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Hi! I'm Coca Koala

Welcome to my corner- it’s cozy, slightly chaotic, and always stocked with books and hot chocolate :). This is where I share updates, random thoughts, and a few observations about life in the middle. Each month, I also take on my most prestigious duty - picking the Artist of the Month, Song of the Month, or the Book of the Month. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to have great taste around here.

What Coca's Reading By The Tree: Juniper's Christmas by Eoin Colfer

Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer follows Juniper, a kid who suddenly finds himself responsible for an unusual Christmas job that involves elves, secrets, and a lot of chaos. It’s fast, funny, and doesn’t drag, which is Coca keeps turning the pages. Reading it by the tree, he likes how the story shows that Christmas isn’t about getting everything right, but about stepping up when it matters.

Coca Koala's Reading List For The Holidays

  1. A Place at the Table – Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan (highly recommended)

  2. The Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Q. Raúf (highly recommended)

  3. While The Storm Rages – Phil Earle (highly recommended)

  4. Safiyyah's War – Hiba Noor Khan (highly recommended)

  5. The Explorer – Katherine Rundell

  6. The Lost Whale – Hannah Gold (highly recommended)

  7. The Jamie Drake Equation – Christopher Edge

  8. The Girl Who Drank the Moon – Kelly Barnhill

  9. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman

  10. Where The River Takes Us – Lesley Parr (highly recommended)

  11. Juniper’s Christmas – Eoin Colfer

  12. Looking for Alaska – John Green (13+)

  13. Paper Towns – John Green

  14. The Giver – Lois Lowry

  15. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

  16. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (slightly advanced) (highly recommended)

  17. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton

  18. Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys

  19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddo

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