Soup Chad by Rich Samuels is a thought-provoking and intriguing tale. It starts with the main character Chad and his never-ending passion for soup. He was obsessed with soup, and in his new school, he opened a club to meet other children with similar interests....

Tracy Borgmeyer's Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire: The Friendship Experiment is entertaining and inspiring. Ten-year-old Halley Harper has a great enthusiasm for science. She loves trying out new experiments with her best friend, Gracelyn. But the experiments don't always go as intended. Like last year...

Alicia Connected: Lost and Found by Derek Fisher is a lovely children’s story about Alicia’s experience living in a world of technology. Alicia and her friends love playing the game TullyTown. Through this, they send each other messages and explore the town with their avatars....

Zapped by Prudence Breitrose is an entertaining middle-grade story about a boy named Joe and a gerbil named Sophie. When Joe’s father invents the nanozap, a device that can shrink anything and later regrow it, his family becomes rich and moves to a mansion. Little...

Madison Kleigh and the Onyx Stone is a young adult novel by Jeffrey David Montanye. Twelve-year-old Madison Kleigh watches as her father Michael's ship launches him and the crew from NASA to Mars. A curious package arrives in the post many months later. Madison believes...

Twelve-year-old Connie is determined to find her way in life and not be tied to having to live based on others' expectations. Her parents have decided to move from Scotland to Australia, and Connie is thrust into an unfamiliar environment with few opportunities to make...

Welcome to the wonderful and colorful world of marine life. More specifically, life on the reefs. Sammy & Scarlett’s Coral Reef Adventure by Robert Andrew Provan is a great introduction to life in the ocean for 4th through 6th graders. Learning about marine life is...

Jeff Pennant's Field Guide to Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney is charming, fun, and witty. It has lots of heart and personality. The main character is Jeff, who tells how he can't relate to his parents. They tell him one thing and then something...

Laura Wiltse Prior’s early chapter book, Emma Just Medium: The Beach Dilemma, is about family dynamics and finding your place. Emma was the middle child, stuck between her older brother, Big, and her younger brother, nicknamed Little. That made Emma’s nickname, Medium, though few people...

Rose and Linney had been together for as long as they could remember. Linney lived next door to her, exactly one hundred and one steps from her bedroom door. Rose O'Reilly could not imagine life without her best friend, someone she always expected to be...