Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Odd is not named for being different from others in his village, but for the tip of a blade. Odd is, however, very odd. He has a smile that baffles everyone, and a bad leg that doesn't seem to bother him much. When his step-family and fellow villagers become restless at the end of a very long winter, Odd sets out on an adventure that will take him all the way to Asgard and to the rescue of the Gods who live there. An excellent fairy tale with an excellent hero who we hope will be back in future books.



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Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


If you took Law and Order, most buddy cop movies you've seen and dragnet and crammed it all into middle school, you'd have Griff Carver. All the usual suspects are there, the hard boiled cop (safety patrol officer), the scrappy journalist, the eager young partner, and even the crooked politician (who's running for class president). Add in a ring of fake hall pass pushers, a principal who is only interested in quiet well-behaved cops, and even a nervous snitch and you've got a great story told through incident reports, recorded interviews with the guidance councilor and entries from a diary...no wait, journal. Never call it a diary.



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First Baseball Scores

Welcome to another season of NFPL Fantasy Baseball. This year we have 18 teams who will be playing in a head-to-head round robin tournament all summer. Here are our first week's scores:

Points	Team	vs	Team	Points
129	The B G's	vs	Monster Town	190
162	Souvenir City Sluggers	vs	Remax Ravens	219
135	The Poptarts	vs	The Lumber Company	230
184	Union Army	vs	Hard Hitters	116
212	Newton Falls Monsters	vs	Stooges	211
221	Nutleys-at-bat	vs	Ducks on the Pond	233
190	Double Play Divas	vs	Pinstripe Punchout	215
211	Pokemon Hero's	vs	Hook 17	219
243	Dad's Yankees	vs	Ohio State Tigers	154

And here are next week's match-ups

The B G's VS Remax Ravens
Monster Town VS The Lumber Company
Souvenir City Sluggers VS Hard Hitters
The Poptarts VS Stooges
Union Army VS Ducks on the Pond
Newton Falls Monsters VS Pinstripe Punchout
Nutleys-at-bat VS Hook 17
Double Play Divas VS Ohio State Tigers
Pokemon Hero's VS Dad's Yankees