MG Book Review: The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins
This is a haunting fantasy about the bond between sisters and the power of magic that will keep you guessing until the very end. Mayhap and her sisters live in a strange house that tends to their every need. [...]
Mojo Picks: Travel to Fantasy Worlds
This month our Mojo picks feature stories that travel to fantasy worlds. Unleash your inner child and check out these great reads: Extraordinary Sam and the Adventurers' Guild by Kevin Springer: Sam is an ordinary boy with an ordinary life. Or so he thinks. [...]
Kingston & the Magician’s Lost and Found by Rucker Moses & Theo Gangi
About the Book: Magic has all but disappeared in Brooklyn, but one tenacious young magician is determined to bring it back in this exciting middle grade mystery. Twelve-year-old Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn—the last place his father [...]
Mojo Picks: Biographies
Our March Mojo Picks are biographies. Here they are: Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. This is an eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom. -SE Buy Undefeated [...]
Happy Book Birthday: Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi
This is the first book in an exciting new series where twelve-year-old Kingston must brave a magical realm to save his father. Kington has never gotten over the loss of his father. He is the magician known as Preston [...]
Mojo Picks: Books that Celebrate Equality
February celebrates Black History. In honor of this, we have selected books that celebrate equality. Here are our selections: The Stars Beneath our Feet by David Barclay Moore. It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling [...]