Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hazel and Jack have been best friends since they were six. Now they are eleven and Jack’s changing. He no longer wants to be Hazel’s best friend. Hazel’s parents are getting divorced and she’s having to start a new school where she doesn’t fit in [...]
Fashion Kitty and the B.O.Y.S. (Ball of Yellow String) by Charise Mericle Harper Reviewing for Net Galley Fashion Kitty is back and her fans will still love her. In an illustrated novel format Fashion Kitty has a new challenge. Leon Lambaster III, who comes from a long line of inventors, creates the CKF club (Catch [...]
The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan I loved this book and have recommended to quite a few people. As I was reading this book, I kept trying to compare this book to other books but it’s really unique in it’s own way. Though there were parts that reminded me a bit of Roald Dahl’s James [...]
Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan Fourth-graders Lucy and her friends lives are forever changed when Ms. Mirabel, an author, visits their class. She teaches them about how to find things to write about and other places to look for inspiration. Lucy struggles with this because she feels there is only sadness in [...]
Finally by Wendy Mass Published March 2010 by Scholastic Press. Review copy provided by publisher. Rory has been waiting years to turn 12. Every time her mother tells her she’s not old enough it’s followed by “when you’re 12″ and then Rory adds it to her “12″ list. Several of the things on the list [...]
Seeing Sky-Blue Pink by Candice F. Ransom Maddie is eight and she and her mother have recently moved out to the country to live with her step-father. At first Maddie isn’t so sure she’s going to like living in the country. Her stepfather takes her on hikes through the woods, builds her a tree house [...]
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka When new juvenile graphic novel series come into our library, I like to read them just to see which kids will like them. The Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians is the second in the Lunch Lady graphic novel series for middle grade [...]
I loved Anne of Green Gables! Anne doesn’t find herself getting into as much trouble in this book as she did in Anne of Green Gables, though she does manage to get herself into a few problems once in a while. Anne’s relationship with Marilla deepens as they take in two young children and Anne [...]
I loved the Anne of Green Gables miniseries and read parts of this book as a 6th and 7th grader but never read it all the way through. I decided this year I would read it. It was absolutely wonderful and such an endearing book. I think I appreciated it more as an adult than [...]
It’s been an amazing year to learn and find new books that I have loved. I’ve read and listened to a lot of books (120 to be exact) this year between school reading and reading for pleasure. It’s been a combination of picture books, middle grade books and teen books, which I’m drawn to most. [...]
