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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, we present to you our latest light of hand, our review of ‘Horten’s Miraculous Mechanism’ by Lissa Evans!


Did ‘Horten’ get our gears turning? We’ll tell you!

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We feel like we just went on a harrowing, exhillerating, time travelling adventure, but really we just finished reading Pete Hautman’s spectacular ‘The Obsidian Blade’!


Find out what earned this Sci-Fi epic a spot in our Golden Key Collection!

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After raving about ‘The Obsidian Blade’, we got in touch with author Pete Hautman to discuss the Sci-Fi genre, and some of the controversial themes in his new book.


How does Hautman approach writing challenges to established religeous philosophy for young audiences? Find out in our interview, ‘Breaking the Space-Time Continuum with Pete Hautman’!

TRK’s Jordan B. Nielsen hosts Story Time!

Fridays at 11:30 at powerHouse Arena

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Abracadabra! Alakazam! It’s our review of ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ by Kate DiCamillo!

DiCamillo is a favorite of The Rusty Key, but how did ‘Elephant’ compare to her other books? Find out!The_Magicians_Elephant.html
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What would you change about your appearance if you could? Would that change change you?

Stop obsessing over the size of your nose and check out our review of Scott Westerfeld’s contribution to the Teen Dystopia genre, ‘Uglies’.Uglies.html

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