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Book Review and Giveaway of HOPE GIRL by Wendy Dunham
by Sally Matheny Do you remember what it was like to be twelve years old? It’s not the easiest stage in life. Often times, tweens long for their lives to be different, be better. The main character of Hope Girl, River Starling, zeroes in on several things she’d like to change. Missing Someone It’s taken most of her life to find her biological parents, now River’s number one goal is to reunite with them and become a family again. But it’s not going to be easy. Her mother has amnesia and her father is about to marry someone else! River longs to talk with her best friend, but he’s…
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Book Review of MY NAME IS RIVER by Wendy Dunham & a Giveaway
by Sally Matheny Today, I’m posting a book review of My Name is River, authored by Wendy Dunham, and we have a special giveaway! If fictional worlds merged, I bet twelve-year-old, River Starling, the main character in My Name is River would be best friends with Opal, the ten-year-old main character in Because of Winn Dixie. Both girls are similar in spunk and curiosity. However, author, Wendy Dunham, presents River with the “class dork” for a friend. Since River is running low on camaraderie, and she’s been assigned a class project with him anyway, River decides to give William a chance. Besides, her Gram always says, “If you judge…
