6, 2005

Nonfiction

****The Horses of Proud Spirit, by Melanie Sue Bowles
***Tony and Me, by Jack Klugman with Burton Rocks

Fiction

****Jeeves in the Offing, by P. G. Wodehouse
***Not a Girl Detective, by Susan Kandel

Young Adult Fiction

*****The Foretelling, by Alice Hoffman

Children's Nonfiction

****A Kick in the Head, selected by Paul B. Janeszko, illustrated by Chris Raschka
***Into the Volcano, by Donna O'Meara

Children's Fiction

****Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, by Bruce Coville

Old Favorite

(Children's Fiction): ****The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, illustrations by Jules Feiffer

Picture Book Pick

****Old Thunder and Miss Raney, by Sharon Darrow, illustrated by Kathryn Brown

Quotation of the Week

“You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons
than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

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