Kids Books - Magic
Best Friends for Never
By Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Hattie has only recently moved to Trepan Grove from New York this summer. Right away she made 3 new friends. Hattie hides part of herself, her cat t-shirts and love of fantasy books, so she can fit in. Everything seems to be great. Then school starts. After seeing popular girl Zooey being publicly de-popularized and humiliated, Hattie and her friends sign a friendship pact. But when Hattie unwillingly breaks the pact, her friends forget her. At first she thinks they are mad at her and are just ignoring her. But then she realizes it is part of the Harvest Festival curse, and they literally can't remember her. And everyday they forget again. How can Hattie break the curse? I think this book was an interesting twist on middle school popularity, and all the dramas with friendship and being true to yourself. I especially like how this book is clear in it's recurring theme against bullying. I recommend this book to elementary and middle grade girls. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
By Christopher Healy
This story is a bunch of fairy tales in a fairy tale, but with a twist. At first I was skeptical about this book, because I am very picky and choose-y about how fairy-tales are written and executed. BUT this book, this book and its story plot... is so exquisite and on-beat. I say this because the way the author introduces the characters one by one, takes different fairy-tales and mushes them together and creates something original, funny, and rich in wholesome-ness is so impressive! The way Healy lets things sail smoothly, then hits you with an unexpected wave is what makes this book riveting and hard to put down. I'd say that this book is SO underrated. If I hadn't had it on my kindle recommendations, I never would've read it. Except, I'd be obliviously missing out on such a nostalgic and lyrical story. I've always been a sucker for fairy tales, and have read and coveted them since forever, so this really reminds me of a more sophisticated version of classics. Overall, this was a very magnetic and graceful take on what might happen after Ever After, and was super enjoyable and well-written.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
By Grace Lin
Makayla
This is a very good book about a little girle named Minli MInli and her famile are very pore or in how they say it in the book they do not have good forchen all the familey has is two gould couns that MInli got when sh ewas a baby her and her famile disired them but one day " a man with a willbarow walk into her villeg" the man had gold fish so Minli got one her mom and dad where so made adout it so that night Minli whent to the sterm to let the fish go when the fish did something that made MInli go to find the old man of the moon "he can change my familes fortchen" not long after that she finds a DRAGEN o if you like ficchen or make bealve with a very exsiting theme than this is the dest book even if you do not gust give it a tire and i garenty i think that it is a fife graders levle
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead
By Rick Riordan
One boy. One god. One life-or-death contest. Magnus Chase has found the Hammer of Thor, but one thing is still on his to-do list:Destroy Loki, the god of all known evil. Loki is launching Naglfar-- the ship of nails, created from the grotesque toenails of dead men--and certain death. With only an annoying talking sword and some witless or too witful friends that never seem to get along, Magnus may be on the last ever trip of his life. A life threatening wine, an icy winter goddess, an angry god who's LITERALLY stuck in a nutshell--Magnus tells his "wyrd" story with more irony, humor, and sarcasm than ever seen before. This is the last book in the series, and definetly the best by far.A page-turner like this is perfect for a lazy afternoon!
Running Out of Time: Two Worlds, One Answer, No Time!
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
This book was incredible!
Gossamer
By Lois Lowry
I rate this book a 4 star because Lois Lowry shows her creativity of dreams and nightmares. I made a connection because John was in a nightmare which would happen to me at least every 2 weeks. This book seeks to tell the origin story of dreams by following a supernatural being called Littlest One, a fairy-like creature who, taking memories from common household objects, uses them to weave beautiful dreams. This is my review on this book, Gossamer.
Keeper of the Lost Cities Collection Books 1-5: Keeper of the Lost Cities; Exile; Everblaze; Neverseen; Lodestar
By Shannon Messenger
I LOVE this book series!!! From the moment I first read it, I was in love with it. How can the author be so creative? I already read all the series and waiting for the next book, which will be the 9. It is a pretty thick book, but I am sure that you will love it. I am sure that every reader of this series would know, but I read through the whole series with thinking Fitz or Keefe is better for Sophie. You need to read this series and if you had already read it, please follow me!
Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, 3.)
By Terry Pratchett
BOMBS. They fell on Blackwell, Johnny's town, in 1941. But why don't more people care about them??? Huh? That's what JOHNNY thinks. And one day, he and his friends find Mrs. Tachyon lying on the street! She got attacked by a ghostly banana! Mrs. Tachyon is known for pushing a cart full of mysterious black bags. Johnny takes the black bags to his garage, where he and his friend Kirsty find out that the bags are full of TIME. Soon, Yo-less, Bigmac, Johnny, Wobbler, and Kirsty have traveled to 1941. It's the day before the BOMBS! But when they try to travel back to the present, something goes WRONG. Wobbler can't come back, and it turns out that it's because they have caused Wobbler's grandpa to die in the BOMB ATTACK. They will have to help Wobbler! And Johnny sees the opportunity to save those other pleeeple as well. But can they do it? The book was very strange and hard to understand, especially the "TROUSER LEGS OF TIME", but I liked how it was funny. Overall it was VARY GUUD.
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
By Shannon Hale
Miri Larendaughter, an Mount Eskel girl, has graduted from Princess Academy, now starting Queen Castle as new scholar. A boy which Miri has crush on is Pedar Doterson, but Miri was too shy to confess her feelings for Pedar until the ending of the book. Another boy that Miri has met, Timon Skarpson, I think, also really like her... Miri`s friend, Britta, to-be princess, which will marry an prince, Prince Steffan. In first book, Britta has revealed that she and Steffan has actually knew each other when they was young, amazing, huh? Britta and Steffan has always wanted to marry each other! Well, I don`t want to spoil this whole story for you, haha but this book is so GOOD that I became so lost in this! I def recommend this book!
Only You Can Save Mankind (Johnny Maxwell Trilogy)
By Terry Pratchett
It is the TRYING TIMES in Johnny's house, and he is escaping from his parents' arguments by playing video games on his Pineapple. He has played Megasteroids, Galactic Thrusters, and now he's playing Only You can save MANKIND. One day Johnny is firing missiles and throwing bananas at ScreeWees when suddenly, he gets a mysterious message. It says, "WE WISH TO TAlKKKK!!!" Are the aliens...ALIVE? Then Johnny has a dream about them and realizes that whenever he dreams, he goes into GAME SPACE. The ScreeWee Captain talks to Johnny and informs him that he will lead them across the border of Game Space and back to their home planet! The ScreeWee fleet is heading deep into Game Space, so the players are finding it difficult to find them, but what if they get wiped out by those people who leave their computers on for 30000000 hours?? Johnny will have to get the help of Kirsty, a very experienced and evil gamer who wants to win everything. But will she help the ScreeWee? Or will she just blast them to pieces? ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND was very entertaining and witty and was EXCITING at the end. But the theme was hard to find.









