Reviews written by Lillian McCurry, Indie Co-Manager

Attack of the Zombots! by Russ Botts is the eleventh adventure of Joe and Rob. In this adventure, Rob is on a mission to find what scares Joe on Scare Dare Day. A trip to the local junkyard produces a magic book and with the careless reading of a spell...

A new school, new friends, and a potential new villain await in Jeffrey Brown's Batman and Robin and Howard. After making a gross error on a crime-fighting mission with his dad, Damian Wayne is benched and made to focus on life as an average kid. Disappointed and anxious to get...

I’m not sure my words can do this book justice. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is a sci-fi novel unlike any I’ve read. It touches on issues like racism, rape, misogyny, murder, and femicide just to name a few while also exploring gender roles and turning them on their...

Deliciously dark and creepy fantasy, perfect for the spooky season! House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig swept me away to a castle on a secluded island where the daughters of a ruler are dying one by one. From the first page to the last, I found myself...

An environmental adventure! Ocean's Revenge by Gavin Aung Than is the second book in the graphic novel series Super Sidekicks, featuring Junior Justice, Flygirl, Dinomite, and Goo. In this installment, the Super Sidekicks are faced with a mystery to solve and a creature to stop. The superheroes of the world...

An entertaining sequel! Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot by James Kochalka is the sophomore novel in the Banana Fox graphic series. In this installment, Flashlight teams up with William to save Banana Fox from library jail and the clutches of Sour Grape Junior. With Sour Grape Junior too young...

A humorous mystery! Banana Fox and the Secret Sour Society by James Kochalka is the first in a graphic novel series for kids featuring the yellow, banana smoothie loving fox and his sidekick Flashlight. In this installment, Banana Fox is asked to solve the mystery of a missing turtle. The...

A humorous mystery! Banana Fox and the Secret Sour Society by James Kochalka is the first in a graphic novel series for kids featuring the yellow, banana smoothie loving fox and his sidekick Flashlight. In this installment, Banana Fox is asked to solve the mystery of a missing turtle. The...

Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin by Nadia Shammas is a middle-grade graphic novel featuring New Jersey's newest teen superhero. Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is struggling to adjust to her new life as a superhero. Balancing school, family, friends, and training with the Avengers, Kamala is exhausted and feels as though...

Game of Scones is the first book in a new series from illustrator "The Doodle Boy" Joe Whale and Eric Luper. Here readers are introduced to the food in the cafeteria at Belching Walrus Elementary. The story follows Slice (pizza), Scoop (ice cream), and Totz (a tater tot) as they...

This is a fun read! Great Power, No Responsibility by Steve Foxe, illustrated by Shadia Amin, is the first in a new graphic novel series featuring Spider-Ham, everyone's friendly neighborhood pig. In this adventure, Spider-Ham is presented with the key to the city of New Yolk by Mayor McGoat. He...

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell is the twelfth installment of the series A Twisted Tale that takes a single action in a fairy tale and asks “What if”. This time the question is “What if Rapunzel’s mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?” I quite honestly loved...

Dino-Zombies! by Rick Chrustowski is an exciting and engaging picture book for early readers who celebrate Halloween. Dino-zombies of all shapes and sizes come out to hunt for candy on Halloween night, but these zombies aren't scary. They eat sugary candy to survive, leaving little for the other trick-or-treaters. ...

Willodeen is the newest book from NYT‘s bestseller Katherine Applegate about a young girl who risks everything for a creature no one wants. An intelligent animal-lover, eleven year old Willodeen spends her days in the forests surrounding her village, studying the animals who live there and their habitats. Her favorite...

Forestborn by debut author Elayne Audrey Becker is a fantastical tale that will sweep readers into a land where magic is reawakening and war looms. Rora is a shifter, born in the wilds of the Vale, an orphan who has made a home working as a spy for the king...