Kids Books - Fantasy

Charlie, a poor boy who loves to eat Willy Wonka's chocolates just got notified that 5 lucky kids who find a golden ticket in one of Will Wonka's chocolates will be able to see the Magical Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Charlie finds a golden ticket in one of Will Wonka's chocolates and gets to go to the factory. But why did Willy Wonka make this decision? Are there any tricks in this amazing factory? I personally love this book and I totally recommend it!

a ya book with aliens colonizing the earth? no, thanks. a ya book with aliens colonizing the earth written by fonda lee? sign me up! lee can turn basically anything into not just readable, but well-written material, so i was quite excited to read exo. it did not disappoint in the slightest. donovan reyes is the kind of guy everyone can root for, the chivalrous hero who sometimes makes questionable decisions but tries to do what's right. don't mistake him for a gary stu, though; he has real flaws. i liked how the story is written from the perspective of someone who's intimately familiar with aliens, not your typical invasion-fighting human. i also liked the nuance because what i normally see in sci-fi is aliens = bad, humans = good, but lee shows the good things that the zhree (what the aliens are called) did for earth too. the main character, donovan, is the son of a prime liasion (think diplomat with way more power), who maintains good relations with the zhree. understandably, not everyone on earth is happy with alien colonization; there's a faction of humans known as sapience who engage in violent terrorist attacks against zhree and other humans. donovan and his friends are exos, modified humans with fighting and pain withstanding abilities, and they police sapience sympathizers. but one day...disaster strikes. he is kidnapped by sapience. his father refuses to negotiate with the terrorist movement, and donovan is left to his own devices to survive. i'd like to applaud fonda lee for taking an unoriginal premise and making it so unique. i've read a bit of sci-fi before but never seen things exactly like zhree or exos. also, i'm a sucker for the enemies-to-lovers trope (donovan and anya) which was done well here. to summarize, exo is a spectacular book and if lee writes more in the future, i will sprint to the library (who cares if i got last place in track? i can run fast when i'm motivated by books).

It's a really fantastic book. I recommend it to anyone who likes adventure novels. I think Michael Grant has done a great job of hooking me in.

Many of us know the story of Cinderella that we have come to love. How she lost her glass slipper, but the prince is able to find her by letting her try it on. But this book begs the question...what if she never tried on the glass slipper? In this alternate take on Cinderella's magical story, the author decides to tell a tale of what would have happened if Lady Tremaine had locked Cinderella in her room and never tried on the slipper. Cinderella has the best night of her life at the ball. She dances with the prince for hours and even is able to see a secret garden with him. But Cinderella must rush home before midnight, unable to tell the prince who she is but leaving behind one glass slipper. But when the Grand Duke comes with the glass slipper to Lady Tramaine's home, the cruel stepmother locks Cinderella away, so for her not to try on the slipper. After missing the opportunity to find her true love, the prince Charles, Cinderella sets out to find a new life for herself, one far away from Lady Tremaine's cruelty. As luck would have it, Cinderella lands a job in a place she never thought she would step foot in again, the Palace. In the Palace, Cinderella takes care of the king's visiting sister, Duchess Genevieve. But as Cinderella begins to get settled in her new life, working for the Duchess, Cinderella catches wind of a mass conspiracy against the king and ultimately, the prince. On top of all that, Cinderella is determined to return magic back to Aurelias, once and for all. With the help of unlikely friends, Cinderella must stop the conspiracy before it is too late. And in the process, will she able to convince Prince Charles that she is the "mystery princess"? Love doesn't even begin to describe the amount of fondness I have for this book. Not many books that I read for the first time become my favorite book but this one really did. I was captivated from the first sentence and was enthralled with the magic of the whole book, from start to finish. The fairytale romance was the sweetest part. The author was able to beautifully display the love Prince Charles and Cinderella had for each other. This book truly did keep you on the edge of your seat. Every chapter was a cliff-hanger, making it even harder to part with it. I would strongly suggest this book to anyone looking a reimagined fairytale romance story. Happy reading!!

I think that this book is pretty cool I would love to have pink shoes that when I put them on I go into a ballet. it's pretty cool. Now I would recommend this book for 4+ and not really sure if I'll be reading it again any time soon just because sometimes the Barbie books can be a little more for younger kids not really for my age, but I'll recommend this to 4-9

For fans of Skyward. "Defy the Stars" is an incredible book that will leave its imprints on your heart forever. Noemi Vidal is a soldier. Abel Mansfield is an AI. But, yet when these two opposites meet, they go on amazing, once-in-a-lifetime adventures. Noemi and Abel are so different. But, hey as the old saying goes, opposites attract? Will they in this death-defying science fiction book? Read to find out!

The best book I have ever read it has a great plot and wonderful details this book is the greatest

I believe this book is fantastic and it shows all of the detail from the game and if you buy the book ypu can color the pages:-) :-0

I love this book i kissed it and i sleep with it next to me every day i read it going to the bathroom and read it to my dolls everline and char char THanks everyone

I recently wrote a book review for the third book in the Lunar Chronicles, "Cress", and in that review I said that all the books in the Lunar Chronicles series were just as good, if not better, than the previous ones. I had spoke too soon, that statement does not apply to "Fairest." Just to clarify, "Fairest" is not part of the main Lunar Chronicles series, it is an add-on book/short story and it is read after "Cress" but before "Winter" so technically it is book 3.5. The main series is Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter, but Fairest is a book on the main villain, Lunar Queen Levana, and should be read as book 3.5. Now back to me saying that "Fairest" wasn't as good as the previous books, I would even say it is my least favorite book from this series. Now I know that since this is a book on a villain, I should expect it to be kind of dark and evil and I did, but not as much as it was. (Dun dun dun!) This book was still a wonderful read, and I think maybe I wasn't used to reading books about the evil people in the world, or in this case, the moon. Some people say that they don't want to read this book before the finale of the series, "Winter", because they are worried that they will feel bad for Levana. Let me tell you, even after reading this book, I still think that Levana is super evil and cruel. I guess that after reading her backstory in this book, I could say that some of her "evilness" is due to her childhood, which was pretty horrible, but Levana made some pretty bad decisions and you can't blame all of them on her upbringing. I haven't read "Winter", the last book in the series yet, but I'm pretty sure it is necessary to read Levana's backstory before "Winter" because Levana has a big part to play in the last book. "Fairest" was alright, but it put a big spot light on beauty, and that is because all Lunars have a special power called glamour, which is the ability to manipulate brain waves and make people see you different than you are. Levana uses her glamour all the time to make herself prettier than she is, because of what her sister did to her when they were younger. I didn't think it was possible, but Levana's sister is even more evil than Levana grew up to be. Levana also uses her glamour to make her childhood crush fall in love with her, forcing their marriage and dooming herself to a lifetime of forced and fake love. Being the reader of this book was kind of hard, because I could see all sorts of things that Levana didn't, due to her being figuratively blinded by using her glamour to force power and love on other people and herself. Overall, I would say that this is a pretty dark book since it is based on a villain, but I would still recommend it to teens who like the lunar chronicles, because it is necessary to read if you want to understand the last book of the Lunar Chronicles series. I hope this review was helpful!