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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine .  It’s designed for bloggers to spotlight the upcoming releases that they simply can’t wait to read. I am really excited about my pick for this week. It combines two of my loves: Tudor England and witches. And with fall coming…I am excited. I love reading witchy tales in the fall. I cannot wait to devour this novel. Title: 'Witchstruck’ Author: Victoria Lamb Publisher: Harelquin Teen Pages: 304 Release Date: 24 Sept. 2013 Summary (from Goodreads ) : Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her. The only thing she knows for sure is that there is something horrifying in her memories the people hiding her want to access—and there is nothing they won’t say—or do—to her to get her to remember. At night she dreams of a tattered carnival tent ...

This was a hard novel to read—and now to review. Like Humphrey, I was hit by a car when I was five years old. While I was hospitalized and had a cast from my chest to my toes, I was lucky. Humphrey was not, and reading about him and his relationship with Danielle, oh…my heart. I loved this book. I am going to go ahead and say that this is one of my favorite reads of 2013. I think one of the reasons is the connection I feel to it, but I could not put this down (nor the towel I used to wipe my eyes while I read). I think that for those of us who grew up babysitting, you too will feel all the feelings while reading this novel. Go ahead, get the towel ready now. I love this cover Title: ‘Imperfect Spiral’ Author: Debbie Levy Pages: 352 Publisher: Walker Children’s Available: NOW at your local book store/library Source: requested from Netgalley Summary (from Goodreads ) : Danielle Snyder's summer job as a babysitter takes a tragic turn when Humphrey, the five-year-old boy she's...

I am always looking for realistic YA for my male students and this is one I am excited to add to my classroom library. If I could pick one word to describe this book, I would pick powerful . Title: ‘A Trick of the Light’ Author: Lois Metzger Pages: 189 Publisher: Balzer & Bray Available: NOW at your local library/book store Source: from FSB Associates Summary (from Goodreads ) : Mike Welles had everything under control. But that was before. Now things are rough at home, and they’re getting confusing at school. He’s losing his sense of direction, and he feels like he’s a mess. Then there’s a voice in his head. A friend, who’s trying to help him get control again. More than that—the voice can guide him to become faster and stronger than he was before, to rid his life of everything that’s holding him back. To figure out who he is again. If only Mike will listen. Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferers—young men— A Trick of the Light by Lois Me...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine .  It’s designed for bloggers to spotlight the upcoming releases that they simply can’t wait to read. My pick for this week is by the author of ‘The Mockingbirds,’ a novel that is an absolute must read. Her latest novel sounds like a cross between Stephanie Perkins and Ally Carter. Squee. Title: 'Starry Nights’ Author: Daisy Whitney Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 272 Release Date: 3 Sept. 2013 Summary (from Goodreads ) : Seventeen-year-old Julien is a romantic—he loves spending his free time at the museum poring over the great works of the Impressionists. But one night, a peach falls out of a Cezanne, Degas ballerinas dance across the floor, and Julien is not hallucinating. The art is reacting to a curse that trapped a beautiful girl, Clio, in a painting forever. Julien has a chance to free Clio and he can't help but fall in love with her. But love is a curse in its own right. And soon paintings begin to ...