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Waiting on Wednesday

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We fell behind posting this week. There are so many interesting books on the publishing horizon we would like to showcase. This week we chose Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill. Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Greenwillow Books (August 24, 2010) Book summary: Durango is playing the cards he was dealt. And it’s not a good hand. He’s lost his family. He’s lost his crew. And he’s got the scars to prove it. You don’t want to mess with Durango. Oh-oh, sounds goods! We loved Gill's first novel, Soul Enchilada . That book had us laughing and we enjoyed the author's clever twist on demons. Can you imagine a demon popping up in your passenger seat telling you he's come to repossess your car? That happens to Bug, the book's snarky heroine, when an unexpected guest appears next to her inside her dad's beloved Cadillac. Her interactions with her friends, allies and otherworldly creatures in this bizarre and humorous world kept ...