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Books: Built to Last and The Behind the Door: How Salmon Kool Escaped the Nazis
Today we are recommending Built to Last by Erin Hahn. As children, Shelby and Cameron were co-stars in a TV series and secret sweethearts, but Cameron ended up leaving town and Shelby ended up in a relationship with their third co-star, Lyle Jessup. After a meltdown and a very public breakup after Lyle cheated on her with her best friend, Shelby's finally reclaimed her life and found her niche restoring old furniture and working with her father buying and flipping houses. Then, she is recruited to appear in a reality show about fixing up old houses, and unknown to her Cameron is recruited as her co-star even though he doesn't know anything about fixing up houses. Unbeknownst to either of them someone behind the scenes pulling the strings is very well known to them and doesn't necessarily have their best interests in mind.
This a really sweet romance. Shelby and Cameron were clearly meant to be together. You can practically see the sexual tension between them oozing off the page. They have an enviable network of friends and family who really care about them. However, that is not to say that everyone in this story is a good and admirable character that would be unrealistic. There are clearly likable characters and clearly unlikeable characters, however no in-betweens. Of course, this being more of a romantic comedy in book form than a romantic tragedy, good wins out and so does the reader.
Today we are recommending The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis by David Tabatsky. This is the novelization of the true story of Salomon Kool who as a young boy outsmarted the Nazis and escaped certain death by moving around from hiding place to hiding place although not necessarily of his own volition. This is a good book for tweens and above to learn about the plight of the Jews during World War II because it is a very detailed but not in a graphic way. It also illustrates the importance of doing the right thing and helping your fellow man and how one by one each person can make an important difference in another's life as shown by the many people who help Salomon aling the way without whom he wouldn't have survived.
And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.
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