Take It from the Top
Here's a new book from Claire Swinarski that's perfect for fans of music theater and friendship drama. Review: Best friends, Eowyn and Jules are attending their sixth summer of musical theater camp. But Jules is acting strange. As Eowyn tries to unravel the reason behind [...]
The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett
Congratulations to Sarah Everett on the release of her latest book, The Shape of Lost Things! It's a thought-provoking story of change and loss. Review: Shortly after Skye's parents divorce, her eccentric physicist father takes her brother, Finn away. After four years of being on [...]
Bubba and Squirt go to Greece in the Shield of Athena
Bubba and Squirt come from a long line of magicians so when Bubba tries to dig to China using Grandpa Joe’s shovel, he opens up a portal to other countries. In the first book of this series, Bubba and Squirt’s Big Dig to China, the [...]
Review of Fortune Tellers by Lisa Greenwald
Bea, Millie, and Nora had been best friends since kindergarten. One of the favorite things they enjoyed doing together was making paper fortune tellers. After a falling out, their friendship crumbles. Add to the situation the pandemic which causes their school to close and family [...]
Mo-Reading: Frances and the Monster by Refe Tuma
Frankenstein is re-imagined for middle grade readers in this fast-paced adventure. When an 11-year-old girl unleashes a monster on her town, she must find a way to capture him and put things right before her parents get home. It’s August 1939 and Frances has not [...]
Mo Reading: The Other Side of the River by Alda P. Dobbs
In 1913, thousands of Mexicans, including 12-year-old Petra Luna, her six-year-old sister, one-year-old brother, and her grandmother cross the Rio Grande into Texas to escape the violent civil war in Mexico. They stay in an overcrowded refugee camp with little food and a smallpox [...]