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10 best books like Protecting Marie (Kevin Henkes): Love Anthony, Snow, Glass, Apples, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction, Snow, Glass, Apples, The School Story, The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Love Anthony
AuthorLisa Genova
ISBN1439164681
From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice and Left Neglected, comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life.

Two...
Snow, Glass, Apples
AuthorNeil Gaiman
ISBN1472262913
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.

A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever...
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
AuthorKate Atkinson
ISBN0312150601
"As a family, we are genetically disposed towards having accidents."

First and foremost, this is a challenging ambitious book, more so than Life after Life. The narrative is a labyrinth of twists and turns, false trails, loops and double helixes. There’s also an awful lot to remember because...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
AuthorF. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN1416556052
Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories.

In...
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
AuthorEmily Nussbaum
ISBN0525508961
From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.

From her creation of the first “Approval Matrix” in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize–winning...
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
AuthorJudi Barrett
ISBN0689707495


“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is a cult classic children’s book by Judi Barrett along with illustrations by Ron Barrett and it is about a magical town called Chewandswallow (chew and swallow, get it?) where food just falls from the sky and provides people with everything they need....
Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
AuthorGrady Hendrix
ISBN1594749817
Written in dead letters... and covered in blood!

Demonic possession! Haunted condominiums! Murderous babies! Man-eating moths! No plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling, no evil too despicable for the Paperbacks From Hell.

Where did they come from? Where did they go?...
Snow, Glass, Apples
AuthorNeil Gaiman
*3.5 stars*



Oh my! Snow, Glass, Apples is some twisted, dark and creepy fairytale retelling of Snow White, lovely and dear Snow White. In this short story written by the critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, she is pure and innocent no more. Better watch out: the mask she wears might...
The School Story
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN0689851863
Two middle school girls scheme to publish a book in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of Frindle.

Natalie's best friend, Zoe, is sure that the novel Natalie's written is good enough to be published. But how can a twelve-year-old girl publish a book? Natalie's mother is an editor for...
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
AuthorH.P. Lovecraft
ISBN1450562795
”One night I had a frightful dream in which I met my grandmother under the sea. She lived in a phosphorescent palace of many terraces, with gardens of strange leprous corals and grotesque brachiate efflorescences, and welcomed me with a warmth that may have been sardonic. She had changed--as those...
Incident at Hawk's Hill
AuthorAllan W. Eckert
ISBN0316209481
For me, this is the best book by Eckert. He has not only captured the world as seen from the point of view of toddler Ben, but also from the point of view of the badger!!

Being a biologist, he has made the scene involving the badger completely realistic in all details, including the emotions of the...
Pickles to Pittsburgh
AuthorJudi Barrett
ISBN0689801041
In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and...

"With Henry as...
The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns
AuthorMargaret Dilloway
ISBN0399157751
Thirty-six-year-old Gal Garner lives a regimented life. Her job teaching biology and her struggle with kidney disease keep her toggling between the high school, the hospital, and her home on a strict schedule.

Only at home, in her garden, does Gal come alive. It's here that she experiments...
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies
AuthorJudi Barrett
ISBN1442490284
Cloudy with a chance of…pie?! An all-new Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs adventure takes foodie fun to—Mars!

Breaking News: Astronauts Land on Mars!

Kate and Henry can hardly believe their eyes. Astronauts have landed on Mars! And their first discovery there? A thick glutinous...
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
AuthorGerard Way
ISBN1595824626
Years ago, the Killjoys fought against the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries, costing them their lives, save for one—the mysterious Girl. Today, the followers of the original Killjoys languish in the Desert while BLI systematically strips citizens of their individuality....
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