Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Tweet A man named Jack murders Bod’s family when Bod is just a toddler. Bod toddled to escape unaware he was escaping or that he was toddling into a graveyard, where the permanent occupants decide to raise him with the … Continue reading

Book Review: Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce

Tweet Ginny and Kai have grown up in the shadow of Kai’s grandmother’s fear of the cold and evil things that lurk outside her protection. They get around her disapproving glares by meeting on their building’s rooftop, where climbing roses … Continue reading

Book Review: The Princess in the Opal Mask by Jenny Lundquist

Tweet Abandoned as an infant, Elara has been raised in the countryside by the Ogden family, who has tolerated and used her as a servant in exchange for the money they receive from the Royal Orphanage for her upkeep. When … Continue reading

Book Review: In Falling SNow by Mary-Rose MacColl

Tweet When Iris gets an invitation to attend a special dedication to the women who worked at a hospital in France sixty years before during World War I, she begins to remember her life there and events she would rather … Continue reading

Book Review: Why? Answers to Everday Scientific Questions

Tweet Have you ever wondered why trees drop their leaves in the fall, why the wind blows, or why ice floats? The answers to these and other common questions about the world around us can be found in Joel Levy’s … Continue reading

Book Review: Dare Me by Eric Devine

Tweet It all sounds so simple to Ben when his friend Ricky proposes it: complete a set of outrageous dares during their senior year and they’ll go down as legends in their high school. Along with their friend John, they … Continue reading

Book Review: Ann and Nan are Anagrams by Mark Shulman & Adam McCauley

Tweet Robert’s grandma is teaching him about anagrams, or words and phrases where the letters can be mixed up to form different words and phrases. She says, “Anagrams are easy to SPOT, but hard to STOP.“ Those four letters can … Continue reading

Book Review: Reality Boy by A.S. King

Tweet When Gerald was five his family was part of a reality TV show where a “nanny” was brought in to help control the kids and restore order to their lives. He was nicknamed “the crapper,” because he acted out … Continue reading

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