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Dreamland, Shelly Darrington
Dreamland, Shelly Darrington
Children's Book and Media Review
Odea Donahue has always been different. She and her mother are dreamwalkers--individuals who are able to visit the dreams of normal people. While on the surface this seems like an exciting superpower, Dea has to dreamwalk just to survive. The more time that passes between walks, the weaker and sicker Dea becomes, so visiting dreams became a necessity. Dea never questioned her mother’s strict rules of never interfering, never being seen, and never visiting the same person’s dream more than once, but things change when a boy named Connor moves to town. Dea finds herself drawn to him and his …
Ruzzle, Kati Penovich
Ruzzle, Kati Penovich
Children's Book and Media Review
Ruzzle is a spelling game, similar to the board game Boggle. You spell words by swiping your finger across the screen and highlighting the letters. You can highlight letters in all directions - up, down, diagonally, to the side - as long as the letters in the word are highlighted sequentially. To start a new game, you can choose to challenge a Facebook friend, a Twitter follower, a Ruzzle friend, a previous opponent, or a random opponent. You don’t need a Facebook or Twitter account to play, however—you just need to create a Ruzzleaccount (connecting to other social media sites …
The Berenstain Bears: God Bless Our Country, Ashley Roggow
The Berenstain Bears: God Bless Our Country, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
The Berenstain Bears books are great for young children and have covered many topics such as manners, responsibility, kindness, as well as holiday themes. The story is well written. It starts out as the Fourth of July holiday is nearing and the Berenstain Bears are prepping for the holiday and participating in the patriotic activities. The Bear kids start by decorating their bikes, Mama Bear sews flags, and Papa Bear tries on his old military uniform. Papa bear tells the kids during their snack how their "bear country" started. On the fourth, the Berenstain Bears attend and participate in their …
William And The Lost Spirit, Abigail Packard
William And The Lost Spirit, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
William’s father has died and his mother has remarried a power-hungry man. But William’s sister Helise insists that their father is not dead but lost in the world of spirits. After her disappearance, their stepfather Brifaut searches for her, but he quickly gives up this search and urges both William and his mother to move on. William decides to continue looking for Helise and their father’s spirit. He is joined by a knight and a troubadour on his journey to find answers. As his journey continues, the line between the real world and the spirit world blurs as magic and …
Escape From Asylum: An Asylum Prequel, Cynthia Frazier
Escape From Asylum: An Asylum Prequel, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
The year is 1968. Ricky Desmond, sixteen years old, has been institutionalized after being treated in several facilities for his anger issues and homosexual tendencies. This time, however, he is admitted into Brookline. Things are different at this asylum and he finds that he can’t charm himself out of this place like he had the others. Terrible things are happening at Brookline. The Warden is a monster, people disappear, and others are ‘cured’ with awful operations and procedures. Ricky’s only friend Kay is subjected to shock treatments to treat transgender inclinations and Ricky himself is drugged, starved, and hypnotized to …
Gryphons Aren't So Great, Olivia Hales
Gryphons Aren't So Great, Olivia Hales
Children's Book and Media Review
Knight and his horse Edward spend their days leaping from the cliffs and diving into the lake in mock flight. But one day, Knight spots a gryphon and sets out to find him. Knight meets the gryphon (whom he dubs Griffy) in the forest, and takes off in real flight for the first time. Pretty soon, Edward finds he’s been replaced as Knight’s best friend by Griffy, since Knight and Griffy now spend all their time flying together. The next day as they are swooping about, Knight urges Griffy to fly as high as he can. But Knight starts to …
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Children's Book and Media Review
Zoey an adventurous chicken and her best friend Sam, the pie loving pig, take you on amazing journey through the power of imagination. Zoey, determined to make her voyage into space, formulates a plan with her sidekick Sam to explore the great skies above. Throughout the book her other farmyard friends have doubts, but Zoey and Sam are determined to find a way and turn their problems into an opportunity. Zoey and Sam make everyday items into something extraordinary: a spaceship, asteroids, comets, and more. Once back at the barnyard, Sam--still hoping for pie--tells all their friends of the adventure …
The Plot To Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero, Rachel Wadham
The Plot To Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Dietrich Banhoeffer, a pastor and staunch pacifist, faces dark times when his beloved country is thrust into war. A devote of Gandhi, Banhoeffer believes that peaceful means can end destruction, but as the atrocities are revealed the only logical path is violence. With their path chosen, Banhoeffer and his associates conspire to get information about what is happening in Germany out to the world while developing plans to assassinate Hitler. It soon becomes clear that sharing the evidence of hate is having little impact and when several assassination attempts go awry, allowing the enemy to flush them out, Banhoeffer and …
