Darkbeast by Morgan Keyes
In the compelling fantasy, Darkbeast, Keara is a confident girl who lives in a world where her Darkbeast, Caw, is a constant companion. When her twelfth nameday arrives, Keara runs away from her...
View ArticleThe Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
Millions of children have grown up reading all about Curious George, the adventurous monkey. However, less people know about the incredible escape experienced by the writers who created Curious George....
View ArticleWaiting For the Queen: A Novel of Early America by Joanna Higgins
Meet Eugenie: a teen from a noble family who must travel to a French settlement in America to escape possible execution in the midst of the French Revolution. Meet Hannah: a young Quaker girl who...
View ArticleThe Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, The Blue Death, and A Boy Called Eel...
Want to read an action-packed historical fiction novel that is set in the 1850s? Then look no further! Follow Eel, a boy who spends his days searching for small treasures in the disgusting muck of the...
View ArticleThe Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin
Oona has a pretty good life. She lives with her brother, mother, and their quirky cat, Zook, in a cozy apartment, and she and her brother enjoy earning fried zucchini by dancing in front of a pizza...
View ArticleEglantine: A Paranormal Adventure by Catherine Jinks
Allie (short for Alithea) is a girl in need of some good luck. She thought she was having good luck when her family moved into a bigger house complete with her own bedroom. But her luck abruptly...
View ArticleThe Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
Tom Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son, has the disturbing ability to sense ghosts and other beasties that go bump in the night. He’d rather not have this “gift, but it is something from which he...
View ArticleTouch Blue by Cynthia Lord
This realistic fiction story focuses on 11 year-old Tessa, a born and bred Maine islander who enjoys helping her dad fish for lobster off of their family’s boat. When her school might close due to low...
View ArticleChomp by Carl Hiaasen
To those that enjoy a book with lots of action and reptiles: this book is for you! Wahoo is a normal middle-schooler living in Florida with his parents. What’s not normal about him is that his dad is...
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