Reviews written by Samantha Gregory, Staff Reviewer

Bea is on a trip with her school to visit a potentially haunted castle. While she's excited, she is annoyed when the teacher makes her work with Blair - a girl she doesn't like. The little witches are encouraged to work together and learn new skills. It is not an...

Who Ate Steve features Marcel and Steve. Marcel is a bird and Steve is a worm. As the narrator tries to explain that one is big and one is small, Marcel keeps trying to eat Steve! What I liked: I found this book very funny. I think that...

In The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole, Fox and Mole are friends who like to have tea together, while Fox reads stories. One day, Fox reads a spooky tale, scaring both of them as they worry about a scuffling monster coming for them. Later, Fox is upset that...

A fun book

Rise Up: Powerful Protests in American History by Rachel C. Katz offers children an overview of protests that have taken place in America since it was created. Everything from the Boston Tea Party, to the pipeline protests in the last few years. What I liked: The book...

Seven years ago, Amber was killed on her bike as she rode home from school. Now she has returned. Her family struggle to adjust, but Amber is struggling too. Her family has been fractured by her death and she feels the need to make things right. ...

Marlowe goes to work on an island after she accidentally burns down a cabin while on a date with her girlfriend. The house she stays at has a history where two people died in the 1930s. Marlowe is pulled into a mystery of her own when the woman in charge...

Hanna comes from a family of supers, but has no powers of her own. Working in her father's lab, she desperately tries to replicate them for herself. Every aspect of her life controlled, she feels like the outsider in her family. Until she is cast out and must work fast...

Lore lives in a world where the Gods of Greek Myth are hunted and killed every few years, only to be replaced by new Gods. Lore ran from that world, but now she finds herself getting sucked back in. What works: I love Greek myths and this was...

Elira is injured in battle and ends up almost dying. Rescued by Crest, an enemy, she is surprised when he saves her instead of killing her. Though they hate each other, they soon learn that they must work together if they are going to survive. I liked the...

Jack Flint finds himself kidnapped in the dead of night by two unusual characters. Told he has the ability to fight nightmare creatures that threaten the world, he is trained how to use his ability. The author has written an intriguing tale with some...

Kyara grew up in a world full of shifters and healers. You either become one or the other and she always assumed she would be a healer like her mother. Instead, a twist of fate makes her a banshee and she learns that there is more to the world than...

Eva Flores is popular and pretty and Sophia hates her. So far, so high school. But when Eva vanishes, the finger of suspicion turns on Sophia. Was she jealous enough of her to kill her? I loved how this story unfolded. There were so many layers to...

Siobhan and her friends find a stranger in the woods and the encounter ends with Siobhan growing a pair of wings! That's just the start of her problems. She learns that the Greek myths were real and she is reincarnated from them. The man from the woods, Jasper, is her...

Ann is found shot on a riverbank with no memory of who she is. Rescued by two guys, she learns of the strange world of Readers and that she may be one herself. What I Loved: Ann is a great character. Despite losing her memory...