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…
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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…
Sneaky Art: Crafty Surprises to Hide in Plain Sight by Marthe Jocelyn
This is a cute craft book with ideas of art you can leave in different places to make life a little more interesting. For instance, you can make a little cork sail boat to leave in a public fountain or sink. Spruce up a chair by putting baby socks on the feet of the chair…
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
Tom Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son, has the disturbing ability to sense ghosts and other beasties that go bump in the night. He’d rather not have this “gift, but it is something from which he can’t escape. When Tom reluctantly begins an apprenticeship with the Spook, a person who rids the County…
How Do You Burp in Space?: And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know by Susan E. Goodman
This book is like a travel guide for visiting space and has all kinds of fun facts about what you need to know to have a good visit. It was fun to think about what I would take to space with me. Some things I think of taking don't make sense because of the lack…
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
In Ann M. Martin's newest novel entitled Rain Reign, we meet 5th grader Rose Howard who is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This beautiful novel is told through her voice. Rose is obsessed with homonyms (which are words that sound alike but are spelled differently; like the title of this book Rain Reign). No one seems to understand her…not…
The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief and Sinister by Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, and Emma Trevayne
Within a collection of short stories, especially with a variety of authors, there will always be some hits and some misses...but most of these 36 tales were hits! Some were more memorable than others, but all of them were entertaining, just the right amount of creepy, and well-written. Some would be fun to read aloud.…
