AUTHOR: Patricia Brennan Demuth GENRE: Juvenile Non-Fiction, Biography, History SUMMARY: Who really lived inside The Little House on the Prairie? Find out in this young biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder! Readers will see just how similar Laura’s true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the “Big Woods” in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the…
AUTHOR: Betty G. Birney GENRE: Juvenile Fiction, Humorous, Animals, Fantasy, School SUMMARY: Humphrey usually helps solve problems, but now he’s caused a big one: Golden-Miranda gets in trouble when Humphrey is caught outside of his cage on her watch. No one knows about his lock-that-doesn’t-lock and he can’t exactly squeak up on her behalf. While…
AUTHOR: Michael Morpurgo GENRE: Adventure, School, Historical Fiction, Survival, Friendship SUMMARY: When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent’s yacht, the Peggy Sue, he struggles to survive on his own. But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him…
AUTHOR: Beverly Cleary GENRE: Classics, Realistic Fiction, Humor SUMMARY: Just as Henry Huggins is complaining that nothing exciting ever happens, a friendly dog sits down beside him and looks pleadingly at his ice-cream cone. From that moment on, the two are inseparable. But when Ribsy’s original owner appears, trying to reclaim his dog, Henry’s faced…
AUTHOR: Kate Messner GENRE: Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Animals, Adventure SUMMARY: Everyone says the Titanic is unsinkable, and Patrick Murphy believes this most of all. He grew up near the shipyard where the magnificent ship was built and officially started working there when he turned thirteen. He’s even been chosen to be part of the crew during…
AUTHOR: Paul McCusker GENRE: Christian Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, War SUMMARY: “It’s the agents They know about the papers “The coal cellar’s heavy door squeaks and crashes shut. But when Wade Mullins feverishly works to reopen it, he discovers an entrance to a mysterious world very different from his hope in Odyssey. Clutching the “secret papers”…
AUTHOR: Henry Cole GENRE: Fantasy, Animals, Fiction, Adventure, Friendship, Dragons SUMMARY: Twig has always wondered who he will become. In the Hill, everyone studies a craft and becomes a master’s Apprentice, but first you have to be good at something. Twig tries very hard in all his classes, but his imagination wanders to his favorite…
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