Mango And Bambang: The Not-A-Pig, Jess Verzello
Mango And Bambang: The Not-A-Pig, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Mango Allsorts is a girl who can do lots of things. She’s confident, kind, and capable. Mango lives with her very busy father in a very busy city, and even though she tries to be very busy herself, sometimes she feels lonely. That is until she meets Bambang, the tapir that has strayed far from his Malaysian jungle. In these four short stories, Mango and Bambang go on fun adventures and learn to overcome their fears together. They go swimming when Bambang is homesick for his pond, escape from the eccentric neighbor Dr. Cynthia Prickle-Posset, and perform at a concert …
Six Of Crows #2: Crooked Kingdom, Cynthia Frazier
Six Of Crows #2: Crooked Kingdom, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Crooked Kingdom, the second in the Six of Crows duology, continues the story of Kaz and his gang of misfits. After being cheated out of the reward money for accomplishing a dangerous mission, Inej is kidnapped and held captive by the heartless and scheming Van Eck. If they give into the demands and trade Kuwai for Inej, Grisha everywhere would be in peril and their gifts exploited by wealthy men and corrupt governments. Kaz comes up with an intricate plan to trick Van Eck into relinquishing Inej. An elaborate chess game ensues, one step forward for the good guys and …
Doctor Strange, Lisa Packard
Doctor Strange, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Dr. Stephen Strange is a very successful neurosurgeon with a very large ego.]. As he is recklessly driving to a meeting, he gets in a terrible accident that destroys his hands. He has no strength in his hands and they shake uncontrollably. He hears about a paralyzed man that can suddenly walk and finds out that the man traveled Kamar-Taj and decides to travel there himself. He meets the Ancient One, a powerful being that can wield magic. The Ancient One tells him he has to put aside everything he knows and his ego to be successful in learning magic. …
The Rule Of Three #3: Will To Survive, Cynthia Frazier
The Rule Of Three #3: Will To Survive, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
The exciting conclusion to The Rule of Three series finds the neighborhood of Eden Mills in a predicament. One of their own has gone rogue and he knows all about their fortifications, schedules, and vulnerabilities. Demands have come from the Division, ‘provide us with food or we will deliver children to your gate after we kill their parents before their eyes’. The people in the neighborhood are forced to think like their enemies to find a way to thwart this vicious scheme. Meanwhile, Adam and his airplane are key in efforts to form alliances with other communities to trade resources, …
Diary Of A Wimpy #10: Old School, Ashley Roggow
Diary Of A Wimpy #10: Old School, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
When Greg goes back to school and signs up to be a homework buddy, instead of helping someone else do their homework, he finds someone to do his. But, he does it too well and Greg gets put in harder classes! Meanwhile, Greg's grandpa moves in with them when he can't afford the rent at the retirement home anymore. His grandpa and his girlfriend break up and he sets up an online dating profile and later throws a party. When Greg was bored one day, his dad tells him and his friend to set up a stand and sell lemonade …
The Rule Of Three #2: Fight For Power, Cynthia Frazier
The Rule Of Three #2: Fight For Power, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
In this second book of The Rule of Three series, the people of Eden Mills are now 66 days into a world-wide blackout. The community continues to work together using their strengths and abilities to create a society that is as normal as possible in a dystopian situation. Herb the survival leader reveals a secret past that explains his knowledge and preparedness in the face of catastrophe. Sixteen-year-old Adam’s most important contribution to the safety of the neighborhood is his ability to fly reconnaissance in his ultra-light plane which allows advanced warning of dangers. But mysterious and troubling deaths and …
Drop Dead Diva: Pilot, Paige Price
Drop Dead Diva: Pilot, Paige Price
Children's Book and Media Review
Most of us probably wonder what happens after death. Well, in the show Drop Dead Diva, Deb gets the opportunity to find out. Sort of. Deb is a model: beautiful body, great clothes, adoring boyfriend. However, on her way to an audition she gets in a car accident and next thing she knows, she’s getting checked in by a gatekeeper to the afterlife. The gatekeeper finds that her “goodness” score is zero, because she hasn’t done anything bad in her life, but also hasn’t done anything good either. Deb, afraid of where she’ll go, sees a “return” button on the …
Cinderella's Stepsister And The Big Bad Wolf, Charlotte Esplin
Cinderella's Stepsister And The Big Bad Wolf, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
Gertie is the third daughter of Mrs. Ugly, Cinderella’s evil stepmother. Gertie is a good girl that does everything asked of her, however when the invitation to the ball at the palace arrives, Mrs. Ugly will only let her mean daughters go. In order to gain entry to the ball, Gertie has to prove that she can be mean. She's sent to three different famous fairy-tale villains who try to make her mean, but she fails. Just before the Big Bad Wolf is about to eat Gertie for foiling her plans, Gertie cries and says all she wants is to …
