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Welcome to my Wiki! **I would like to find out what you have been reading this summer. Please share your summer reads here!**

===This summer I've read "Confederates in the Attic," by Tony Horwitz. This nonfiction book takes a startling look at how the Civil War still rages across the American south in its collective memory and rituals. Horwitz travels across ten southern states probing the history of the Civil War and how its still resonates today.===

You can find out more about this book on amazon.com: []

=I read James Patterson's __First to Die,__ it was a great mystery.= ~Kate

== I have read some of the Illinois Reading Award Nominees this summer. Here is a link to the Illinois Library Media Association (ISLMA) site. You will find links to the Monarch, Bluestem, Caudill, and Abe Lincoln award programs. ==

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== I really enjoyed reading __One-Handed Catch__ by MJ Auch. This is a truly inspiring story of perseverance in the face of adversity. The main character, Norman Schmidt, loses his left hand in an accident on the 4th of July. He is determined to play baseball with only his right hand. Although his father and best friend Leon think he's setting himself up for heartbreak, he pushes himself toward his goal. Learning how to play baseball isn't the only thing Norm will have to relearn when he returns to school in the fall. ==

~Angela


One-Handed Catch
 * Auch, M J**

During summer vacation, I read a book called __The Name Of This Book Is Secret__ By Pseudonymous Bosch.
==This is a great mystery/adventure about two kids, one girl named Cass, who is a survivalist. Also, a boy named Max Ernest who talks to much (his name is max ernest is because his mother and father divorced so his mom named him max and his dad named him ernest). They find a odd box called the symphony of smells. A group of bad alchemeits called the midnight sun want to find out a secret that will give them eternal life. Cass went to the midnight sun spa to rescue their friend benjamin Blake And......... == ==You will have read read the book to find out the ending. This book is great 7 out of 5 stars, and, by the way, this is book 1 of 5 book. Book 5 is coming out very soon! ==

The link to the books website:
[] **where to buy the book:** [] And a link to the authors wikapidia page []