Talon, Flight for Life by Gigi Sedlmayer is the third title in the Talon series and in this book Matica and her father are traveling to Cajamarca to buy food and medical supplies and pick up their family’s tickets to go to Australia. Matica’s parents,...

Sophie Washington: Hurricane by Tonya Duncan Ellis is a stunning book about a young girl named Sophie. Sophie is a normal 11-year-old, but when a hurricane hits Texas, her life is changed. Her family, unsure of how safe their house would be if their area...

Giselda is going to Wigmore’s School for Witches and not regular school like her other friends in the storybook Giselda The Witch by J.S. Rumble. She reaches there a week earlier than expected. Over the next week, Giselda has a great time collecting supplies from...

Shy Ways by Susan Griner tells the story of Sarah, who is half American, half Japanese. Her unique looks - freckles, slanted eyes - make her an ideal target for her school mates. They call her names, confuse her with other Asian nationalities, and don't...

Megan the Pet Whisperer: Megan's World, Volume 3 is a fiction book for children and preteens, grades 4-6, written by Pamela Foland. While this is the third book in the Megan’s World series, the author gives enough background information in the story for it to...

For everyone in Monstromeda, gazoo-flies were the most sought-after pets whose wart bursts were every monster’s dream. Davelbert and Ezroar, like other monsters, loved the gazoo-flies. However, their school had strict rules against carrying gazoo-flies from home but, like any other monster his age, Davelbert...

Reading Irma the Inventor & the Vampire Spiders could be the most fun you have all year! Although she is only in sixth grade, Irma is a science whiz. The problem is, she is so smart and involved in her experiments that she doesn’t relate...

Honey Butter is a lovely coming of age story by Millie Florence. Seven-year-old Jamie Johnson feels lonely and misunderstood at home. Her unhappiness is mainly caused by her big sister, Erica, who never misses a chance to pester her. When she meets thirteen-year-old Laren Lark,...

Misha the Brave is an animal fiction story for children grades 4-6, written by Tabbatha Bell. Misha couldn’t understand why the old man kept on yelling at her and scaring her. Misha tried so hard to be good, but she didn’t know what she was...

Smarty Pants! is the first installment in The Tyler Files, written by Brian Rock and illustrated by Joshua Dawson. Tyler is a fifth-grader with a problem – his pants have started to talk! Never knowing when to be quiet, Tyler’s trousers suddenly hit on Tyler’s...