Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Aven Green #1) by Dusti Bowling

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What is a great friends & family (and even a little bit of mystery) book for elementary and middle school kids? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling is! If you look different from others around you, does that give you permission to be mean to them? Absolutely not!! Aven Green […]

The Year of the Buttered Cat by Susan & Lexi Haas

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What is a great biography book for elementary and middle school kids? The Year of the Buttered Cat by Susan & Lexi Haas is! Imagine something that happened when you were born changed your life forever. Our story begins with thirteen-year-old Lexi 24 hours before her second brain surgery. She is hoping that this surgery […]

Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol: The Sleepwalking Snowman # 7 by Andres Miedoso

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What is a great scary book for elementary and middle school kids? Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol: The Sleepwalking Snowman by Andres Miedoso is! How would you feel if you built a snowman and the next day it was gone? I don’t mean melted, I don’t mean knocked down… I mean your snowman got up and […]

Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood

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What is a great historical fiction book for elementary and middle school kids?   Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood is! What would you do if you thought a coat caused you to lose your life? Ken Sparks lives in England with his father, his sister, and his very mean stepmother. Ken does not think he […]

Bloom (The Overthrow #1) by Kenneth Oppel book talk

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What is a great science fiction/horror book for upper elementary and middle school kids? Bloom by Kenneth Oppel is! Rain is just rain, right? WRONG! Anaya is allergic to everything! She wakes up and her eyes are swollen shut. She has to use so much medicine just to get out the door in the morning […]

Heartsong’s Missing Foal by Whitney Sanderson

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What is a great fantasy & magic book for elementary kids? Heartsong’s Missing Foal by Whitney Sanderson is! Would you like to be a Unicorn Guardian? This Is exactly what Ruby and Iris are… Unicorn Guardians. There was a time when unicorns and humans lived together, but the humans started hunting the unicorns. Two girls […]

What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado

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What is a great friendship book for middle school kids and up? What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado is! Can you do everything your friends can do? Or will you be judged by the color of your skin? Stephen feels that he is looked at differently because of his skin color and he is having a […]

Otherwood by Pete Hautman

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What is a great fantasy, friendship, adventure book for elementary and middle school kids? Otherwood by Pete Hautman is! Imagine your best friend just disappears before your eyes. Would you actually believe it? Would you think you are dreaming? Will anyone believe you? Could this even be true? Stuey’s best friend moves away, his Grandpa […]

More Than Marmalade: Michael Bond & the Story of Paddington Bear by Rosanne Tolin

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What is a great biography book for elementary and middle school kids? More Than Marmalade: Michael Bond & the Story of Paddington Bear by Rosanne Tolin is! If you have ever dreamed of becoming an author, where would your inspiration come from? Michael Bond didn’t grow up thinking he would become a writer but little […]