Category: Book reviews by me
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The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) | Rick Riordan | YA | Book Review
The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan | Kindle edition | Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently, he has a girlfriend named Piper. His best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School,…
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Return to Cardamom | Julie Anne Grasso | Book Review
Return to Cardamom (Caramel Cardamom Trilogy, Book #2) Author: Julie Anne Grasso Publisher: Independent Publication Date: July 17, 2013 Pages: 136 (Paperback) Recommended Age: 9+ Summary: Life is sweet for Caramel and things are finally getting back to normal. Well, as normal as it can be for a telepathic elf who can train trees and…
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MG Book Review | The Forgotten Secret | Scott Clements
The Forgotten Secret by Scott Clements ★★★★★ In this follow up to Gasparilla’s Treasure, Trip, Josh, and Sarah team up with mysterious adventurer Juan Gonzalez on a quest to unite The Triumvirate, a legendary trio of mystical items that when brought together, will give the holder unimaginable power. Having already found one of the items,…
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YA Book Review | The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis | Sharon Ledwith
The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis by Sharon Ledwith ★★★★ When Amanda Sault and her four classmates are caught in a major food fight at school, they are given the choice of suspension or yard duty. It was a no-brainer. A two-week crash course in landscaping leads the kids to discover a weathered…
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MG Book Review | Diary of a Penguin-napper | Sally Harris
DIARY OF A PENGUIN-NAPPER by Sally Harris ★★★★★ 3 weeks … 2 boys … 1 little penguin … What could possibly go wrong? When 11 (and a half) year old Marty is partnered up with Jessica on the overnight science trip, he thinks all of this dreams are about to come true. It’s his big…
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling
by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★ Kindle Edition The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter…
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