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On Omri’s ninth birthday he gets a medicine cupboard from his older brother as well as a small plastic Indian toy from his best friend. That night he puts the toy in the cupboard and finds that it comes to life. Omri then finds out how much trouble such a small toy can cause and how someone can love a toy they didnt’ even like to begin with.

The Indian in the Cupboard is a children’s novel by the British writer Lynne Reid Banks. It was published in 1980.

Jason read this book in elementary school and remembered it fondly it was also recommended by our Facebook group.  If you want to help suggest what books we read join us there an vote.

There is mild violence and stressful situations.  Cartoonish racially charged language.

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Our book for November will be The Secret Garden Get it and read it before the show releases.

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Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the series Hunger Games it adds a wonderful layer to the story. This is also a great stand-alone book. It walks through the story of the tenth hunger games including how various things came to be in the later books.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined — every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

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We are currently in our off-season but would like to invite you to listen to our show or the classic Animal Farm by George Orwell.

This one was a fun one to read together especially when we studied the historical context.

The show notes for the original are all here.

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This book is about A girl who finds out that she is a “Favored” which means that she will gain the powers of one of the Norse gods. For centuries there have only been 50 but for the first time, there are 51 find out what chaos ensues in this amazing book by Mark Bryan

Ragnarok. A thousand years ago, the Nine Realms burned and the gods were driven to the brink of annihilation. To save themselves, a deal was struck with the Fates of Asgard: every hundred years, their powerful magick and unique gifts would be removed and gifted to others so that the worlds could live on. They are they Favoured. Their journey begins. Join us. – From the Author’s site 

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Our next book is The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes the Hunger Games Prequel. So go grab it and read along with us, this book is amazing.

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In this podcast, we talk about the Outsiders and the differences between it and the book and the movie.

Along with some fun facts and who we think would make a good cast is there was a remake.

You check out the movie on Amazon.

This movie is certainly a product of its time being made in 1983. Although it stars some of Hollywood’s future A-listers, as youth they are just learning their craft.  And like many movies based on our favorite books, it loses more than a little in the translation.

The next book is The Asgardian Exchange 

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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967.  The book takes place over about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider.

The book shows how his views of the world and his enemies grow over the course of the book. Can Ponyboy overcome the struggles of the wrong side of the tracks and really “Stay Gold?” You will have to read it to find out.

13+

For drug and alcohol references and sexual suggestions.

This may be the highest scoring book we’ve done that wasn’t written by C.S. Lewis.  Totally understand now why this book is a classic.  In such a short time Hinton makes you love the characters and draws a range of emotions out of you.

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Nadia keeps getting flashes of memories of Nazis that make no sense. She has to put them back together to figure out her past as she tries to navigate her new life.

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 lord of the flies

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This book is about a group of boys that are marooned on an island because of a plane crash. These boys are between the ages of 6 and 12 and must try to survive.

12 and up.

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Our next book is Stolen Girl by Marsha Skrypuch

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Lord Of The Flies

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This dystopian classic defines the term Orwellian.  Join the animals of animal farm in learning that running things isn’t nearly as easy as you think.

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, Mr Jones, and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell’s chilling ‘fairy story’ is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption. – From Penguin Classics

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