The City of Ember Books of Ember #1 by Jeanne DuPrau Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is a really creative book. I have never seen any book ever remotely like this one, which is why it is so great. It is about a girl and a boy who live in an underground (but no one knows that it is underground) city. Things work … Read more
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) AWESOME! What is there not to like about this book? It has humor, wit, and charm. Ella was given a “gift” at birth – the gift of obedience. After her mother dies, it gets even harder for Ella. Then it gets even worse when her father remarries a woman with two daughters. The daughters soon realize something is different … Read more
Letters from Camp by Kate Klise Funny Mystery * * * * Stars (Great!) I love this book! It is creative, witty, and full of humor. It is about siblings that are sent to a special camp to learn how to be nice to each other. When they find out that something is up with the siblings that run the camp, they learn to work together better. Check this book out!
Trial by Journal by Kate Klise Realistic Fiction Mystery Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is a great read. It is fairly short, but it is told in letters, e-mails, newspapers, and interviews. It is very creative. Lily Watson is now a juror in a murder trial – and she is only a kid! She must figure out what really happened to Perry Keet, and is Bob White a murderer? Or is … Read more
Inkspell Inkheart trilogy #2 by Cornelia Funke Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is the sequel to Inkheart. I personally like it better than the first, because it takes place in the Inkworld. In this book, Dustfinger is sent back into his book, but leaves Farid behind. Soon, everyone is there, but Mo is captured and sent to the castle of the Adderhead, and Meggie must save him. Read the book … Read more
Beyond the Valley of Thorns The Land of Elyon series #2 by Patrick Carman Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is the sequel to The Dark Hills Divide. It is just as good as the first, perhaps even better. Many more secrets are revealed, so it will keep you waiting for the next book. Alexa Daley gets a mysterious note from Warvold, which tells her to go to a place no … Read more
The Tenth City The Land of Elyon series #3 by Patrick Carman Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is the best book in the series, which consists of The Tenth City, The Dark Hills Divide, and Beyond the Valley of Thorns. Amazing things happen in this book, and you find things out that you would never believe. Alexa is still determined to stop the same evil that plagued her in … Read more
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Children of the Red King series #5 by Jenny Nimmo Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars This is the fifth book in the Charlie Bone series. I like it because it reveals many secrets about the Red King and Charlie’s father. When Charlie’s mom gets enchanted by a century-old sorcerer tha ta very surprising person let out of a painting, Charlie has to find a way to … Read more
Magyk Septimus Heap series #1 by Angie Sage Fantasy * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is an awesome book! It is funny and it has great characters. When a young girl from a large Magyk family finds out that she is a princess, it leads her on a journey that she will never forget. And who is Boy 412?
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) I really enjoyed this book. It was different and creative. It is about a boy who finds a notebook in which you always write ONLY story beginnings. When he writes a beginning based on himself, he finds that he lives it, and he disappears. Then a girl that is a descendant of his sister finds the same notebook … Read more