Grades 4-6
Theodora Tenpenny discovers a painting that is a Renaissance masterpiece when she spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather’s painting. She knows that her grandfather worked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and fears the painting may be stolen. She is on a mission to find out how the painting ended up there, and embarks on an adventure with some friends of hers. Will she be able to solve the mystery?
Grades 3-5
Gladys Gatsby is in 6th grade, and has been cooking since she was 7. It’s a passion of hers that her parents have no idea about. Then she accidentally starts a small fire after cooking creme brulee, and is banned from the kitchen. She is devastated. She decides to pay her parents back for the damage she did. She starts writing fake reviews on fake restaurants (she pretends that her parents and her friend’s parents own restaurants). She is mistakenly offered a real job, working for a real newspaper using her fake reviews. Read All Four Stars to find out how Gladys works her way out of this mess!
Grades 3-5
Rupert Campbell is a human boy who is enthralled with the witches who live near him, but he can’t ever seem to get too close, because his mother won’t allow him to interact with them. One day he meets Witchling Two, and she isn’t at all how he imagines witches to be. Can he help her pass the exams to become a real witch?
Grades 3-6
Audrey Rhodes lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That’s right, she lives in the White House, and her dad is the president. That makes her the First Daughter. She’s all set to have a party on Friday night, when it gets cancelled because of a security breach. She is very upset and goes to her room to sulk forever, when she finds the diary of Alice Roosevelt, a former first daughter who lived in that very room! Armed with new information about how to deal with life as a tween, Audrey’s spirits lift as she immerses herself in the past.
Ages 18+
The fifth book in the Fox & O’Hare series, this book is about the kidnapping of Nicolas Fox, an international conman who is secretly working for the FBI. The kidnapper is out of luck, though, because Nicolas’s partner, Kate O’Hare, is fighting to track him down. Will she find him before it’s too late?
Grades 9-12
Jazz Jennings is a male to female transgender teen who has her own reality show and is a speaker for transgender rights. This book gives more insight into her life, and was very interesting to see things directly from Jazz’s perspective.
Grades 9-12
Wilhelmina “Will” Huckstep loves creating and fixing lamps, first because she feels like she was born in the wrong time, and has an old soul, and second because she’s secretly afraid of the dark. She lives with her aunt since her parents have passed, and they run an antiques shop together. Then one day there is a blackout, and Will has to face her fears, as well as come to terms with her parents’ deaths.
Ages 8+
This book is a must read for Doctor Who fans! It gave a description of the scariest monsters in the series, and rated each with a fear factor out of 10. The pictures were really creepy, too!
Grades 3-6
Liesl’s evil stepmother makes her live alone, locked in the attic, with no friends. Until one day, she meets Po, a ghost who is also lonely and they become friends.
Then Will, the alchemist’s apprentice, makes a huge mistake when he switches two boxes: one has very powerful magic, and the other one is just a plain old box. This accidental switch brings consequences for Liesl and Po, and together they embark on an incredible journey.
Ages 18+
Elizabeth, Andrew and Zoe are college friends and former bandmates who have grown up together and helped each other through it all. Now they’re parents with their own kids and things get tough as they teach them all about the big bad world.
