Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox
Publishers Weekly : In her debut, Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls, the unorthodox girl detective took on identity theft and murder with aplomb. Now, in Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox by Bennett Madison, the high school heroine has some hot summer plans, but her sort-of-celeb mom throws a wrench into them […]
Pirates
Publisher Weekly Review: Anyone who considers himself or herself a fan of pirate lore will surely savor this scrapbook-style, paper-over-board hardcover with sturdy oversize pages. Matthews offers a comprehensive read, jam-packed with more nuggets than Captain Blackbeard himself could muster up (were he available). From a historical primer to explanations of pirates' ship flags (printed […]
Junie B., First Grader : Aloha-ha-ha!
Junie B. and her family are going on a vacation to Hawaii! And ha! Mr. Scary is giving Junie a real, actual camera to keep a photo journal of her trip! But taking good vacation pictures is not always easy. ?Cause what if your airplane is full of grouchy ladies? And what if there is […]
Your Eyes In Stars
Publishers Weekly: Kerr's (Gentlehands) eminently readable novel set during the Depression almost feels like two books in one. Narrated by 14-year-old Jessie Myrer, the daughter of a prison warden (she dubs him a "benevolent dictator"), the first part chronicles her blossoming friendship with a new neighbor, Elisa Stadler, whose family has moved from Germany to […]
Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls : a Mystery
School Library Journal Review: Gr 9 Up?While at the Big Blonde club, Lulu loses her purse?the one with gorgeous Alfy Romero's phone number in it?and she wants it back. Along with her friends Charlie and Daisy, she sets out to find it and becomes enmeshed in a wild case of identity theft and homicide. Why […]
John, Paul, George & Ben
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. For those constitutionally opposed to history lessons, Smith (Math Curse) profiles the Founding Fathers as the nonconformist kids they might have been. Beatles allusions, like the title, are mercifully few but well-placed ("Say, you want a revolution?" the narrator asks, referring to 1776) as Smith introduces each fellow. "Once there […]
Mercy Watson Goes For a Ride
Booklist: PreS-Gr. 2. Mercy the pig, who proved herself a worthy child substitute in ercy Watson to the Rescue (2005), is up to her old tricks again. This time the self-absorbed, endearingly naughty Mercy brings many a child's dream to life: she squeezes herself onto Mr. Watson's lap and commandeers his beloved 1959 pink Caddy […]
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
School Library Journal Review: K-Gr 3?This imaginary adventure combines a boy's two passions?pirates and prehistoric animals. Flinn's markers run out while he is drawing a dinosaur at school and he goes to the supply closet to get more. There he discovers a sobbing pirate who explains that his ship has been stolen. Along with three […]
Carnival At Candlelight
While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century Venice, Italy, to save the city from disaster.