This book really does not have a single picture in it! A gimmick? Maybe. But the concept is executed so well. Quite often we are drawn to books because of the pictures or the cover. What’s amazing about this book is that it proves that words have their own power. And that words in the…
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The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
If you ask Jimmy why he started creating comics, he would tell you it all began when he caught chicken pox in middle school. Before that he was popular, an athlete, and doing really well in school, but then he had to miss school and the championship basketball game for being sick. His grades begin…
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
To those that enjoy a book with lots of action and reptiles: this book is for you! Wahoo is a normal middle-schooler living in Florida with his parents. What’s not normal about him is that his dad is a professional animal wrangler, and they have Alice, an alligator, living in their backyard. Once his dad suffers…
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
Being a swamp scout in the Sugar Man Swamp is not an easy job. Just ask Bingo and J’miah, the newest raccoon swamp scouts. Bingo and J’miah are in charge of making sure the swamp is safe and if there is a danger, the need to wake up the Sugar Man who is a cousin…
How to Build a Tornado in a Bottle by Lori Shores
Calling all scientists! Do you like to build things and learn how they work? This series is for you! The Hands-On Science Fun series includes titles about making slime, fizzy rockets, mystery smell balloons and….TORNADOs in a bottle! In How to Build a Tornado in a Bottle by Lori Shores, 1st and 2nd graders are given clear directions on how to…
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Things have not been going well for ten-year-old Bud. First, Todd, his foster brother, sticks a pencil up his nose while he’s sleeping. Then when he defends himself, Todd beats him up and Bud is the one who is punished by being locked overnight in the shed. There he sees a huge vampire bat, which…
Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt
If you liked Love That Dog, you’ll love Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt, another verse novel from the perspective of a boy who says he’s not crazy about poetry… but his cleverly-written stanzas tell us otherwise. Kevin rants about a bully at school, his complicated family, and just about everything that is going wrong in his life. One…
Who Was Steve Jobs? By Pamela Pollack (Part of the Who Was/Who is… series)
I really enjoyed this simple but very fascinating biography of Steve Jobs. It included lots of information about his life that I had not known. It is amazing to think about how much he changed our lives with the things he invented. …
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
This realistic fiction story focuses on 11 year-old Tessa, a born and bred Maine islander who enjoys helping her dad fish for lobster off of their family’s boat. When her school might close due to low enrollment, the town hatches a plan to keep it open by bringing several foster children to live with them on…
Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson
Charlie’s family has just moved back to the town his father and step-father are from. It is where football is a way of life and boys chase rabbits through the sugar cane for fun. There’s something different about this town. It starts when Charlie’s cousin takes him out at night, and they see a man…
