Orphaned when she was young, teenage Hattie jumps at the opportunity when her estranged uncle wills her his homestead claim, and she makes the courageous trip to Montana to prove up his claim. There she faces many challenges such as weather problems, natural and manmade disasters, and one of the biggest challenges: conflict about treatment of German families, specifically her German next door neighbors who have become like family to her. There are so many aspects of this book that I love. For one thing, it is Christian Historical Fiction, which is one of my favorite genres, and I feel like this is a unique story. Another thing I liked is the different ways Hattie’s story is told, particularly of her internal conflict and her faith in God. While most of the story is told from Hattie’s POV while it is happening, letters to her soldier friend Charlie who is across seas fighting in the war, her prayers and newspaper articles she writes and sends to her hometown also reveal her thoughts and details of the plot. I recommend this book to historical fiction lovers, especially people who enjoy reading about life in America during the time of World War 1. I also recommend it to people who are looking for a book with a strong Christian MC, where the faith is not the main focus but is a strong underlying theme. This is without a doubt one of my favorite books, and I rate it 5 out of 5 stars!

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power starts when Abby is making a salad. Through a coincidence, she happens to pull on her earlobe while standing in front of a hard-boiled egg. To her surprise the egg starts to spin upright. She keeps her power a secret, but soon decides to attend magic camp to find an explanation. She finds other kids have similar useless powers and is invited to attend supercamp where she soon discovers not all are what they seem-in fact she and her newly found friends may be in terrible danger. I loved this book. I loved how I got to see the process of Abby realizing she has a bizarre magical power, the emotional process and confusion she goes through, the experimentation she does to try and see if she has other powers and the friendship that blooms with the other kids who are like her. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Edith was hired as a companion when she was orphaned as a girl. She becomes basically part of the family. Mrs. Hamilton asks for Edith's help to find a match for Amy's cousin, Ida, and two gentlemen come to town. But soon it becomes clear that both find Edith the more attractive, and prefer her to Ida. Jealousy results, and trouble rises. This book is believed to be Louisa's first. It was later made into a movie. It is not my favorite book of Louisa's, and for the most part I kept reading because it was her book, but there were some interesting moments. I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.

Victor Starspeed is starting his second year at the Jedi Academy. He's really excited about seeing all his friends and learning all new things about being a jedi. But when a new kid comes that seems to take Victor's spot and the attention of his crush what wiil Victor do? Also it doesn't help that there are terrible rumors going around that his sister Christina has gone to the dark side. What is a yound padawan to do? I liked this book I recommend it to younger kids grade 5th and under.

Middle school is a monster movie. Well according to Babymouse it is. So when she joins the film club looking to be famous Babymouse tries to make her own movie calle Au Revior My Locker. But when production starts to get crazy and the budget is very tight how can Babymouse make an amazing movie and become famous without turning into a monster herself. I really didn't like this book. The ending was confusing and I felt that it really didn't make sense. Maybe younger kids would enjoy it. I just personally would not read another Babymouse book.

What do you get when you put together books, puzzles, kids and a man not unlike Willy Wonka? Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library. After 12 years of not having a library the town of Alexandia is getting a state of the art one built by its very own town celebrity Luigi Lemoncello the Willy Wonka of games puzles and books. Twelve kids are going to be selected to play in a giant escape the library game. Only one can win the prize. Solve this exciting mystery right along with the narrator Kyle Keely and if you figure out the last puzzle you might just get a prize.