Stars Upon Thars #52

5 Stars
Serious Goose. Jimmy Kimmel. 2019. [December] 40 pages. [source: Library]
Murder for Christmas. Francis Duncan. 1949/2015. 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]

4 Stars
Dasher: How A Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever. Matt Tavares. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
A Vow for Christmas. (Spinster Mail-Order Brides #7) Linda Carroll-Bradd. 2019. 92 pages. [Source: Review copy]

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Stars Upon Thars #51

5 Stars
The Mustache Baby Christmas. Bridget Heos. Illustrated by Joy Ang. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce #10) Alan Bradley. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]

Blood on the River. James Town 1607. Elisa Carbone. 2006. 237 pages. [Source: Library]
Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree Farm. Jaimie Admans. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Notting Hill in the Snow. Jules Wake. 2019. 410 pages. [Source: Review copy]

 

4 Stars
Santa's Cookie Is Missing. Illustrated by Anne Passchier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2019. 16 pages. [Source: Review copy]
All You Need for a Snowman. Alice Schertle. Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. 2002/2019. 28 pages. [Source: Review copy]
A Mortal Terror (Billy Boyle #6) James R. Benn. 2011. 345 pages. [Source: Library]


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Stars Upon Thars #50

5 Stars
Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were. J.F. Andrews. 2020 [January] Pen and Sword History. 200 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Candy Cane Caper. (A Culinary Mystery) Josi S. Kilpack. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) Heather Morris. 2019. St. Martin's Pres. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love. Randy Lindsay. 2020. [March] Shadow Mountain. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Max & Ruby and Twin Trouble. Rosemary Wells. 2019. Simon & Schuster. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
Ye Olde Cat Memes. Eulalie Osgood Grover. 1911/2019. 96 pages. [Source: Library]
Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy #1) Deborah Wiles. 2010. 394 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Glass Slippers, Ever After, and Me. Julie Wright. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]



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Stars Upon Thars #49

5 Stars
Nine Open Arms. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuizen. 2004/2014. 272 pages. [Source: Library]

Fing's War. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuitzen. 2019. 376 pages. [Source: Library]



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Stars Upon Thars #48

5 Stars
Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
Spy Runner. Eugene Yelchin. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
Look! I Wrote A Book! Sally Lloyd-Jones. 2019. 34 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Dovetail. Karen McQuestion. 2020. [March] 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
 Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (Kopp Sisters #4) Amy Stewart. 2018. 309 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #47

5 Stars
 The Giver of Stars. Jojo Moyes. 2019. 400 pages. [Source: Library]
Flubby Will Not Play With That. J.E. Morris. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Dead Voices. (Small Spaces #2) Katherine Arden. 2019. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
Rag and Bone (Billy Boyle World War II #5) James R. Benn. 2010. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound. Kathleen Cornell Berman. Illustrated by Keith Henry Brown. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #46

5 Stars
White Bird: A Wonder Story. R.J. Palacio. 2019. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
Best Friends (Real Friends #2) Shannon Hale. Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. 2019. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
Small Spaces. Katherine Arden. 2018. 218 pages. [Source: Library]
Henry's Awful Mistake. Robert M. Quackenbush. 1981/2019. 48 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
The Kindness Book. Todd Parr. 2019. Little Brown Young Readers. 32 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #45

5 Stars
Enchanted Air. Margarita Engle. 2015. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions. (Kopp Sisters #3) Amy Stewart. 2017. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood. Aimee Reid. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
I Will Race You Through This Book. Jonathan Fenske. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
Westering Women. Sandra Dallas. 2020 [January 7] 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]

4 Stars
Mr. Adam. Pat Frank. 1947. 184 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #44

4 Stars
The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets. Sarah Miller. 2019. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Evil for Evil. (Billy Boyle #4) James R. Benn. 2009. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
Farmblock (Board book) Christopher Franceschelli. Illustrated by Peskimo. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 92 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Board book: I Love You, Elephant ( A Changing Faces Book) Carles Ballesteros. 2019. Abrams. 16 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Silly Lullaby (Board book) Sandra Boynton. 2019. 16 pages. [Source: Review copy]



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Stars Upon Thars #43

5 Stars
Blood Alone (Billy Boyle #3) James R. Benn. 2008. 313 pages. [Source: Library]
Alas, Babylon. Pat Frank. 1959. 323 pages. [Source: Library] 
Still Life. (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) Louise Penny. 2005. 293 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Charlie & Mouse Even Better (Charlie & Mouse #3) Laurel Snyder. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]