The Rule Of Three, Cynthia Frazier
The Rule Of Three, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
When the lights went out in Adam Daley’s high school it wasn’t an ordinary power failure. As time went on it became apparent that any machine or service that relied on a computer for operation no longer functioned. The local police department, the survivalist neighbor next door, and the ability of a teenage boy to pilot an ultralight plane are the foundation of a plan for the safety and survival of 1600 people living in the Eden Mills neighborhood. Using the Rule of Three: you can live without air for three minutes, without water for three days, and without food …
Growing Up Pedro, Cynthia Frazier
Growing Up Pedro, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Many children dream of becoming a famous musician, dancer, Olympic gymnast, or a professional athlete. Few actually see their dreams become a reality even after years of lessons, meets, recitals, and games. Brothers Ramon and Pedro Martinez, poor boys in the Dominican Republic, dream of becoming famous big league baseball players. As Ramon leaves his homeland to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers, young Pedro remains at home with his desire to follow his older brother into a baseball career. He practices every day with the baseball glove his brother bought for him and he works hard to learn to …
Pendragon #6: The Rivers Of Zadaa, Torin Kelley
Pendragon #6: The Rivers Of Zadaa, Torin Kelley
Children's Book and Media Review
Bobby Pendragon is a Traveler. He hops between worlds that most do not even know exist. His mission: to stop Saint Dane from driving these territories toward chaos and destruction. This time Pendragon finds himself on the territory Zadaa, home of his fellow traveler and friend Loor. Two of the tribes of this territory, the Batu and the Rokador are about to go to war over a lack of water, which could lead to the destruction of everyone. Bobby doesn't start well and gets beat up by Saint Dane. Afterwards he decides that it would be a good idea to …
Journey #3: Return, Abigail Packard
Journey #3: Return, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Return is the third and final installment in the magnificent trilogy that began with Journey and Quest. The girl has returned from her quest with the boy. A red kite floats up to her father’s office and catches his eye. He goes to his daughter’s room and discovers the red door that leads to the magical kingdom. After following the girl into the magical world, he confronts her and she refuses to go with him. The evil emperor returns with his soldiers and steals four of the magic crayons. The boy, the girl, and her father escape with the purple …
The Undertaking Of Lily Chen, Roger Layton
The Undertaking Of Lily Chen, Roger Layton
Children's Book and Media Review
Exciting books don’t usually open with a quote from The Economistmagazine, but this one does. Looking back at an old news story about “Ghost Marriages,” introduces readers to families who sought out the bodies of dead women to bury next to their dead unmarried sons so that they would have a companion in the next life. This opening does set up an interesting tale. Deshi, a fighter pilot and the hero of the story, is assigned to find a bride for his dead brother. He has until Sunday, the day of the funeral, to complete the task. Lucky for him …
Zom-B, Roger Layton
Zom-B, Roger Layton
Children's Book and Media Review
“B" watches zombie attacks on TV and online but isn’t sure what to make of them. Friends and family argue that it must be a hoax or even an amazing marketing gimmick for a new film. B hopes they are a huge joke. Meanwhile B must deal with things closer to home. Avoiding parents fighting. Playing the politics of school with friends and enemies. Trying to figure out if it makes sense to act up to impress your parents when you know inside some of what they believe is wrong. Hardest of all are the times B tries to figure …
Wonder, Abigail Packard
Wonder, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Auggie is your average kid about to begin fifth grade: he likes Star Wars, he likes comics, he’s a pretty good student. Only, Auggie has been homeschooled for the last few years of school because he was born with some severe medical conditions. After countless surgeries and therapy and doctors appointments, Auggie is your average kid on the inside, but on the outside he looks different than any other kid you’ve ever seen. But he’s come a long way and no longer needs to be homeschooled in his parents’ minds. So they strike a deal with the doubtful Auggie: if …
The Vengekeep Prophecies #2: The Shadowhand Covenant, Cynthia Frazier
The Vengekeep Prophecies #2: The Shadowhand Covenant, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Jasper Grimjax is entangled in another mystery. This one involves a secret society of master thieves that have disappeared, the unsolved theft of valuable relics, fantastical and deadly monsters, traps, ambushes, and magical potions along with tricks and cons. Thrown into the mix is Jasper’s former friend, Maloch, who likes to show his superiority in every way, and a brother and sister trying to get their parents out of prison for crimes they did not commit. Adventures abound as these four use their wits to solve the puzzle before it is too late.
