The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcaba is about a boy named Damon living in the time of Cleopatra. His father is in Caesar’s army, and Damon hasn’t seen him for years. Damon’s mother is very sick, and eventually dies. No, […]
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H.I.V.E.
H.I.V.E., The Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden is about a boy named Otto. He has always been a little different from other kids, but never really noticed because he was too busy making his orphanage a better place. One day, he […]
Continue reading »Percy Jackson
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is about a boy named Percy whose father had been supposedly lost at sea. This book is the first out of five in the series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In the first […]
Continue reading »Junie B. Jones
The Junie B. Jones book series by Barbara Parks is about a sassy kindergarten/ first-grader. She is always having trouble with her classmates and saying snotty things to people. She always wants her way and will do anything to make sure […]
Continue reading »Ivy and Bean
The Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows is about two girls named Ivy and Bean. They are in second grade in the same class. In the first book, Ivy and Bean know they won’t be friends. Bean loves getting dirty, stomping […]
Continue reading »Into the Woods
Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner is about Storm, Aurora, and Any Eden, who live in an old house right outside the woods. Their parents don’t pay much attention to them because their mother is always in bed “protecting […]
Continue reading »The Boy Who Howled
The Boy Who Howled by Timothy Power is about a boy named Callum who has been raised by wolves- literally. When he was a toddler, his family went camping and accidentally left Callum there. Two wolves found him, and decided […]
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 »The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is about a little boy whose family is killed by a man named Jack. The little boy narrowly escapes and wanders into a nearby graveyard. Several ghosts that inhabit the graveyard decide to keep him as their own They name […]
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