Mascot to the Rescue by Peter David is about a boy named Josh who is in the 6th grade. No one else knows, but he has a secret. In the Captain Major comic books, there is a sidekick called Mascot. […]
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Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers is about a girl named Annabel who wakes up one morning in her mother’s body. The night before, Annabel had had a fight with her mother about how grown-ups get to do everything the way […]
Continue reading »The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter
The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter by John Gosselink is about a boy in 7th grade named Thaddeus. He is in a really long detention because he disrupted the school schedule more than twice. All it is is him and […]
Continue reading »Elvis and Olive
Natalie Wallis is bored. Summer has just started, and she doesn’t know what to do. So she writes down an assignment in her notebook: “See how fast you can ride your bike around the block.” So she hops on her […]
Continue reading »The 39 Clues Series
Ok guys, this series is one of the best in the history of mankind. The 39 Clues is a series written by about 5 different authors. There are currently 12 in the series with more being written. When orphans Amy […]
Continue reading »Inkheart
A book inside a book! Inkheart by Cornelia Funke is a story about Meggie, a young girl who loves books (like me!). Her father binds books for a living , yet will not read to Meggie.He dislikes reading out […]
Continue reading »The Runaway Princess
Meg is a royal princess but doesn’t act like one. She hates embroidery and would rather romp around with Cam, the gardener boy. One day, her father locks her in a tower and announces that whichever prince can kill the […]
Continue reading »Masterpiece
Masterpiece by Elise Broach is a story about a beetle named Marvin, who lives under the sink in an apartment where James lives. After creating a piece of art that is found by James, Marvin befriends the lonely boy. Before […]
Continue reading »A Pickpocket’s Tale
Molly is a pickpocket who lives in the streets of London in the year of 1730. Her life is fine until someone-meaning Hesper Crudge, her arch enemy – tells on her to the authorities and gets her stuck on a […]
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