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The Dead End by Mimi McCoy (A Poison Apple Book, MG series)

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Reading level:  Ages 9-12 Mass Market Paperback:  192 pages Publisher:  Scholastic Paperbacks (May 1, 2010) BOOK DESCRIPTION:  Casey Slater can’t believe her bad luck. It’s the summer before seventh grade, and instead of the perfect vacation she’d planned with her best friend, Casey is in a remote country town, where her parents are restoring an old, creaky, creepy house. Worst of all, everyone else in town thinks the old house is haunted. And soon Casey thinks so, too -- a vase explodes, a heavy china cabinet falls over on its own -- and it seems like the ghost doesn’t want them there. Casey thought she’d be dying of boredom, but now she’s scared to death! MY REVIEW: When Casey's parents tell her they've bought a house and will be spending their summer fixing it up, she's not happy. At all. And when they move in weird things begin to happen. Casey finds Millie's diary and begins reading it. She starts to put together what happened to the young girl who lived in t

In My Mailbox (4/18/10)

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A nasty stomach bug went through our family so we are late putting this up. Last week we received: For Review:      Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka and Francesco Sedita: Illustrations by Shane Prigmore From Blog Tours:      Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti      Sleepless by Cyn Balog      A Golden Web by Barbara Quick We won:       13 to Life: A Werewolf's Tale  by Shannon Delany      Blood Ninja by Nick Lake We received as gifts:      The Clearing by Heather Davis      Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken Now that we're feeling better there's some reading to be done. In My Mailbox was started by   The Story Siren .