Reviews written by Zoraida Aracely, Staff Reviewer
Eleanor the Snow White Fairy is a sweet adventure about two friends trying to restore the order of fairy tales. They were given The Fairie's Book of Fairy Tales, but the stories have all been stolen by Jack Frost. It is up to Kirsty and Rachel to get the stories...
Go to Sleep, Monster! is a delightful and heartwarming tale. The book follows a night time adventure between George and Anna. George won't turn off the light because he's afraid of the monster under his bed. It's a fear seem a lot in picture books, but author Kevin Cornell makes...
A classic story is made new with the help of Laura Driscoll, and Migy Blanco's vivid illustrations. What worked: It's time for a new generation to become familiar with Mowgli and his jungle friends. Perhaps one of my favorite Disney movies as a kid, ...
Way to Glow! is a fun and informative look at some of the world's strangest creatures. What worked: Way to Glow! is filled with incredible photography. Each creature is given a full-color spread of information, as well as a bonus "Did You Know?" section. Readers will...
DREAM THINGS TRUE is a Romeo and Juliet style romance that weaves contemporary social struggles and brutal realities together. Alma is the "model immigrant." She's undocumented, which means she has to follow the rules, be a perfect student and daughter, all the while hoping she doesn't call too much attention...
If you want a dark and twisty graphic novel, The Good Neighbors trilogy is right for you. Holly black creates a host of characters with duplicitous intentions and selfish needs. Rue is a heroine torn between two worlds. She's half fae and half human. She does quite belong in either....
In Marissa Burt's latest novel, she creates an original new world full of magic and adventure. Wren Matthews is the smartest person she knows. She's highly competitive and, according to her parents, not very social. She loves astronomy and learning. She's in the middle of taking a test when she...
HER COLD REVENGE picks up where Grace left off. She's alone and living in the attic of a saloon where her very life could be threatened. From the very start, Grace fends off an attack by a drunkard. Johnson doesn't pull any punches in showing the life a young girl...
Grace and the Guiltless is one of the few books that's made me choke up on chapter one. The novel goes off with a bang. After the murder of her entire family at the hands of the Guiltless Gang, Grace is the lone survivor of that brutal massacre. She's alone...
Little Penguin has a major dilemma. After a night of feasting on chili, the Little Penguin gets the hiccups. The story starts with the penguin (he's never given a name), telling the reader that someone named Franklin informed him that we (the reader) would stop by. ...
Grizzle Grump is my spirit animal. He's having a very hard time finding a quiet place to hibernate for the winter. The major problem is that everywhere he does, something wakes him up. I could totally relate, and I'm sure the little ones will too. What I...
The sequel to Exile, Encore to an Empty Room picks up with the heart of the novel, Summer and her dedication to Dangerheart. While the band has gotten recognition because of frontman Caleb's famous dead father, Summer is still out there flyering the town, and letting the world know about...
Archivist Wasp is truly one of a kind. Wasp is a ghost hunter. She's one in a long line of girls who fight to the death. They're the ones who choose the "short straws" in an ancient trail that marks a new archivist. The Archivist is...
Adam Stone wants to enter the Blackwater race. In a world where bykes are inherited through bloodlines, his Longhorn and his brother Frank are all he has. That and an unexplainable crush on Sadie Blood, daughter or the man who controls the Blackwater. After an encounter with a mysterious stranger,...
"We are what we make outselves, not what others want to make us." ~Kadee Obsidian, Bloodkin. Kadee is a member of the Obsidian Guild. She's half human and half Serpiente, but was raised with human parents until she was kidnapped and taken to the world of...
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