Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand is about the Brown family. The Browns are not an average family. They have lots of children (so many the book says “There were so many of them that I shan’t even tell you their […]
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Summer Camp Secrets
The series Summer Camp Secrets by Katy Grant is about different girls going going to a summer camp. In one book called Pranked, a girl named Katy thinks she will be friendless, then ends up being friends with the two meanest […]
Continue reading »Hank Zipzer
The Hank Zipzer series by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver is about a boy named Hank. Hank is a 4th-grader who lives in New York. He tends to get into trouble very often. For example, he has trouble reading fractions, […]
Continue reading »Nancy Drew, Girl Detective
OK, so pretty much everyone knows about the original Nancy Drew Series, which is one of my faves. But now there are new ones coming out! Nancy Drew, Girl Detective by Carolyn Kenne (the author’s code name) are new stories […]
Continue reading »You Wouldn’t Want To… Series
I was in the educational aisle at the library, which I NEVER go to except when my mom says I have to, and was looking for something that wouldn’t bore me to death. Well, I found these books. The You […]
Continue reading »The Underland Chronicles
The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins is about a boy named Gregor who lives with his family in an apartment building in New York. While he is in the laundry room, his 2-year-old sister gets pulled into a vent, and […]
Continue reading »The City of Ember
The City of Ember by Jeanna DuPrau is about a city of people who believe that there is no other place besides their city and the darkness. It was built over 300 years ago, with a supply of running water, stored […]
Continue reading »Molly Moon
The Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng is about an orphan named Molly Moon. She has always felt like an ugly nobody because of the bully at the orphanage and the orphanage directer, who hate her. That all changes when […]
Continue reading »Judy Bolton Mysteries
The Judy Bolton books by Margaret Sutton is a book series that was written from 1932-1967. It is the longest lasting juvenile series written by a single author. (So hey, they have to be pretty good, right?!) In the books, […]
Continue reading »Main Street
The Main Street series by Ann M. Martin is about Flora and Ruby, two girls whose parents died. They come to Camden Falls, where their grandmother lives, to stay with her. The sisters meet Olivia, a girl who lives next […]
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