If you're craving a seriously quirky read, this is just the thing you've been looking for. Kid Normal and the Shadow Machine is book three of a five book series (all have been published) and is overfl…
The series Global Search and Rescue by Susan May Warren concludes with The Price of Valor. Those who have not read the previous two books should read them, as they help readers un…
Peter and the Starcatchers is a fantastic, hypothetical origin story for the classic tale of Peter Pan. Solid dialogue, imaginative backstory elements, swift pacing, and multiple villains m…
The Nerviest Girl in the World is one of those entertaining and adorable books one reads for pure pleasure. The main character, Pearl, really does have the pluck and zip that inspires the t…
As Audra's life is turned upside down, she bravely joins the secret and dangerous effort to keep Lithuanian culture alive in Jennifer A. Nielsen's latest historical fiction, Words on Fire. This n…
What is going on! Is this a mystery? Is it a horror story? Or is it something else altogether? The characters certainly are wondering this, and it is also what the reader will be thinking as the…
As intriguing as this book first appeared, the ideas floating in my head were nothing compared to reality. Hanna Tooke's debut novel seems as if was crafted by a seasoned writer. Her depictions of the…
Girl from Nowhere is billed as an action/romance; this is true, but in a very delineated way. The first half of the book focuses on establishing the romance and the second half of the book …
Bree, Devon, and their family are charismatic characters that seem to just capture the reader's heart. Set in the mountains of Ireland, the author does the landscape justice by presenting good m…
Susan May Warren has done it again. She has packed The Heart of a Hero so full of action it is almost a surprise when she starts to wind down the story. It's almost as though she…
The Gryphhon Heist by James R. Hannibalstarts out with an intense scene and the action just gets more intriguing and amazing as the story develops. This book is the first in the Clande…
Author Christian McKay Heidicker was not messing around when he used the word "scary" in his title. Scary Stories for Young Foxes is a Newbery Honor Book, and I suppose technically a m…
