Category Archives: Adventure

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The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim

Posted on September 19, 2021 by susanh579

The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim. Disney Hyperion, 2021. 9781368059633 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? Despite being much loved by her adoptive … Continue reading →

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Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue

Posted on September 8, 2021 by susanh579

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue. Random House, 2021. 9780593306321 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover, graphic novel What did you like about the book? Katie is bummed because … Continue reading →

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 It Could Be Worse by Einat Tsarfati,

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

 It Could Be Worse by Einat Tsarfati, translated by Annette Appel. Candlewick Press, 2021. 9781536217919 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Fantasy What did you like about the book? A pair of sailors … Continue reading →

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Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

Posted on September 1, 2021 by susanh579

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9781524740986 Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format:  Hardcover Genre: Historical fiction What did you like about the book?    Valora Luck … Continue reading →

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Arrow by Samantha Clark

Posted on August 29, 2021 by susanh579

Arrow by Samantha Clark. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9781534465978 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover  Genre: Fantasy  What did you like about the book? Arrow was abandoned as a … Continue reading →

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My Pet Slime: Saving Cosmo by Courtney Sheinmel, illustrated by Renee Kurilla

Posted on August 27, 2021 by susanh579

My Pet Slime: Saving Cosmo by Courtney Sheinmel, illustrated by Renee Kurilla, Andrews McMeel Publishing. 2021. 9781524864736 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review)  4 Format:  Hardcover  Genre: Fantasy/Mystery What did you like about the book?  In … Continue reading →

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The Dog Walk – Sven Nordqvist

Posted on August 25, 2021 by kyurenka

             The Dog Walk – Sven Nordqvist, Floris Books, c2018, 2021. 9781782507437 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5++ Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Descriptions for each page of this … Continue reading →

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The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity, illustrated by Christopher Baldwin

Posted on August 20, 2021 by susanh579

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity, illustrated by Christopher Baldwin. Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster, 2021. 9781534460867 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback, graphic novel Genre: Fantasy, … Continue reading →

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The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Posted on August 6, 2021 by susanh579

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. Delacorte Press, Random House, 2021. 9781984848697 Rating: (1-5) (5 is a starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? Readers of The Gilded Ones will enter the mind … Continue reading →

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The Thief of Worlds by Bruce Coville

Posted on August 4, 2021 by susanh579

The Thief of Worlds by Bruce Coville. Random House, 2021. 9780385392518 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book?  Eleven-year-old Hurricane Smith has grown up with … Continue reading →

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