Category: Children

Children, Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

Not Nothing by Gayle Forman

Michelle

Grades 4-7

Alex is almost sent to juvie when he isn’t, and ends up assigned to spend his summer as a volunteer in a senior living facility. There, he meets Josey, a 107-year-old Holocaust survivor who hasn’t spoken in years, and Maya-Jade, a girl about Alex’s age whose sense of self-importance is entirely blown out of proportion. Alex gets Josey to open up to him, however, and he begins to tell the young boy his story. It is then that Alex realizes he can make a good difference in the world.

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Children, Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg

Michelle

Grades 4 – 6

The Best Worst Summer

Told in alternating timelines in 1989 and 2021, this adorable book about two sets of best friends hit the mark for me. It is the best summer for Jessica and Melissa who are BFFs in 1989, and the worst summer for Peyton, who has just moved four hours away (which might as well be 100 hours away) from her own best friend. She is very bummed out until she finds a time capsule that Melissa and Jessica buried when they were kids in the 80s, and explores it, and history, with her new friend Lucas. Eulberg takes readers on an adventure they won’t soon forget.

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Adventure, Children, Middle Grade Fiction, Series

Mr. Lemoncello’s All-Star Breakout Game by Chris Grabenstein

Michelle

Grades 3 – 6

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #4)This is the fourth book in the Mr. Lemoncello series and Grabenstein doesn’t disappoint! In this installment, Mr. Lemoncello goes live, nationwide, on the Kidzapalooza Television Network so that everyone can play along. To be on the show, however, kids have to audition and be accepted to play the game, using their own bodies as playing pieces. Would you have what it takes?

Children, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington

Michelle

Grades 3 – 5 

The Elephant's Girl

Lexington Willow can’t remember her past. She has a made up name, a made up birthday, and as far as she’s concerned, a made up life. She has no family except Roger, her foster father, who found her, and the animals at the zoo, especially the elephants. She is twelve years old and finally old enough to help with the elephants. She soon receives a telepathic message from one of the elephants, and embarks on an adventure full of ghosts, lost treasure and maybe even the key to finally finding her family.

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Children, Netgalley Reviews

My Video Game Ate My Homework by Dustin Hansen

Michelle

My Video Game Ate My HomeworkGrades 3 – 6

Dewey Jenkins is determined to get an A+ on his volcano science project so that he doesn’t have to go to summer school. In addition, he has a chance to win a virtual reality video game console. Everything is just fine until Dewey’s best friend Ferg gets a hold of the console and breaks it. Ferg asks Dewey to help him fix it, and suddenly the two friends find themselves inside of a video game with Dewey’s sister Beatrice and her friend Kat. Worst of all, Dewey’s science project is along for the ride. Can he and his friends rescue and volcano and get back before the science fair?

Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.

Children, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

Rebel in the Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

Michelle

Grades 3 – 6

Rebel in the Library of Ever (The Library of Ever #2)

A year has passed since Lenora worked in the Library which houses every book ever known. The Library is now under new management, and Lenora is skeptical. She quickly learns her new mission to help a secret resistance free knowledge. In this adventure, she discovers an ancient city and mathematical beings as she tries to free the Library from the Board that is pulling the Library in the wrong direction.

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

 

Children, Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth

Michelle
INVISIBLEBOY_FINALGrades 4 – 6
Nadia Quick loses herself in her Superman comic books as she reads them every day. The one day, a mysterious boy saves her dog from drowning and disappears. Nadia calls him the Invisible Boy. She is determined to crack the real life mystery by finding him and uncovering his identity. This book is both a mystery and an adventure that not only entertains readers but talks about child trafficking on their level.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Children, Netgalley Reviews

The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision by DK

Michelle

Grades 1 – 3

The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision

The Secret Explorers are a group of kids whose mission it is to save the day. In The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision, their mission is to travel all the way to outer space – to Jupiter, and fix the space probe when it becomes problematic. Readers can learn true facts while being entertained in this high action adventure. Can Roshni and Ollie fix the problem before time runs out?

Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.