Keeper by Kathi Appelt is about a girl named Keeper who is on a quest for her mother, whom she believes is a mermaid. Keeper has been living with her mother’s friend, Signe, since her mother ‘swam away’ when Keeper was three years […]
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The Candymakers
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass is about four kids who go into a competition to make the best new candy. Logan is the Candymaker’s son. He has lived in the candy factory since he was a baby and can detect the kind of chocolate by […]
Continue reading »School of Fear
School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari is about four kids with fears that are overpowering their lives. Madeline is deathly afraid of bugs and spiders. Lulu is afraid of small spaces. Garrison is afraid of water if there is anymore than a […]
Continue reading »The Wadjet Eye
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, […]
Continue reading »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 »Betsy-Tacy
The Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace is about a girl named Betsy who lives in the early 1900s. In the first book, Betsy is five years old. One day, a new family moves in across the street. The family […]
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 »Fiona Finkelstien, Big-Time Ballerina
Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina by Shawn K. Stout is about Fiona, a 4th grader living in Ordinary, Maryland- which is not an ordinary place. Her mom lives in California because she acts on a soap opera, and her dad is […]
Continue reading »My Life as a Book
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian is about Derek, a boy who can’t stand school and lives for the summer. He is really excited for school to be out. Then he finds out his parents are sending him […]
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 […]
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