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The Best Worst Thing
The Best Worst Thing | Kathleen Lane
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Front door locked, kitchen door locked, living room windows closed.Nobody in the closet, nobody under the beds. Still, Maggie is worried. Ever since she started middle school, she sees injustice and danger everywhere--on the news, in her textbooks, in her own neighborhood. Even her best friend seems to be changing. Maggie believes it is up to her, and only her, to make everything all right. Can she come up with a plan to keep everyone safe? The Best Worst Thing is a perceptive novel about learning the limits of what you can control, and the good--sometimes even best--things that can come of finally letting go.
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Samplergal
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1. Fantasy/literary fiction. 2. Melons ( allergy)/ popcorn. 3. 51/ 985. 4. Orange/blues 5. Print. But kindle is starting to grab me. 6. Julian Barnes/Anne Tyler. 7. ?? Sissy Spacek was so good reading To Kill a Mockingbird. 8. $120. On a sampler book by Betty Ring. 9. ? 10. Where do you get ideas for characters ? To Anne Tyler. Baltimore has so many quirky, provincial types, I want to know where she spots them.

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BookedGirl
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Maggie is worried...

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ForestAvenuePress
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I love this book about a middle schooler with OCD. Plus, there are baby bunnies.

LibrarianRyan Bunnicuila by chance? 8y
ForestAvenuePress I loved Bunnicula! The author of The Best Worst Thing is appearing at the NYPL with James Howe to talk about real issues in middle grade fiction. 8y
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kalenski
The Best Worst Thing | Kathleen Lane
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They don't tell you about the mad-for-no-reason feeling until fifth grade.

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kalenski
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Monday night.

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ForestAvenuePress
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Kathleen Lane at yesterday's book launch at Green Bean Books in #pdx. With ice cream for National Ice Cream Day!

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New books by Hawthorne Books (Peter Selgin), Alexis Smith, and Kathleen Lane--#pdx goodness at Powell's!

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ForestAvenuePress
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Launch party at Green Bean Books in #pdx on Tuesday!

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ForestAvenuePress
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Stunning middle grade debut novel about a sensitive middle child starting middle school. Every sentence is taut with Maggie's worries and her huge heart, and I won't let my kiddo read it without me. It's so lovely to read out loud.

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