A girl tries to save her family farm while simultaneously dealing with the loss of her father in The Wish and the Peacock, by Wendy S. Swore
Browsing: ages 8 & up
Lindsey Duga’s The Haunting takes me right back to my childhood, curled under a blanket with a flashlight and squeezing a stuffed animal.
If you have not read the first two books in Frank L. Cole’s Potions Masters trilogy, stop here. Go read them before reading The Seeking Serum.
Christine Day’s debut novel, I Can Make This Promise, is a heartfelt novel that follows a girl as she unravels her family’s past.
Brandon Mull’s third book in the Dragonwatch series, Master of the Phantom Isle, takes up where Wrath of the Dragon King left off.
In Weird Little Robots, written by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by Corinna Luyken, friendship is forged through robots, and a little magic.
There once was a girl who was struck by lightning, and the impossible became possible. That’s the premise behind Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House.
Zeno Alexander’s middle-grade novel The Library of Ever takes readers on multiple adventures that only a special library could offer.
Kathleen Benner Duble’s The Root of Magic has a Tuck Everlasting feel to it. It has a dreamlike quality that meanders at a decent pace.
The Queen’s Secret, the second book in Jessica Day George’s Rose Legacy trilogy, is so frustrating. Why? Because we have to wait until 2020 for the third book.