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Mother-Daugther Book Review: “North of Beautiful” by Justina Chen Headley

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

North of Beautiful (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

by Justina Chen Headley

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “In a Heartbeat” by Loretta Ellsworth

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

In A Heartbeat (Walker & Company, February 2010)

by Loretta Ellsworth

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), May 2009)

by Jacqueline Kelly

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “Flash Burnout” by L.K. Madigan

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

Flash Burnout (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children)

by L. K. Madigan

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “Lips Touch, Three Times” by Laini Taylor

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

Lips Touch, Three Times (Arthur A. Levine Books)

By Laini Taylor

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “The Last Will of Moira Leahy” By Therese Walsh

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This is review is one in a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

The Last Will of Moira Leahy (Shaye Areheart Books) By Therese Walsh

walsh_willofleahyTwenty-five-year-old Maeve Leahy likes her life orderly with limited surprises. But she’s feeling restless one November night as she thinks about her twin, Moira, whom she lost to a night in November nine years before. As a distraction, she attends an antiques auction where she places the winning bid on a special dagger, a Javanese keris, very much like one she accidentally dropped into a bay years ago while playing a pirate queen with Moira.

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Mother-Daughter Book Review: “Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different” by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs” (Seal Press, October 2009). She is the founder of two long-running mother-daughter book clubs, and she lives in Portland with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at Mother Daughter Book Club website and blog.  This is the first in what will be a twice-monthly series of “Mother-Daughter Book Review” posts contributed by Ms. Hudson.

oliver_tubbAutumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different (Delacorte Press/Random House)

By Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

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