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The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going

This is a magical story! Anyone who believes in fairy tales or who would like to believe (at least sometimes) should read this book due out in October. Eve has lost her mother who used to really understand her. The two of them would tell stories. After the death of her mother, she moves with her father to a new place. Her father doesn’t understand her the way her mother was able to understand. Their new house is next to a dying apple orchard which her dad believes he can make bloom again. Town people believe the orchard is cursed which would explain why it has been dead for years. Coincidentally the first person she meets is Alex who has been dead for two weeks. How does she explain this to her father who never really believes her?

Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

San Lee is a new kid at school. He seems to always be the new kid at school because he moves often. This time San trys something different. Instead of trying hard to fit in with everyone else, he does the opposite. San Lee soon meets a girl (Woody), and she seems interested in him. What will happen when Woody finds out that San has been faking it, and the entire school thinks he’s a Zen master?

This book will be released in October. Sonnenblick is also the author of two fabulous books: Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie and Notes of the Midnight Driver. I think Notes of the Midnight Driver is still my favorite. All three are must reads.