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The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters: The Jolly Regina by Kara Lareau
The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters: The Jolly Regina is a remarkable novel about two girls, Kale and Jaundice Bland. The girls live alone in Dullsville while their parents are out on an errand traveling the world. Kale and Jaundice have a very routine life that’s rather…. bland. However, their lives drastically change when
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Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams is a wonderful, hilarious novel with a dash of a heartfelt story sprinkled in. Ben hates spending time with his granny who smells like cabbage and loves playing scrabble. Ben is regularly forced to spend time with his grandma because his parents are off watching ballroom dancing. However, one day,
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Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett
Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett is filled with marvelous tales about things from tiny people living on a carpet to a tap-dancing championship to people living on a piece of dust floating through the air. Out of these delightful stories, my favorite is a story about hunting a “snorry”. Ninety-one adventurers set sail
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Have a Hot Time Hades! (Myth-O-Mania) by Kate McMullan
Have a Hot Time Hades! by Kate Mcmullan is a hilarious book about Greek mythology. The story is told from Hades’s perspective which is absolutely hysterical. According to Hades, Zeus became Ruler of the Universe by cheating in a game of poker. Hades also makes it clear that Zeus isn’t all great and tough, so
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Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune is a wonderfully engrossing book about a man named Wallace Price. Wallace is a mean man who owns one of the biggest law firms in the state. One day, Wallace unexpectedly dies from a heart attack and gets collected by Mei, a reaper. Mei takes him to meet
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Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Belly Up is a hilarious mystery novel by Stuart Gibbs, author of the Spy School and Charlie Thorne series. This book is about a boy named Teddy Fitzroy. Teddy’s parents work at Funjungle, a zoo owned by J.J. McCracken. Teddy’s mom works with orangutans and his dad is a photographer. Teddy and his parent used
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Restart by Gordon Korman
Restart by Gordon Korman is a very intriguing book that pulls you in from the beginning. Restart is about a boy named Chase Ambrose. Chase fell off the roof of his house and got amnesia, thankfully Chase still remembered how to walk and talk, but all of his memories got erased and he couldn’t remember
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs, is a wonderful book containing an aura of mystery spiced up with a dash of humor. Charlie Thorne is a genius. She has an IQ almost as high as Albert Einstein, which is why the CIA decided to recruit Charlie to find Pandora’s Box, an equation
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Slider by Pete Hautman
Slider by Pete Hautman, is a breathtaking novel about a boy, David Miller. David has a younger brother named Mal. Mal is autistic and David, his sister Bridgette, and his parents all do whatever they can to make sure that Mal will have a good life, even if it means that they will have to
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The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm is a delightful story about a girl, Ellie. Ellie lives in the Bay Area near San Fransisco. Much of the book is related to a time in her life during preschool. Her teacher, Starlily, gave all of the students a goldfish to bring home so that they could
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