Trick Or Treat, Cynthia Frazier
Trick Or Treat, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Oliver the Ghost’s favorite day of the year is Halloween because every Halloween he has a party for all of his friends. The empty house at the end of the street where he lives needs to be prepared, so Oliver wakes up all the black cats, puts dust on the furniture, and welcomes the spiders. He takes invitations to mailboxes, tombstones, and a dark cave. As he rushes home he doesn’t notice that one of his invitations has fallen out of his bag. Witches, skeletons, ghosts, and bats have come for the party when there is a knock at the …
Tractor Mac: Harvest Time, Cynthia Frazier
Tractor Mac: Harvest Time, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Life on a farm in the autumn is a busy time. The farm across the road from Stony Meadow is having its annual Pumpkin Picking Festival. Families come every year to pick out their pumpkins, ride on a hay wagon, guess the largest pumpkin’s weight, find their way through the maze, and eat yummy food. All of the animals on the farms are excited about the season also. But Mac and Small Fred, tractors on neighboring farms aren’t so excited. Small Fred is worried that pulling the heavy wagon full of pumpkins will be too much for him this year. …
Torn, Lisi Hong
Torn, Lisi Hong
Children's Book and Media Review
Hours after arriving in Afghanistan on her first tour as a British medic, Elinor—or Ellie for short—saves a soldier’s life, upsets her superiors, and survives her first firefight. It would have been an ordinary day on the front line, if it weren’t for the fact that the sniper’s on the hill were not ordinary Taliban fighters—they were children. Resolved to bring justice to the Young Martyrs, the group fighting to avenge the deaths of their parents after their village was bombed by an American drone, Ellie, her unit, and some visiting American soldiers travel to the village to find the …
Sword And Verse, Abigail Packard
Sword And Verse, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Raisa is Arnathian, and in a the country of Qilara that means she’s a slave. After watching her parents’ and brother’s brutal murder during a raid, Raisa escapes the same death by pretending that she is not the daughter of a Learned One (an Arthanian who can read and write; a blasphemy in a world where only Scholars of Qilara are allowed this ability). Instead, she is enslaved by the people of Qilara. After the treason and execution of the current tutor in training, Raisa is selected to be the next future tutor, an honor only allotted to two Arnathians …
The Story Of The Avengers (World Of Reading Level 2), Liz Kazandzhy
The Story Of The Avengers (World Of Reading Level 2), Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
With supervillains wreaking havoc wherever they go, there needs to be superheroes to stop them! And thankfully there are, as Thor keeps the peace on his own planet and several other heroes on Earth fighting the bad guys—Hulk with his awesome strength, Iron Man with his powerful blasts, and Ant-Man and Wasp with their special abilities. One day, Thor’s jealous brother Loki wants to fight Thor and draws him in by framing Hulk on Earth. The other superheroes rush to fight the Hulk, but Thor quickly steps in and tells them who the real culprit is. Together they not only …
Scary Tales #1: Home Sweet Horror, Cynthia Frazier
Scary Tales #1: Home Sweet Horror, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Mr. Finn and his two children Liam and Kelly, and their dog Doolin have moved to upstate New York to start a new job. The family, still suffering the effects of the death of their wife and mother eighteen months before, has purchased an old house; a fixer-upper. The dilapidated house is full of weird creaks and groans, but that doesn't explain the screams, doors slamming shut by themselves, lights turning off and on, and words that appear on mirrors. No workmen will come to help Mr. Finn work on the house because it is haunted by the ghost of …