By Ellen Renner, Reviewed by Olivia Zeiner-Morrish
Published January 6, 2016
Castle of Shadows, by Ellen Renner; Houghton Mifflin Books for Children: New York, 2012; $15.99 Charlie is the princess of Quale. Yes, she lives in a castle, with gardens and servants that cook and clean....
By Jennifer Gennadi, Reviewed by Rachel Harris
Published January 6, 2016
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer, by Jennifer Gennari; Houghton Mifflin Books for Children: New York, 2012; $15.99 My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer is a book about politics and pie. June Farrell is a twelve-year-old girl...
By Graham Salisbury, Reviewed by Eric Yang
Published January 5, 2016
Calvin Coconut: Rocket Ride, by Graham Salisbury; Wendy Lamb Books: New York, 2012; $12.99 This book is about a kid named Calvin who is getting bullied to give the bully a ticket to his dad’s...
By Amy Chua, Reviewed by Ana Sofia Uzsoy
Published January 5, 2016
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua; Penguin Books: New York, 2011; $16 Sophia and Louisa Chua are perfect kids. They get straight A’s and are the best at everything. Sophia played piano...
By Polly Carlson-Voiles, Reviewed by Sarah Haynes
Published January 4, 2016
Summer of the Wolves, by Polly Carlson-Voiles; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers: New York, 2012; $15.99 Polly Carlson-Voiles’s Summer of the Wolves is a wonderful book about a twelve-year-old girl named Nika and...
By Christopher Paul Curtis, Reviewed by Emma MazeEmma Maze
Published January 4, 2016
The Mighty Miss Malone, by Christopher Paul Curtis; Wendy Lamb Books: New York, 2012; $15.99 Usually I can tell whether I like a book or not within the first chapter. With this book, I could...
By Teresa Flavin, Reviewed by Jessica Bernt
Published January 3, 2016
The Blackhope Enigma, by Teresa Flavin; Templar Publishing: United Kingdom, 2011; $12.70 What? When? Why? These were the thoughts running through my head as I flipped through The Blackhope Enigma. Written by Teresa Flavin, this...
By Sara Zarr, Reviewed by Kaylee Ayres
Published January 2, 2016
The Lucy Variations, by Sara Zarr; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: New York, 2013; $18 An inspiring tale of a young musician finding her place in this crazy world, The Lucy Variations is a...
By Meg McKinlay, Reviewed by Sundari Arunarasu
Published December 30, 2015
Below, by Meg McKinlay, Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, 2013; $15.99 Anyone would think that if you drowned a town with five thousand swimming pools of water, it would be done and gone, forgotten forever! But twelve-year...
By Jewell Parker Rhodes, Reviewed by Sonia Patel Banker
Published December 29, 2015
Sugar, by Jewell Parker Rhodes; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: New York, 2013; $16.99 Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road Plantation in Mississippi in the early 1800s. Sugar is a young African-American girl...
