Books by Laura Dower and Complete Book Reviews
The chatty debut installment of the From the Files of Madison Finn series introduces a high-strung and contemplative heroine who pronounces herself "allergic" to change. The summer before seventh grade, Madison is still reeling from her...
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Laura Dower, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $8.99 (243p) ISBN 978-0-439-70340-6
Dower's (From the Files of Madison Finn series) tale of teenage angst and lust centers on a high school love triangle. Cady loves music and Lucas; Lucas loves music and Hope; and Hope loves no one but herself. The book unfolds as a series of...
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Jill Santopolo. S&S/Aladdin, $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4424-7380-5
In this upbeat first book in the Sparkle Spa series, author/editor Santopolo (the Alec Flint Mysteries) introduces practical, organized fifth-grader Aly and her younger and comparatively impulsive sister, Brooke, whose mother owns a bustling nail...
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