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I was wallowing around in some grown up books last week.  It's amazing how I seem to have lost interest in grown up books... yikes!  Good thing summer is coming up so I can refresh my palate!  In the mean time, I'll just have to stick to kids books I've been enjoying so much! I just finished an advanced readers copy of a book that seems like it's going to be the beginning of series.  It's called "The Entirely True story of the Unbelievable FIB" by Adam Shaughnassey.  It's about a girl named Pru (short for Prudence) who has just lost her dad.  Her dad was a detective and she misses him terribly.  She doesn't have a lot of friends, but she notices a lot of things (a good thing in a detective).  A new kid moves to town and she ends up paired up with him which turns out to be a good thing, because he's super smart and he notices things too.  They go on a field trip to a local museum and start learning about Norse myths.  In this story, it ...