The Eccentric Bookshelf

Author: Remi

  • Stealing Home by J Torres and David Namisato

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    Stealing Home, a graphic novel by J Torres and David Namisato is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming historical fiction about a Japanese child named Sandy Saito. Sandy lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is obsessed with baseball. He’s especially proud of the Asahi team, the pride of everyone in the Japanese community. One day, however, everything…

  • The Takeout by Tracy Badua

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    “The Takeout” by Tracy Badua is a remarkable novel about cooking with a little drop of magic mixed in. A new restaurant down the road has just been opened by the celebrity cooking brothers, the Darlington’s, and everyone in the town of Coral Beach hopes that this shop might be able to revive their dying…

  • The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker

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    “The Chance to Fly” by Ali Stroker is a captivating novel about a thirteen-year-old girl named Natalie (Nat) Beacon. Nat’s dream has always been to be a star on the stage, to perform for hundreds of people in the crowd, all with their eyes and ears on her. However, her parents would much rather she…

  • Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss

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    Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss is a charming picture/comic book about a shy kid named Grace and her class guinea pig, Gus. Throughout the novel, Grace raises money through various activities such as performing and drawing to get Gus a buddy. However, the story isn’t the main focus of the book; instead, it’s the…

  • The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

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    The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is a magical graphic novel about a boy named Tien. Tien’s parents are refugees struggling to learn English and when Tien finds out that he’s gay, he doesn’t know how to come out to his parents in Vietnamese and worries that his parents won’t love him anymore if…

  • The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy

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    The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid is a whimsical novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis set in Paris, 1961. Twelve-year-old Charlie Fisher, a newcomer to the city, finds himself immersed in the world of the Whiz Mob of Paris, a secret society of child pickpockets. As Charlie learns the art of pickpocketing and…

  • The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol

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    The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol is an enchanting novel about an apprentice witch named Arianwyn. Arianwyn is an apprentice witch living in the town of Lull, a place she has gotten used to over the couple of months she’s been there. However, how she got there is a long story. Before every witch is…

  • The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski

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    The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski is a stunning novel about a twelve-year-old girl called Flick Hudson. When Flick moves into a new town in the countryside, she finds a small store, called The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, filled with suitcases; suitcases filled with things called “schisms”, portals to another world. The store manager, a…

  • The Explorer’s Code by Allison K. Hymas

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    The Explorer’s Code by Allison K. Hymas is a novel meant for anyone who loves puzzles as well as a perfect read. The novel is about three kids: Anna, a restless, adventurous girl, Charlie, Anna’s brother as well as a math whiz, and Emily, who is on a secret mission with her own parents to…

  • The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

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    Wondrous, glorious, magnificent. Three words that mean the same thing, but would all perfectly describe The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart. The novel is about a boy named Ravani, or Rav, Foster. Rav lives in the small town of Slaughterville, aptly named for its infamous slaughterhouse, the town’s main source of income. Most of the…