Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller

Want an adventure?  Kiki Strike:  Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller will give you just that! Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment.  Climbing down a filthy rope ladder deeper and deeper into the ground to find a mysterious [...]

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

At the age of 14, in The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Frankie is more or less forgettable.  She is attending a prestigious and competitive boarding school, the same school where her older sister and father attended.  But no matter how hard she tries, nobody seems to take notice of her.  Now [...]

The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket

The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Brett Helquist is a story about miracles.  But not just any sort of ordinary miracles because we are talking about Lemony Snicket after all.  If you were a walking, talking lump of coal who dressed in black, what would be your aspirations?  Why to be [...]

A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan

So I read A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan without knowing anything about the Marley phenomenen.  Literally, I don’t know squat about Marley.  I’ve never read any of the booksand I didn’t even know there was a movie coming out until I Googled it just a minute ago.  But A Very Marley Christmas is [...]

Santa Claus the World’s Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee

Have I mentioned that Marla Frazee is my new favorite illustrator?  Yes!  Here and here.  I checked out Santa Claus the World’s Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee from the library and it is now on my must have wishlist!  I really, really want to own this book for my Christmas picture book collection.  [...]