Twins coping with moving to a new city get swept back in time by a magical book in this first book in the Legendarios chapter book series that’s Magic Tree House meets Heroes in Training! Nine-year-old twins, Emma and Martín, couldn’t be more different in their personalities, interests, and even the…

I've been wanting to join in one of the seasonal Little Café Readathon's for a little while now. Unfortunately, I was behind with my own Fall Scavenger Hunt challenge and only got to one book read on time. But whatever, I was able to get to the other two in December. Next time I join I won&…

Long time no see. I am doing yet another new format on my blog to make sure I am around more often. I want to stop thinking about when I am going to get to do full reviews of books. So, I was looking at some blogs and I saw one where they did mini-reviews. This is no new concept. I've seen it o…

It takes a special person to end up in detention their first week at a new school.It takes a REALLY special person to accidentally burn down the cafeteria while chasing a fire-breathing chipmunk.But nothing about Valentina Salazar has ever been “normal.” The Salazars are Guardians, tasked with resc…

In this funny and moving animals-in-peril adventure, a twelve-year-old girl and her two best friends determine to rescue two orphaned beaver kits—and soon find themselves trying to solve a local environmental crisis. Perfect for fans of Pax and A Boy Called Bat. 
Everyone knows that twelve-year-old …

Mini reviews! The solution to all my problems. There are some books I want to talk about but not necessarily write what feels like my usual thousand words about. Below you'll find some mini reviews for some recent reads. Two of them being sci-fi's and one romance. If you haven't heard me…

Can two young warriors defeat the walking dead?

Princess Zora of the Granitewings has traveled far to seek the reclusive Peryton Clan. But Peryton Peak is abandoned, and there's no sign of the civilization that once inhabited it.

No sign...but for a young warrior with no clan and no memory of …

Eva Nine is a curious and sensitive twelve-year-old who has existed only in a subterranean home called Sanctuary, cared for by a robot named Muthr. Eva's great desire is to go aboveground, and her wish comes true, though not as she had imagined. On the surface, Eva goes in search of other huma…

Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself.

To complic…

When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she’s surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime!

Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at …

Imagine if you were on a road trip journeying to new and unknown places. You stop to sight see and ask some local people what the name of the city they've stopped at is, for it had no sign. They reply with a great and splendid name with its origins. You move on. Then, you visit a store along yo…

Song of the Lioness #1. Atheneum Books (Sept. 2002) Library
"From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight."

In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way t…