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Stars Upon Thars #42

5 Stars
William Shakespeare's Get Thee...Back to the Future! Ian Doescher. 2019. Quirk. 176 pages. [Source: Library]
 The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library]
One Red Sock. Jennifer Sattler. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
Once Upon a Goat. Dan Richards. Illustrated by Eric Barclay. 2019. 34 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Lady Cop Makes Trouble. Kopp Sisters #2. Amy Stewart. 2016. 310 pages. [Source: Library]
Hi, Jack! Mac Barnett. Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. 2019. 80 pages. [Source: Library



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Stars Upon Thars #41

5 Stars
Bear's Book. Claire Freedman. 2019. 34 pages. [Source: Library]
The Penderwicks at Last. Jeanne Birdsall. 2018. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]

4 Stars
Most Marshmallows. Rowboat Watkins. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
The First Wave (Billy Boyle #2) James R. Benn. 2007. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
 

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Stars Upon Thars #40

5 Stars

Girl Waits With Gun. (Kopp Sisters #1) Amy Stewart. 2015. 408 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
How To Read A Book. Kwame Alexander. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #39

5 Stars
Sophia: Mother of Kings. Catherine Curzon. 2019. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle #1) James R. Benn. 2006. 294 pages. [Source: Library]
The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat Adventuring Cat. Caroline Adderson. Illustrated by Stacy Innerst. 2019. 128 pages. [Source: Library]
Nixie Ness: Cooking Star. (After School Superstars) Claudia Mills. 2019. 144 pages. [Source: Library] 

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Stars Upon Thars #37

5 Stars
One Good Deed. David Baldacci. 2019. 432 pages. [Source: Library]

4 Stars
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Kat Zhang. Illustrated by Charlene Chua. 2019. Simon & Schuster. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]

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Stars Upon Thars #36

5 Stars
The Lady and the Highwayman. Sarah M. Eden. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]

4 Stars

The Flight Girls. Noelle Salazar. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Library] 
The Wolf in Underpants. Wilfrid Lupano. Illustrated by Mayana Itoiz and Paul Cauuet. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #35

5 Stars
Anne Arrives. Kallie George. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. 2018. 72 pages. [Source: Library]
Anne's Kindred Spirits. Kallie George. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. 2019. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
A Skunk in My Bunk. Christopher Cerf. Illustrated by Nicola Slater. 2019. Random House. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.  320 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 423 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Two Towers. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 352 pages.
The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1955/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 440 pages.
 A Place to Belong. Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated by Julia Kuo. 2019. 416 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #34

5 Stars
Eventown. Corey Ann Haydu. 2019. 328 pages. [Source: Library]
Little People, Big Dreams: L.M. Montgomery. Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara. Illustrated by Anuska Allepuz. 2018 [October]. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
 The Brave Princess and Me. Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Juliana Kolesova. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]

A Time  Traveler's Theory of Relativity. Nicole Valentine. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]

4 Stars
 The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood. 1985. 344 pages. [Source: Library]

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Stars Upon Thars #30

5 Stars
Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
Goodnight, Starry Night (Peek-a-boo Art) Amy Guglielmo and Julie Appel. 2019. [October 15] Scholastic. 24 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Pigeon Has To Go To School. Mo Willems. 2019. [July] Disney-Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
Dragon's Fat Cat (Dragon #2) Dav Pilkey. 2019. (1992) Scholastic. 64 pages. [Source: Review copy]
 

4 Stars
The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins. Gail Shepherd. 2019. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8 Lafayette! Nathan Hale. 2018. [October 16] Harry N. Abrams. 128 pages. [Source: Library]
The Strangers (The Greystone Secrets #1) Margaret Peterson Haddix. Illustrated by Anne Lambelet. 2019. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
A Friend for Dragon. (Dragon #1) Dav Pilkey. 2019. Scholastic. 64 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off (Pug #1) Kyla May. 2019. Scholastic. 80 pages. [Source: Review copy]
 

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Stars Upon Thars #29

5 Stars
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of World War II. Mary Cronk Farrell. 2019. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. Jeanne Birdsall. 2011. 295 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

4 Stars

Murder by Ghostlight. (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones #3) 2019. 277 pages. [Source: Review copy]I Love Mozart: My First Sound Book. Marion Billet. 2019. Scholastic. 10 pages. [Source: Review copy]

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