Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

World War II meets King Arthur’s Court

The Metropolitans by Carol Goodman

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Set in WWII New York, four kids find themselves at the MET on a cold Sunday afternoon, each dealing with a hand far heavier than any teen should be dealt. Walt was sent to live with family in the US to keep out of Hitler’s grasp. Kiko is a young Chinese girl who looks too much like the enemy to ever be trusted. Madge has been separated from her siblings as a result of her father’s overwhelming grief over her mother’s passing and all she […]

Call Me Domina.

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

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The setting is an exclusive girl’s school, set next to an icy lake in upstate New York, beset by a string of student suicides.  Or are they?  And how is it that pages of the new Latin teacher’s student journal, written and lost during her senior year, suddenly starting to show up?  Wait, now, this is sounding familiar.  Didn’t I just read this? Checking back through my goodreads list, I realize that I am thinking of Arcadia Falls, and it’s by the same author!  But […]

If you found a long-lost hidden diary, how long would it take you to devour the entire thing?

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

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If you found a long-lost private diary written by a woman who died under mysterious circumstances, would you read it? What if that woman was one of the founders of the school where you are currently employed? What if you are living in that woman’s former home? What if you are writing your thesis on this woman and her work? What if, less than two pages into the diary- webs of secrets start to untangle? OF COURSE you would read it. Our narrator, Meg Rosenthal […]

Just another New York boarding school. In the woods. Helps to be an artistic Wiccan.

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

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The northeast corner of the United States has always had a penchant for artists’ colonies, for at least the last couple hundred years.  One of the most notable was one established by Bronson Alcott (Louise May’s father), which lasted until Mrs. Alcott, tired of putting in yeoman’s hours of cleaning and cooking duty whilst her husband and his friends frolicked in the nude through the meadows, put her foot down at last, and packed them all back to Boston. Arcadia Falls also features a boarding […]



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