Caleb's Reviews - Exodus Books

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C. Hollis Crossman, who was raised by wolves, wrote a staggering amount for the website during his first stint at Exodus Books, writing most of the curriculum overviews and category intro essays, along with reviewing 700+ unique titles. Below you'll find links to his book reviews; this link will take you to an incomplete list of the category descriptions.

As our used book buyer and product reviewer for eight years, Caleb did much to shape the character of the store. He left Exodus in December 2014 for contract work on behalf of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, where he researched and wrote about open source software. He also pursued graduate studies in theology.

In March 2017, an array of unforeseen circumstances brought C. Hollis back to Exodus Books as we prepared for an intended move, then shifted towards a close later that year; although we reopened, he had moved on. Again in August 2021, he came back for a short stint, before moving his family out of our crazy state. He remains dearly missed in our day-to-day work; however, we keep in contact and plan to continue having him write reviews and essays for us on an occasional basis.

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7th grade (Ages 12-13)

	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Penguin Classics by Lewis Carroll from Penguin Classics Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	Chronicles of Prydain - Boxed Set by Lloyd Alexander Box from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX) $44.95
	Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin from Graphia for 7th-Adult in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman from HarperCollins for 6th-9th grade 2009 Newbery Medal winner, 2010 Carnegie Medal in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.99
	Grey King Dark Is Rising Sequence #4 by Susan Cooper from Aladdin Paperbacks Fantasy for 4th-7th grade 1976 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Grey King Dark Is Rising Sequence #4 by Susan Cooper from Margaret K. McElderry Books Fantasy for 4th-7th grade 1976 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Reissue from Puffin Books for 5th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Medal Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	High King Prydain Chronicles #5 by Lloyd Alexander from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade 1969 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard from Dover Publications Adventure for 7th-12th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.00
	King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard from SeaWolf Press Adventure for 7th-12th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Mimus by Lilli Thal, translated by John Brownjohn from Annick Press for 7th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey from Puffin Books Personification story for 3rd-7th grade 1947 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $2.50 (3 in stock)
	Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban, illustrated by David Small from Arthur A. Levine Books for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $19.99
	Once and Future King by T. H. White from ACE Publishing for 7th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $9.99
	One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 1^st edition from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade 2013 Newbery Award Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade 2013 Newbery Award Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster from Yearling Satirical Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, appreciation by Maurice Sendak from Random House Satirical Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Series of Unfortunate Events - complete set Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket from HarperCollins Humor for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	The Moomins Set by Tove Jansson from Square Fish Publishing for 1st-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois from Puffin Books Fantasy for 4th-7th grade 1948 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.99
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting from Dover Publications for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.95
	When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead from Yearling for 5th-9th grade 2010 Newbery Medal winner in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $7.99
	Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1987 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $6.99 $3.00 (3 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Sterling Publishing Co. Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $24.95
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum Unknown from Dover Publications for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99

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