Showing posts from October, 2018

A Tale Dark and Grimm - Adam Gidwitz

Summary: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eigh…

Aru Shah and the End of Time - Roshani Chokshi

Summary: Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classm…

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow - Alyssa Palombo

Summary:  When Ichabod Crane arrives in the spooky little village of Sleepy Hollow as the new schoolmaster, Katrina Van…

People - Peter Spier (author and illustrator)

Summary:  A celebration of diverse world cultures from the brilliant Peter Spier, one of the most beloved children’s il…

Snow White: A Graphic Novel - Matt Phelan

Summary: The scene: New York City, 1928. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prospe…

Dragonwatch: Wrath of the Dragon King - Brandon Mull

Summary: War has come to the dragon sanctuaries of the world and nowhere is the danger more intense than at Wyrmroost. …

Zombie Abbey - Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Summary: 1920, England And the three teenage Clarke sisters thought what they’d wear to dinner was their biggest probl…

The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr (A Novel) - Frances Maynard

Summary : Elvira Carr believes in rules.  She also strongly believes in crisp schedules, clear guidelines, and taking p…

Ghosts of Manor House - Matt Powers

Summary:  Edmund and Mary Wilder are very much in love. But the death of their young son, Tommy, has shattered their fa…

The Hundred Dresses - Eleanor Estes (Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin)

Summary:  Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day -- yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dres…

Handbook for Dragon Slayers - Merrie Haskell

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, has never given much thoug…

Hag - Kathleen Kaufman

Summary:  At this, the Cailleach would release a single drop of indigo dye onto the topmost layer. See, she would tell …

Things We Haven't Said: Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out - Edited by Erin Moulton

Summary: Things We Haven't Said  is a powerful collection of poems, essays, letters, vignettes and interviews writ…