The Route - Gale Sears
Summary: Zipping along life's highway . . . Fifty makes you think. Thirty makes you morose, and forty makes you pa…
Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
Read Kari's review for the first book in this series, Uglies . And for the love of Pete, do not read this review if…
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Read Kari's review of the sequel, Pretties . Summary: Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong…
Fablehaven - Brandon Mull
Summary: For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to pre…
Number The Stars - Lois Lowry
Summary: It’s 1943 Copenhagen and the Jews of Denmark are being “relocated,” so Annemarie Johansen’s best friend, Ellen…
The City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau
Summary : Lights shine in the city of Ember—but at the city limits the light ends, and darkness takes over. Out there i…
The Giver - Lois Lowry
Summary: Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no cho…
The Route - Blog Tour
From Monday, August 24th until Monday, September 14th, we'll be participating in a blog tour for "The Route&q…
The Highest Tide - Jim Lynch
Summary: Miles O'Malley is a speed-reading, insomniac, Rachel Carson-obsessed thirteen-year-old in love with the …
Running Out of Time - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Summary: Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 — or so she believes. When d…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Summary: There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else wo…
Once Upon A Time, The End (Asleep In 60 Seconds) - Geoffrey Kloske
Summary: These hilarious, super-short fairy tales and nursery rhymes are guaranteed to make any child fall fast asleep-…
Tunnels - Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his family. But he does share one bond with his odd …
The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
Summary: A lost child... On the eve of the first world war, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A…
All the Stars in Heaven - Michele Paige Holmes
Reviewed by Chris Summary: Ever since the woman he once adored told Jay Kendrich he was a chivalrous hero, he has tri…
The Rapture of Canaan - Sheri Reynolds
Summary: At the Church of Fire and Brimstone and Gods Almighty Baptizing Wind, Grandpa Herman makes the rules for every…
I Like Myself! - Karen Beaumont
Summary : I like myself--inside and out! Why? Just because I'm ME! At once silly and serious, this exuberant ode to…
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
This review comes to us from the lovely Anne Bennion, a stay at home mother of 4 wild boys who finds that reading is t…