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 […]
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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 »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 »Extra Credit
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements is a book about a girl named Abby who needs extra credit to go on to 6th grade. Her teacher gives her a few options for what to do, and Abby picks a having a pen […]
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 »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 […]
Continue reading »Drita, My Homegirl
Drita is a girl who is from Kosovo, which is located in southeastern Europe. She moves to America to escape the war, but it’s hard to be happy when she can’t speak English. Maxie is a kid who is very […]
Continue reading »Out of My Mind
Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper is about a 11-year- old girl named Melody. She is a genius- she can make up poems and songs, her vocabulary is advanced, and she has a photographic memory. But there is a catch. […]
Continue reading »The Treasures of Weatherby
The Treasures of Weatherby by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is about Harleigh Weatherby, a 12-year-old boy who is teased for being as short as a 6-year-old, so he is taken out of public school and is homeschooled. His Aunt Adelaide, who is very […]
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