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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 a pirate named Lefty comes to their house and kidnaps them.
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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, Ben realizes that his grandma may not be as boring as he thinks. He finds a tin of stolen jewels in his grandma’s cabinet and starts to question if his granny is actually as mind-numbing as he thinks she is.
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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 to hunt it down. None of them knew what the snorry looked like, but they all had theories. Some of them said that it is covered in blue fur; others say it sneezes a lot. Wanting to catch the Snorry they set sail to the…
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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 when Zeus writes a book about himself, Hades is absolutely irate that that is exactly what Zeus makes himself seem like. After reading the book, Hades decides that he has to speak out and make the truth heard, so Hades writes a book of his…
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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 a ferry person Hugo, who then can take Wallace to a better world.
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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 to live in the African Congo but were forced to leave because of war.
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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 who any of his friends, family members were, or even what school he went to.
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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 that Einstein made that could either be used for good or destroy entire cities at once. Along with being super-smart, Charlie can also speak twelve languages and has a photographic memory.
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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 pay a little less attention to David.
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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 experience loss and learn about the cycle of life.
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