Today's Middle Grade March book review comes from our Middle Grade staffer 11-year-old Elena! * * * Wildwood by Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis Prue, a 12-year-old girl who loves drawing nature and lives in the city of rainy Portland, Oregon, is quite average. Until, one day as she and her toddler brother, Mac, go... Continue Reading →
MG Review: The Billionaire’s Curse by Richard Newsome
In The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome, Gerald Wilkins has always been your typical 13-year-old. So when he first finds out that his great-aunt Geraldine has been murdered, he is pretty surprised. But she's not just his great-aunt. She's his super duper rich great aunt. And in her will, she leaves this typical 13-year-old boy... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Quest of the Warrior Sheep
In Quest of the Warrior Sheep by Christopher & Christine Russell, Sal the sheep is a normal sheep. She eats grass, and bleats, and talks. But one day, something hit her on the head! She began to wonder, and realized it was a sign! It was Lord Aries, the Sheep of all Sheepdom who had... Continue Reading →
Review: Fifties Chix: Travel to Tomorrow by Angela Sage Larsen
In Fifties Chix: Travel to Tomorrow, five girls -- Beverly, Mary, Judy, Ann and Maxine -- are all different teenagers from the 1950's, and have nothing in common. But when they get paired up for a future project in class, they come together a little bit. One morning Beverly, Mary, Judy, Ann, and Maxine wake... Continue Reading →
Review: Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray
In Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray, 14-year-old Louisa wants to see nature. She wants her life to be simple, where water is clean, and plants grow green. And in the future world she lives in, disaster, wars, and destruction is all there is. But when she gets an amazing opportunity to go... Continue Reading →
Book Review: It’s Raining Cupcakes By Lisa Schroeder
If a good book can make you feel hungry, then It’s Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder is a GREAT book! I was starving half of the time I read it! Of course, this book is about more than just sweets. The main character, a 12- year-old girl named Isabel, is probably in the stickiest situation... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky
Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky, “a tale of temptation and terror,” was exactly as described. Juniper is a typical 11-year old girl, with a pair of not-typical parents. Being the world's most famous actor and actress, Juniper’s parents used to be the best mother and father in the world. But soon Juniper starts to notice... Continue Reading →
