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Title: Waiting Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Greenwillow Publication Date: September 2015 ISBN: 9780062368430 Audience: 3-7 years Summary: Five toys sit on a window sill and look out: a spotted owl, a dog on a sled, a pig with an umbrella, a bear with

Title:  The Witch’s Boy Author: Kelly Barnhill Publisher:  Algonquin Young Readers Publication Date: September 16, 2014 ISBN: 978-1616203511 Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: Tam and Ned, identical twins, build a raft and launch it on the Great River, heading for the sea.  The

Title:  Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Author:  Katherine Marsh Publisher: Hyperion, 2012 ISBN:9781423135005 Audience: Grade 7 and up Summary:  “The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars…” Johannes Kepler., 17th C astrologer and  scientist,

Regular contributor Virginia Thomas offers three shorter reviews of books related to ways that teens engage questions of faith. Title:  Preacher’s Boy Author:  Katherine Paterson Publisher: Harper Trophy ISBN: 0064472337 Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: Robbie Hewitt decides to