Kids Books - Children
Shazam!: The Junior Novel
By Calliope Glass
This is the best DC Comics movie yet! It's about an orphan boy named Billy Batson who lives in Pennsylvania who keeps running away from foster homes because he believes his mother is still alive until he is at a point where he is with a foster family. His foster parents introduce themselves and his new family. But after a day in school, he runs away again (after standing up to the bullies who bullied Freddy and his foster family). He gets on a subway train with people and the next thing he knows, they all vanished, the train goes fast and everything on the outside freezes until...he's in an ancient temple with an old wizard. The wizard said Billy Batson was 'Pure of Heart' (meaning he was loyal, trustworthy and protective). The wizard tells Billy to say his name, "SHAZAM". He says it and the next thing he knows, he's back in the subway again but with people staring at his outfit. He comes back home to Freddy to get some help (because Freddy was a hero fan nerd) and soon Freddy believes that the man was actually Billy Batson. Freddy and Billy go to a store and a few minutes later, there were robbers. Billy goes to talk to them, and one of the men shoot him...but he (and the robbers) noticed that he was bullet proof (both skin and outfit). But while the boys were messing around, there was a villain who wanted the 'Champion's' (Billy Batson's) powers (since he was chosen for pure of heart). When they come home, Billy tries to be quite (but he couldn't) so his little foster sister knew the hero (SHAZAM) and Billy explained everything until he said "SHAZAM", he turns back to a kid. A couple of days later, Freddy and Billy are playing around with Billy's powers, destroying homework/books and drinking tons of soda. Then after a few more days (in school), Freddy wants Billy to come to lunch as the superhero so he doesn't get beaten up. Billy turns into the hero but only to get money from other people with music just by shooting lightning from his hands and while he does that (after talking to Freddy about how he couldn't be there with him at lunch), he (accidentally) struck one of the buses wheels and that bus was now hanging from a bridge. Billy saves the bus (and the people in it) but Freddy and Billy have an argument. By the time Billy returns home, his foster parents were furious at him for ditching school and going someplace else. Soon, his foster siblings noticed that he was the hero (SHAZAM). His foster siblings also told him that his mother was alive and was living in an apartment. His foster parents drove off and went after Billy. By the time Billy got there, he was talking to his mother and Billy gave his mother the same compass he got as a little kid by winning a game. Billy and the bad guy, Doctor Sivana, were fighting in the air and then in a mall (and SHAZAM was almost losing) until he said the word "SHAZAM!", Doctor Sivana was confused where the hero went until he looked at the news seeing the same boy (Freddy) who talked to the hero. After Billy finished his talk with his mother, he got a phone call (and he thought it was his foster family) but he heard screams from his family sibling about how they were captured by Doctor Sivana. When SHAZAM got there, Doctor Sivana told him to give up his powers with the staff (the wizard gave him his powers) but SHAZAM declined. Sivana took his foster siblings to the park where he unleashed the Seven Deadly Sins (because in the beginning of the movie, as a child, he had the same experience with the wizard but instead of getting the powers like the wizard, he saw the Seven Deadly Sins and they told him to be THEIR champion but if he fell for them TOO EASILY, then he was not pure of heart). So SHAZAM and his foster siblings got the staff and all of them (except for Billy) said "SHAZAM!" and there were now five more SHAZAM's. Later, SHAZAM fought against Doctor Sivana and in the end, Sivana lost and everything went back normal.
They All Saw a Cat
By Brendan Wenzel
If you like books about perspectives then this would be your book. It tells you about how a dog sees a cat or a human sees a cat. Its all about perspectives like lets say you see a book I might see something boring I don't wanna read, so if you like perspectives or short stories this is your book!
Hey, Little Ant
By Phillip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose, Debbie Tilley
Masha
Hey, If you heard this book you will read it. Like, the ant is like”please”(praying). The boy’s friends like to squash ants. weird? Is it? I hate bugs and I squash ants. That's right! Because they always pop up in my bed.
Just Princesses
By Crystal Velasquez
When the queen casts a spell that goes horribly wrong and makes all the adults in the kingdom vanish, princess Katrina is left on her own. what's a fairy tale princess to do? save the kingdom, of course! join Katrina and her friends Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and prince Maximillian on a tale of adventure and friendship as they travel to distant lands and face dangerous foes to save their kingdoms. That is, of course, if they can foil the plans of Katrina's stepsister, Evaline, who thinks being the new queen wouldn't be so bad. Katrina and her friends-along with their animal companions-will stop at nothing to save their families and show everyone that princesses can save the world.
Secret Coders: Paths & Portals
By Gene Luen Yang
i love these books! they are really cool! they have a lot of coding in them! you should really try them. the best person in it is hopper. she's really cool, and she loves finding new things!
Island of Legends (The Unwanteds)
By Lisa McMann
This book is really good and how Florence meets Talon and how the people of Artime discover the eels and what they could be and where they are coming from.
Island of Shipwrecks (The Unwanteds)
By Lisa McMann
This is my favorite from the series! If you like adventures, Islands, or twins, You'll like this, because this is a story about all of those things, this is the story... Alex and his friends, have traveled to some Islands. They ended up on the Island of shipwrecks, and meet Ishibashi, Ito, and Sato. They help Alex and his friends get back to their home land: Artime. Before all this, they have been in battles, with Quill, The other part of the Island. This Unwanted Series is a great series, and I love it, I defiantly recommend.
14 Cows for America
By Carmen Agra Deedy
This book was so good but when I read this book it was September 11 the day the twin towers came down I really felt sad and this book is a book that keeps a special day I know this book isn't all about this but it keeps a special moment in it.
Pashmina
By Nidhi Chanani
Priyanka Das has lived her life in America. Her mother came from India when she was still young, and Pri has always wondered what it was like. India only lives in her imagination until one day she finds a pashmina (a special scarf) that shows her India with more bright colors than she has ever seen. When she gets an opportunity to go to India with her aunt, she discovers that the India she saw only exists inside of the pashmina. That is all I can say that is spoiler-free! I loved this book because of the bright colors, great storyline, and amazing pictures. It would be a great read for ages 8 and up. This book is a 5 star in my mind. I hope you like it!
Chocolate Wishes #1 (Magic Bunny)
By Sue Bentley
I love the magic animals series! It's just so awesome and refreshing to read about friendship, cuteness, life lessons, and magic in a chapter book. I would reccomend Magic Bunny #1: Chocolate Wishes to second graders and up, because it is easy to read and is understandable to young readers. It is perfect to read aloud!









