This is an exciting fairytale twist of a story based on the legend of the Pied Piper. It has all the earmarks of a traditional tale, and you can see the echoes of not just the Pied Piper, but also other classic fairytales too like Hansel and Gretel. While sometimes in a trilogy one of the books … [Read more...]
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
If your 6th through 8th grader is clamoring to read the Hunger Games, but you think that series might be a bit old for them, the Overlander Chronicles might be a good alternative. Suzanne Collins may have reached fame with her Hunger Games trilogy, but her Overlander series, written for a slightly … [Read more...]
Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry
Summary Walls Within Walls is the debut novel of Maureen Sherry. The story centers around the four Smithfork kids: 12-year-old CJ, 9-year-old Brid, 6-year-old Patrick and 2-year-old Carron. After their father, a video game inventor, strikes it rich, they get a whole new life. The only problem is, … [Read more...]
Top 5 Classic Animal Books
I have been an animal lover since I before I could walk. I would lug home giant books on zoology, marine biology and whatever else I could get my hands on and devour their contents, but as a fiction lover too, not all my animal books were weighty scientific tombs. Some of the ones that captivated my … [Read more...]
