Jennifer Brown’s “How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me From Robots, Traitors, and Missy the Cruel” is unlike anything I’ve read in a long time, and that’s a good thing.
Browsing: ages 8 & up
The plot of Jennifer A. Nielsen’s “A Night Divided” is perfect for a movie, book or play. You couldn’t ask for better.
There are a number of reasons why I wanted to read Robert Beatty’s Serafina and the Black Cloak. But I wasn’t expecting the nuanced surprises along the way.
Jackson Pearce’s The Doublecross is one of those books where you can guess the outcome from the beginning but don’t mind because the journey is so fun.
Ammi-Joan Paquette’s Princess Juniper of the Hourglass is a princess book. But it is also a book of self-discovery, which makes all the difference.
Katy Towell’s Charlie and the Grandmothers has a Roald Dahl-esque feel to it — it’s a bit dark and lined with a bleak, smirking humor.
“THE IMAGINARY,” by A.F. Harrold and Emily Gravett, Bloomsbury USA Childrens, March 3, 2015, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 8-12) When he…
“HAS ANYONE SEEN JESSICA JENKINS?” by Liz Kessler, Candlewick Press, Feb. 24, 2015, Hardcover, $15.99 (ages 8-12) If you could…
“PIP BARTLETT’S GUIDE TO MAGICAL CREATURES,” by Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce, Scholastic Press, April 28, 2015, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages…
“THE FRIENDSHIP RIDDLE,” by Megan Frazer Blakemore, Bloomsbury USA Childrens, May 5, 2015, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 8-12) In February 2013,…