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1 = Ugh, why did I bother?
5 = Wasn't a waste of time, but blah.
10 = Absolutely wonderful.

January
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (BookRing) 9
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (BookRing) 10
The Giver by Lois Lowry (BookRing) 9
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lensky (BookRing) 9

February
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler 8
The Book of Dead Birds by Gayle Brandeis 10
Like Family: Growing Up In Other People's Houses by Paula McLain 10

March
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (BookRing) 8
The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer (BookRing) 8

April
A Splendor of Letters by Nicholas A. Basbanes (BookRing) 7
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 9
Ararat by Louise Gl�ck 9
A Prayer For the Dying by Stewart O'Nan 9
The Distance From the Heart of Things by Ashley Warlick 10
Cherry by Mary Karr 8

May
Kiss My Tiara by Susan Jane Gilman (BookRing) 7
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco 8
In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd by Ana Men�ndez 9
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 10
The Cat Who Had 14 Tales by Lilian Jackson Braun 9
Property Of by Alice Hoffman 8
Not By Accident by Samantha Dunn 10

June
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packard 8
Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott 9
Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life by Cynthia Rowley & Ilene Rosenzweig 5

July
Waiting For Snow In Havana by Carlos Eire 9
Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 9
The Temple Of My Familiar by Alice Walker 8
I & Claudius: Travels With My Cat by Clare de Vries (BookRing) 9
Holes by Louis Sachar (BookRing) 9

August
Encyclopedia Of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 10
Confessions Of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (BookRing) 8
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer 8
What Are You Afraid Of? by Lavinia Plonka 8

September
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (BookRing) 9
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (BookRing) 9
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (BookRing) 8
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 8
Cathedral by Raymond Carver 9
The Grey King by Susan Cooper (BookRing) 6
My Date With Satan by Stacey Richter (BookRing) 9

October
Nothing But the Truth by Avi (BookRing) 9
Trash by Dorothy Allison 10
Three Stories You Can Read To Your Dog by Sara Swan Miller 9
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (BookRing) 9
31 Uses For a Mom by Harriet Ziefert 9
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 8

November
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (BookRing) 8
The Outsiders by SE Hinton 9
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (BookRing) 8
Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill 8

December
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 9
1984 by George Orwell 8