Congratulations to our own mafia family member, Lisa Lewis Tyre, on the paperback release of her award winning MG book, Hope In The Holler. This is a touching story about the true meaning of family and friendships. ABOUT HOPE IN THE HOLLER “This is a masterpiece of middle grade fiction, …
Seventh-grader Amelia is facing a boring Spring Break. Her professor father hates to travel so no trip to Florida for them. Amelia goes to the pottery studio where she spends most of her free time. When she gets there, she’s surprised to meet Casey, the studio owner’s nephew. Casey is …
Just released in March, Tangled in Time: The Portal is a magical adventure into the life of English royalty in the 1500s. After a personal tragedy in her current-day life, Rose Ashley travels through a mysterious portal in her grandmother’s greenhouse to the time of King Henry VIII. Although living 500 …
This is sure to be a classic in children’s science fiction. Ten- year old Maisie is a science genius who dreams of building her own nuclear reactor. When she wakes up on her birthday to an empty house and blackness outside her front door that seems to be expanding, she …
About the Book: Who hasn’t dreamed of going to the moon? That dream for eleven-year-old Leo Gray is about to come true—but he’s in for the surprise of his life! In the year 2113, most people live in robotically maintained homes, ride around in self-flying cars, and wear ozone-resistant clothes. Most people that …
Charlie O’Reilly is an only child. Which is why it makes everyone uncomfortable when he talks about his brother. The first line of the book blurb on the back cover of Rebecca K.S. Ansari’s debut novel, THE MISSING PIECE OF CHARLIE O’REILLY, had me intrigued before I even read the …
Roadkill is disgusting. Even though I can’t imagine picking up a tire-tread-marked carcass, scientists do it all the time because it contains valuable information. Heather L. Montgomery’s obsession with roadkill began with a squashed rattlesnake. She wanted to know how rattlesnakes’ fangs retract. She decided that a dead rattlesnake was …
Middle school students are assigned readings all the time, but when given a choice (and not distracted by other forms of electronic media) what books do they want to read? What speaks to them; inspires them; entertains them? Barbara Truluck is a middle school counselor and recipient of 2018 Middle …
Author Illustrator Marcus Emerson is at it again with the second installment in the Super Life of Ben Braver series – BEN BRAVER AND THE INCREDIBLE EXPLODING KID. We will bring you a review in the coming weeks, so in the meantime, order a copy of both for you and …
Tomorrow, a wonderful book hits the shelves (look for a review later this week!). I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of Rebecca K.S. Ansari’s THE MISSING PIECE OF CHARLIE O’REILLY. Get a jump on adding this one to your library – order your copy today! About the …
