Jonathan Stroud continues his Lockwood & Co series with the third installment, The Hollow Boy. Again, Mr. Stroud does not disappoint. The book has the humor, banter, and intense s…
Do you have a child who is deathly afraid of spiders? Or maybe you have a phobia of your own that needs to be challenged and conquered? This book was a fun way to look at fears and what they…
Weddings are joyous occasions, looked forward to with great anticipation, except when you are the much younger siblings of the bride and groom, of course. After a bumpy start Josie and Eli find some s…
UK author Dave Shelton's novel, Thirteen Chairs, crosses the pond via publisher Scholastic, to conjure thrills among middle grade, and daring elementary-aged children.
A progressive prose…
Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus has one of the best prologues of recent memory. It is gripping, atmospheric, and intense in its emotional potency. However, the novel the…
Author Joseph Delaney of the international bestselling Last Apprentice/Wardstone Chronicles treats young readers with his novella, The Ghost Prison. Mostly told through the quaint drawi…
Best known for his tales of terror, author Edgar Allan Poe is grand master of the malevolent narrative. Teamed with the dark whimsical illustrations of artist/storyteller Gris Grimly, four of Poe's cl…
Fat and Bones and Other Stories is a compilation of seven short but interrelated stories. The connection is a series of chain of events at one small farm house. This book comes out ju…
The Drowning is a thriller in which author Rachel Ward reels you in with a gripping prologue that captivates readers hook, line, and sinker. Never having read Ward's previous novels (Numbers …
I must say that I have never read a book quite like this one. It has been compared to The Road and Stephen King, but it almost seems to be in a category all its own. I can think of a few you…
Thirteen-year-old Ali's curious when she finds a picture of her mother and aunt as children at their summer cottage by the lake, but she’s more curious about the girl who’s been ripped out of the…
Imagine living every day of your life in fear--and having the source of that fear come from within your own family no less. I am pretty sure many of us would agree we have it pretty good in regards to…
