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Jo Perry

Jo Perry wrote a children's book club column for the Los Angeles Times and writes about children's books for KidsLA Magazine. She has a Ph.D. in English, has taught literature and writing, has produced and written episodic television, and is working on a book about enjoying books with children.

Books reviewed by Jo Perry

Spell It Out (07/10/13)
Wave (05/08/13)
The International Bank of Bob (04/03/13)
The Girl Who Fell to Earth (02/20/13)
The Universe Within (01/23/13)
A Free Man (10/31/12)
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher (10/17/12)
Birdseye (05/16/12)
The Best Care Possible (04/18/12)
Dead End in Norvelt (11/03/11)
Death in the City of Light (10/05/11)
The Third Wave (09/21/11)
The Greater Journey (08/04/11)
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit (06/15/11)
Fire Season (04/20/11)
Escape from the Land of Snows (02/16/11)
Through the Language Glass (10/06/10)
Brilliant (09/08/10)
Nine Lives (07/08/10)
Jenniemae & James (05/19/10)
Freeze Frame (04/21/10)
The Spirit Level (02/03/10)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (11/19/09)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (10/21/09)
Airlift to America (09/23/09)
The Age of Wonder (09/02/09)
The Lassa Ward (05/21/09)
A Pearl in the Storm (04/22/09)
The Life You Can Save (04/01/09)
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had (03/08/09)
The Possibilities of Sainthood (02/19/09)
Brooklyn Bridge (10/15/08)
My One Hundred Adventures (09/18/08)
Wesley the Owl (09/04/08)
Lucky (08/13/08)
Bird Lake Moon (06/18/08)
Savvy (06/01/08)
Snow Falling in Spring (05/15/08)
My Dad's A Birdman (05/02/08)
A Nation of Wimps (05/02/08)
The Willoughbys (04/03/08)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (04/03/08)
The London Eye Mystery (02/21/08)
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period (01/24/08)
Taken (01/10/08)

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