The Eccentric Bookshelf

Tag: Friendship

  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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    Incredibly, incredibly, incredible. Two (maybe one or three?) words that perfectly describe this modern fairy tale called The House in the Cerulean Sea. Linus Baker is a caseworker at DICOMY (Department in Charge of Magical Youth) and his job is to travel around to magical “orphanages” making sure they are suitable for the magical children.…

  • The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

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    “The Ogress and the Orphans” by Kelly Barnhill is a stunning, fantastical novel that recounts the story of a town and its inhabitants. In the beginning, the townsfolk were kind and loving, enjoying the company of their neighbors and friends. Everyone pitched in to ensure the town’s happiness. However, when the library burned down, everything…

  • Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

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    The tale of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier is a wonderfully unique one, filled to the brim with action and emotion. This novel is about a ten-year-old blind orphan named (you guessed it!) Peter Nimble. Peter has had a horribly hard and sorrowful life. When Peter was less than a year…

  • A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig

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    A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig is a story that will heal and break your heart in one chapter. It will give you hope only for it to be lost on the next page. This is a story about a poor little boy named Nikolas. Nikolas doesn’t have much in his life, his only…

  • 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…

  • 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 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…