Every year the villagers in the Protectorate sacrifice a baby to the "evil" witch of the forest. And every year, this witch (who isn't evil at all) wonders why these crazy people abandon their babies. Before the child can be torn to bits by wild animals, the witch, whose name is Xan, rescues it and…
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Milo Speck, Accidental Agent by Linda Urban
This is the story of Milo Speck, a boy whose father travels a lot for work, and leaves him with Grandmother, a woman who is not actually his grandmother, and who makes him wear dorky clothes with squawking ducks on them. He’s emptying out the laundry machine one day when a sock pulls him in…suddenly…
The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors
Summer in Buttonville is anything but exciting and Ben is about to spend the entire summer there with his grandfather. That means that the most exciting thing that will happen to Ben is having Saturday Pudding Days at the Senior Center. However, that changes when his grandfather’s cat brings home what looks like a baby…
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Midnight Gulch is a magical place, or at least it used to be, but that was before the curse. Now, there is just a snicker of that magic hanging in Midnight Gulch, and unless they can end the curse, a snicker of magic is all that will remain. Felicity’s mama is cursed with a wandering…
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
I really loved this book. It is about a royal family who live in a magical castle. This castle is constantly changing based on what it feels is needed. If it likes you, your room might grow and get very nice but if it doesn't like you, get ready for an uncomfortable stay. This castle…
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…
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…
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.…
The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson
This is the delightful story of a young child who accompanies her father on trip in the Himalayas looking for rare and unknown plants. While there, young Lady Agatha is kidnapped by a large Yeti (abominable) because he needed someone to care for his young family. We learn all about these creatures and how they…
