Kids Books - Fiction

Joshua's Song

Joshua's Song

By Joan Hiatt Harlow

This is all a new experience for Joshua, his father has died and his mother and him take in borders into their home. Joshua gets a job from Charlie as a newspaper boy, however his mom doesn't know the full truth. He is selling the newspapers but his mom thinks he is just working at the newspaper company. While he is working he earns the nickname, "Gentleman Josh" he then gets good business and decides not to work for Charlie with the help of a friend. There is a molasses tank and his friend Angel or Angelica lives by it with her mother. Her father is someplace else. When Angel's building is collapsing because the tank explodes, Angel's mother is in their. And the lovely music sound he has not produced in a while comes out giving Angel's mother a peaceful and lovely pass away................Joshua finally finds his heart...............

The Door to the Lost

The Door to the Lost

By Jaleigh Johnson

The Door to the Lost sounds and appears to be an amazing adventurous book, which are my favorite kind of stories. I love the cover of the book since it is full of curiosity and mystery. I am really looking forward to reading this and finding out the real question; What is in the Door to the Lost?

The Apprentice Witch

The Apprentice Witch

By James Nicol

Arianwyn has flunked her witch's assessment: She's doomed. Declared an apprentice and sent to the town of Lull in disgrace, she may never become a real witch-- much to the glee of her arch-rival, Gimma. But remote Lull is not as boring as it seems. Strange things are sighted in the woods, a dangerous infestation of hex creeps throughout the town, and a mysterious magical visitor arrives with his eye on her. With every spirit banished, creature helped, and spell cast, Arianwyn starts to get the hang of being a witch--even if she's only an apprentice. But the worst still lies ahead. For a sinister darkness has begun to haunt her spells, and there may be much more at stake than just her pride . . . for Arianwyn and the entire land.Such a amazing book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls)

Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls)

By Ally Carter

This book is about how Cammie and Bex spend the summer with Bex's parents in London, but when Mr. Solomon shows up unexpectedly and is currently being framed for being involved with the "Circle" which is a bad group of spy agents who are all over the world and for killing Cammie's dad. Because of being framed and jumping off a bridge, Mr. Solomon is replaced with Townsend who is a lousy Coveops teacher. With her friends, Zach, her mom, Aunt Abby, and Bex's parents they sneak into Blackthorne and find clues that Mr. Solomon left them. Now the question really is, is Mr. Solomon really innocent and did he kill Cammie's dad?

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein series #1): Book One

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein series #1): Book One

By Jon Scieszka

Frank Einstein is a science genius. He works on inventions and helps his grandpa with his shop while his crazy parents are traveling around the world for their travel blog. But Gramps is about to lose the shop because of the lack of finances, and Frank is convinced that he can win the Science Fair and win the money he needs to keep it open. On the night he tries to bring his robot to life, he misses his chance. Or so he thinks—a spark creates a chain reaction and builds two robots; and Frank is oblivious. After his failed invention, he wants to create something bigger, and better with the robots help, but his arch-nemesis may prove to be an obstacle. In a science-filled story, Jon Scieszka writes an illustrated adventure that is great for younger readers. My thoughts: I thought this book was a fast and fun read. I liked everything about this book, and I think young readers will love it, as well as fans of science. The illustrations were amazing, and I love the cover. This was a wonderful start to a sure-to-be-loved middle-grade series!

Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle

Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle

By Charles Gilman

This book was one of the best books I've read. It was really intriguing and I enjoyed it a lot. One of the best parts of the book was the cover. It had the type of material where you could scratch it like on some Valentine cards except I've never seen it on a book. If you turn it side to side it shows a normal Professor and Professor Gargoyle. The book is about a seventh grader named Robert Arthur who's life has turned upside down. He was forced to switch schools while all of his friends stayed at the other school. The only person he knows at Lovecraft Middle School is the bully who had been tormenting him for years and will stop at nothing to get every single dollar out of Robert. Lovecraft Middle School has just been built and has everything state-of-the-art, but Robert doesn't like it. Things get even weirder when rats start jumping out of the brand new lockers. To top it off, his science teacher may not be human. With the help of some unexpected new friends can Robert save himself let alone Lovecraft Middle School? Professor Gargoyle was a fresh and exciting book. I can't wait to red the next Lovecraft Middle School book: The Slither Sisters!

The Map to Everywhere

The Map to Everywhere

By Carrie Ryan, John Parke Davis

Fin is used to being forgotten everyone who sees him also forgets him after a couple minutes. Being forgotten easily is bad and good at the same time bad because Fin believes his mother forgot him and good because with out a mother Fin has to steal and well being forgotten easily helps a lot. Marril didn't want to be here it was an accident one minute she was in a parking lot the next in the magical Pirate Stream waters. Both of them want to find the map to everywhere. Marrill so she can get back home and Fin so he can find his mother. In an unseemly friendship both Fin and Marrill team up with a wizard to collect all the pieces of the illusive map. But someone sinister is trying to get there first someone who has a lot of power and could destroy everything.

Zeus: King of the Gods (Olympians)

Zeus: King of the Gods (Olympians)

By George O'Connor

It was an action adventure. Zeus was the youngest of six siblings the other five had been swallowed by their father Kronos. Zeus had been spared since his mother Ria had dressed a rock in swaddling clothes and tricked Kronos. WHen Zeus was full grown he freed his brothers and sisters by giving Kronos a special herb that would make him very sick. They needed weapons for a war that was coming up with the titans. So they went down to Tartarus to free the cyclops's and hundred handers. The Cyclops's made the weapons and the hundred handers decided to help destroy the titans by throwing boulders

The Lunch Witch #1

The Lunch Witch #1

By Deb Lucke

If your looking for something out of the ordinary (or maybe your mother didn't pack you a lunch) check out this hilarious graphic novel. Grunhilda, a witch out of work (people just don't believe in magic like they used to), takes a job as a lunch lady. Everything is going fine until Madison discovers her secret and threatens to expose her. Beautiful black humor and plenty of awkwardness to go around. If you want a good story, you won't go hungry.

Meet the Bigfeet (The Yeti Files #1)

Meet the Bigfeet (The Yeti Files #1)

By Kevin Sherry

While this book is below my grade level - way below - I actually found it to be amusing to an extent. This story is told through the perspective of Blizz Richards, a yeti who hangs around other creatures to study them. All of them have one thing in common : they can't be seen by humans. So when Blizz's cousin disappears, ashamed after being captured on camera by one of the world's most motivated cryptids researcher, Blizz makes it his mission to find his cousin during the family reunion. He does, and things only take a more interesting turn from there. Spoiler: the picture does not make it into the hands of the 'researcher' I think that as a book for younger children, Sherry's story is a good one. Definitely something I would give to a younger sibling as a gift. However, through the eyes of a more experienced reader, the plot is a little too simple, or coincidental. In all, I would rate this with 4 stars.

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