February 24, 2010

After Ever After
by Jordan Sonnenblick
(FIC SON in the MSL)
Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa. (NoveList)

Bag In the Wind
by Ted Kooser, illustrated by Barry Root
(FIC KOO in the MSL)
One cold, spring morning, an ordinary grocery bag begins blowing around a landfill, then as it travels down a road, through a stream, and into a town, it is used in various ways by different people, many of whom do not even notice it. (NoveList)

The River
by Mary Jane Beaufrand
(FIC BEA in the MSL)
Teenager Ronnie's life is transformed by the murder of a ten-year-old neighbor for whom she babysat, and who had helped Ronnie adjust to living at a country inn on the banks of the Santiam River in Hoodoo, Oregon. (TitleWave)

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