TITLE: The Battle of the Labyrinth AUTHOR: Rick Riordan SERIES: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4 RELEASED: March 6th, 2008; Disney-Hyperion GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: MG book 1 | book 2 | book 3 Percy has returned home for another school year, but after a run-in with demonic cheerleaders, he…
TITLE: The Graveyard Book AUTHOR: Neil Gaiman RELEASED: September 30th, 2008; HarperCollins GENRE: Horror/Paranormal AGE RANGE: Middle Grade SYNOPSIS: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and…
TITLE: The Titan’s Curse AUTHOR: Rick Riordan SERIES: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3 RELEASED: May 5th, 2007; Disney-Hyperion GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: It’s not everyday you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human. But when you’re the son of a Greek god, it happens.…
TITLE: Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World AUTHOR: Ashley Herring Blake RELEASES: March 6th, 2018; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels…
TITLE: The Sea of Monsters AUTHOR: Rick Riordan SERIES: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2 RELEASED: April 1st, 2006; Disney-Hyperion GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: The heroic son of Poseidon makes an action-packed comeback in the second must-read installment of Rick Riordan’s amazing young readers series.…
TITLE: The Dollmaker of Krakow AUTHOR: Romero, R. M. RELEASED: September 17th, 2017; Delacorte Press GENRE: Fantasy/Historical Fiction AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina…
This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is Top Ten Books I Want My Future Children to Read. Since I already have a wonderful kiddo, I thought I’d share with you some of the books I’m…
This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is a Back to School freebie! I decided to highlight ten books that I loved in my middle and high school years. Some of the books that I loved then…
This week's challenge is to pick your top 5 children's books! This can include middle grade, which is great for me, because I never turn my nose up at a good MG rec.…
Percy Jackson has always felt kind of... different. He has ADHD and dyslexia, struggles to fit in, and keeps finding himself kicked out of school. When he is admitted to his sixth school in six years, things seem to finally be working out for…