The End of Time
The third book in P.W. Catanese's Books of Umber trilogy concludes the imaginative, page-turning adventures of Umber and Hap.
Over My Dead Body
Children's Literature This is book two from "43 Old Cemetery Road" series, which follows Book One, Dying to Meet You. Just the setting of this latest novel in Ghastly, Illinois, promises the reader an exciting ghostly read. Dick Tater, representative for The International Movement for the Safety & Protection of Our Kids (IMSPOOKY), makes life […]
Wild Girl
Children's Literature Lidie has been waiting five long years to join her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York. When the time finally comes to pack up and leave her Aunt and Uncle in Brazil, Lidie has high expectations for what her American future will hold. None of these expectations, however, include a baby […]
Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage
Kirkus Reviews A stalwart young girl discovers the secrets of a benign witch's bungalow in this charming middle-grade fantasy. When intrepid 11-year-old Clover Twig goes to work for local witch Mrs. Eckles, she has no idea she's inadvertently placed herself in the middle of an age-old feud. Mrs. Eckles's slinky evil sister Mesmeranza has been […]
The Blue Shoe : a Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes
School Library Journal Gr 4–6—This tale begins with a mysterious blue-jeweled shoe and centers on the adventures of 13-year-old Hap Barlow, who gets imprisoned and is part of a slave revolt, and ends with the mystery of the shoe solved and a lesson on how not to mistreat the Earth. Elflike creatures called Aukis once […]
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
School Library Journal Gr 5–8—Seventh-grader Gianna Zales loves art and cross-country running. She is not so crazy about research projects or anything involving time-management skills, and has somehow gotten to within a week of the due date of a huge science assignment with no work to show. But how hard can it be to find […]
Dragon Games
School Library Journal Gr 5–8— This is a true roller coaster of a book, starting with sea-giants and ending with soul crabs (surely one of the creepier inventions in recent literary history), with plenty of loops and drops and zero-g moments in between. The mostly ebullient Lord Umber and his unusual ward, Happenstance, experience one […]
The Crossing : How George Washington Saved the American Revolution
From the Publisher With his engaging and timeless narrative prose, two-time Newbery Honor Book author Jim Murphy tells the awe-inspiring story of George Washington's glorious fight for an independent America. It is 1776, and George Washington and his army of rebellious American colonists are emboldened by its stunning victories over the British at Lexington and […]
Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time : What the Hubble Telescope Saw
From the Publisher Have you ever wished you could travel back in time? Or visit a galaxy light-years away? Or see a star being born? The Hubble telescope has allowed scientists to do just that. The Hubble’s dazzling images have transformed astronomy, shedding light on the deepest mysteries of the cosmos, sparking new discoveries and […]
The Hunt For the Seventh
VOYA When Jim, Sal, and their father move into chilly old Minerva Hall, Jim instantly is repelled by its unpleasant owner, Lord Minerva, and by the terrifying feeling that ghostly children are just out of sight. The death of Jim's mother has completely devastated his father, who badly needs the job as head gardener for […]