In One Realm Beyond (2014), a YA series opener from Donita K. Paul, Cantor D’Ahma has grown into a young […]
One Realm Beyond by Donita K. Paul, a review Read Post »
Book reviews
How to engage kids in STEM subjects? One way is to have them read intriguing biographies of STEM scientists of note, especially ones that have an engaging story or two in their past. Grace Hopper is one of these people.
Grace Hopper, Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark, a review Read Post »
The Book of the King (2007), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry, tells a tale full of the supernatural. Its young protagonist, Owen, is one courageous guy.
The Book of the King by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry, a review Read Post »
Rise of the Dragons by Angie Sage (2019), a middle-grade novel and series opener, involves two worlds.
Rise of the Dragons by Angie Sage, a review Read Post »
The Edge of Extinction by Laura Martin, a series of two books published in 2016 and 2017, provides a dystopian Jurassic Park tale for middle-graders. Plucky Sky Mundy, in an underground colony in what once was northern Indiana, is just one of a few hundred humans alive, survivors of a plague.
The Edge of Extinction: The Ark Plan by Laura Martin, a review Read Post »
One thousand refugees from Earth, likely the only survivors, are in a spaceship orbiting a populated planet, hoping for permission
We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey, a review Read Post »
Three Times Lucky, by Sheila Turnage (2012), tells a middle-grade whodunit with the unforgettable Southern voice of a rising sixth-grader,
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage, a review Read Post »
Sal Vidon, able narrator, is somehow calm when outrageous things are happening. And plenty of outrageous things do happen in
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez, a review Read Post »
I really enjoy time-slip novels–where two stories are told, one in the past, one in the present, alternating chapters. So
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson, a review Read Post »
This chapter book, The Squatchicorns by Ellen Potter, tells a yarn just for that young reader who likes gentle, fantastic
Big Foot and Little Foot: The Squatchicorns, by Ellen Potter, a review Read Post »
I couldn’t put this book down, and it’s been a while since that happened! How I Became a Spy by
How I Became a Spy by Deborah Hopkinson, a review Read Post »
Louisiana’s Way Home, a middle-grade historical novel by Kate DiCamillo, took ahold of my heart somehow.
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo, a review Read Post »