“When you take pictures, sometimes you focus hard on one thing and you don’t see what’s right in front of you.” The same sentiments can explain so much about life. In Tory Christie’s A Touch of Blue, Cecilia is learning what it means to grow...

Maddie's Ghost by Carol Fisher Saller is a mystery novel that navigates two timelines: one set in the present day and the other in the 1930s. The protagonist, Lainie Stanton, is called for a TV interview when questions about her great-grandmother Madeleine's public execution threaten...

Holiday Antics: As Chicken Man, Pickle Man, and the Rat of Justice by Joseph Lupton is an exciting entry in the Joseph 3-in-1 Superhero Series. Joseph, the protagonist, can transform into Chicken Man, Pickle Man, or the Rat of Justice. As Chicken Man, Joseph faces...

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31st. On this fateful day, when Halloween was being celebrated with its scary and creepy atmosphere, somebody shouted "Merry Christmas, ho-ho-ho," Merry Christmas at this time? Who could it be? Find out in Santa’s Slip Up,...

Starr of the Show is a story about friendship and making amends. Written by Leigh Reagan Alley, the book follows two best friends and fifth graders, Starr Solomon and Sunny Morgan, who used to be inseparable. When Starr inadvertently takes credit for the backpack Sunny...

At the beginning of Minda Gomez's Martinez Kid Adventures: The Island Rescue, Rico and Diego, two adventurous brothers, are introduced as majestic owls flying in the Arctic sky, an experience accomplished by a new form of virtual reality As the tale begins, the system...

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...