Be prepared for our upcoming discussions at readergirlz - read ahead! Here are the readergirlz book picks for the first three months of 2009:
January: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (historical fiction, with a subplot based on the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake)
February: No Laughter Here by Rita Williams-Garcia (contemporary drama about friendship, culture, and taboos)
March: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (a hybrid of genres; a girl searching for the truth and her identity)
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