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Middle School Bites
Synopsis: “Thanks to a series of unfortunate bites, eleven-year-old Tom is a triple threat: he’s a Vam-Wolf-Zom. And just in time for the first day of middle school. So much for his Invisible Tom Plan. He never thought to make a What If I Turn Into A Vampire Werewolf Zombie Plan. Maybe…
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Loretta Little Looks Back
Synopsis: “Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories — beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 — come together to create one unforgettable journey.…
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The Puffin Plan
Synopsis: “Fifty years ago, a young ornithologist named Steve Kress fell in love with puffins. After learning that hunting had eradicated their colonies on small, rocky islands off the coast of Maine, he resolved to bring them back. So began a decades-long quest that involved collecting chicks in Canada, flying…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/14/2020
What I Read Alright, I’m kicking butt right now getting my reading done! This week, in the midst of getting some holiday cheer by watching While You Were Sleeping with my mom and sister over the phone and baking with family friends over Zoom I actually read too! I finished…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/7/2020
What I Read This week I read Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts by Dianne K. Salerni – which was an awesome, page-turning supernatural historical fiction! You can read my review from yesterday. I loved this story and stayed up late to finish it! I then read The Puffin Plan:…
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Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts
Synopsis: “Murderous ghosts and buried family secrets threaten young Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt in this thrilling middle-grade novel that puts a supernatural spin on alternate history. It’s 1898 in New York City and ghosts exist among humans. When an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old Eleanor…
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Moo-Moo, I Love You!
Synopsis: “New York Times bestselling pair Tom Lichtenheld and Amy Krouse Rosenthal present udderly perfect expressions of affection to share between any cow and calf: I love you no matter your moo-d. I love giving you a big s-moo-ch. My love for you is as big as . . . a MOO-SE! With…
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The Fabled Stables: Willa the Wisp
Synopsis: “Welcome to the Fabled Stables, a magical building filled with one-of-a-kind creatures. Creatures including the Gargantula, the Yawning Abyss, the Hippopotamouse . . . and Auggie. Auggie is the only human boy at the Stables, and he takes care of all the other animals. The Fabled Stables have a…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/30/2020
What I Read Can I have just a few more days of my holiday weekend? As weird as it was to not have our typical weekend full of traditions with extended family, it was so nice to just relax a little bit. With how crazy work has been, it was…
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Newton and Curie: The Science Squirrels
Synopsis: “When an apple falls on his head, Newton the squirrel begins to wonder how the world works. Listening in on a lesson about the force of gravity, he decides to try his own experiments with the help of his sister, Curie. Learning to make simple machines, they discover that…
