Terpsichore can’t wait to follow in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s footsteps . . . now she just has to convince her mom. It’s 1934, and times are tough for their family. To make a fresh start, Terpsichore’s father signs up for President Roosevelt’s Palmer Colony project, uprooting them from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska. Their […]

Silke has always been good at spinning the truth and storytelling. So good that just years after arriving as a penniless orphan, she has found her way up to working for the most splendid chocolate makers in the city as a master promoter. Although Silke loves her work at the Chocolate Heart, she’s certain it […]

WARNING: This story will have you craving chocolate.   Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family’s mountain cave. If only they’d let her leave it. Her family thinks she’s too young to fly on her own, but she’s determined to prove them wrong by capturing the most […]

SPOILERS AHEAD! Please read ‘Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time’ before reading this book review.   After the events of Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time, Danny Phantom is public enemy number one, and Casper High School has revamped its curriculum as they believe that ghosts are once again a danger to the town. While […]

Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was six years old. As a result, he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He’s been home-schooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to […]

HAPPY 550TH BOOK REVIEW! To celebrate this momentous occasion, I present to you the thrilling conclusion to Margaret Peterson Haddix’s “Mysteries of Trash & Treasure” series. WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! Read Books 1 and 2 before reading Book 3   Colin has spent all summer solving mysteries with his friend Nevaeh. But they’ve only ever dealt […]

Ratty Barclay wasn’t supposed to be born a four-foot-tall, walking, talking rodent, but thanks to the Barclay family curse, he’s had to live in hiding from the rest of the world. All he wants for his thirteenth birthday is to return to his family’s abandoned estate on Fairweather Island to somehow break the curse. Then […]

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. He’s so good, in fact, that he’s already been playing on the high school’s JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education […]

After unraveling the mysteries behind two hidden boxes of secret letters written by kids from the 1970s, best friends Colin and Nevaeh have started Mystery Solvers Inc. But they didn’t expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series of old, spooky photos left behind in her family’s new […]

WARNING: This story will have you craving cookies! Laila gave Lucy a cupcake on the second day of kindergarten, and they’ve been inseparable ever since. But the summer before eighth grade, they find out that since they live on opposite sides of town, they’ll go to different high schools.Then Laila’s invited to compete at the […]