This latest installment in the Patterson/Grabenstein series is as hilarious and touching as the others. If you aren't familiar with th...

It's crazy how phone-obsessed kids are today, especially at Branton Middle School, where Frost and his friends just started 6th grade....

Geocaching is pretty popular these days, and this book will tell you all about this fun activity.  Along the way, it will take you on the em...

I love stories told from an animal's point of view, and the viewpoint of this thousands-of-years-old dragon is a great example of the ge...

This deep-south mystery has all the elements of a great, suspenseful novel:  A brave kid main character, an unknown but evil bad guy, nast...

This is the fictional story of a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park, featuring a huge pack leader named Blue Boy.  It is realisti...

International spies, bomber salesmen, weird parents, odd coffee-loving tutors, lots of new words, and four friends with a shared love of o...

This is a very fun and sweet book, that has absolutely nothing to do with honey.  However, it does involve a dog, a beauty salon, tuna noo...

Serafina is Chief Rat Catcher at the historic Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, home to one of the richest men in America.  The year is 1...

I had seen these books on the shelves, but had resisted picking up the shiny-covered series because it looked kind of ridiculous. Now that...

This story takes us to South Africa along with Martine, poor thing. You see, Martine is a young teen from England whose parents died in a ...

Strange, mysterious bad guys.  International super spies.  Sock puppets. Epic wads of bubble gum.  Dirt clods. Time machines.  A hairless ...

Who is Captain Nobody?  It all starts during a football game, THE BIG GAME, where fourth-grader Newt Newman's older brother Chris, the s...

Sad, sad, sad.  That's what my Guys Read book club decided kept us all from loving this book, it was just kind of sad. Don't get m...

It's a perfect prank.  The principal's car is halfway up the school stairs, parked sideways and totally stuck.  The question is, w...

This is an amazing story, and it definitely earns its "Teen/Young-Adult" category label, but not for the same reason as many boo...

What young girl wouldn't love to spend a summer in sunny Florida?  Sunny Lewin was pretty excited about the opportunity, until she rea...

Kids have different opinions about school.  I know this, because I'm both a parent and a teacher, and have seen all sorts.  None of th...

This is Blue Balliett's fifth book about the same characters solving art mysteries that the police can't seem to solve.  Starting ...

Two boys and a dog, escaping into the wilderness on a special quest, running toward an unknown dream, and away from a scary man.  This is ...

Stuart Gibbs is an amazing writer, and this may be his best book yet!   Imagine yourself on the moon, but not as an astronaut:  You are a m...

Imagine that you're the fifth-grade son of a famous robot inventor mother, and one day she asks you to bring her newest invention to s...

Most of us know Lane Smith's artwork; he has illustrated a number of best-selling books, including a number of Jon Scieszka's stor...

What if your pencil were magical?  You know, you ask it questions, and it tells you all the right answers.  Would it change your life?  Woul...

Castle Glower is not your ordinary castle, and Celie is not your ordinary princess!  This 11-year-old has the interesting habit of mapping t...

You will not believe that this is the author's first book! It's simply an amazing adventure story of the high seas in the 1800...

It really has nothing to do with goldfish, FYI.  This is actually the story of 11-year-old Ellie, a girl with serious boy problems, but th...

Mice on the Internet? That's just the start of it.  When you read this book, you'll never look at mice the same way again. This ...

Five yeti, a small boy and his sister, and a burly truck driver with a pig tattoo.  From the majestic Himalaya mountain range to sunny Eng...

It's not easy when your mom is dead, your dad won't really talk to you, your teacher kicks you out of class, and your best friend ...

This book has a few twists and turns, so let's call it a mystery. What it really is, though, is a story about some lonely kids in the ...

Bringing together a band of teenage oddballs in a futuristic/old-fashioned America, this steampunk story will capture your imagination and...

This is not a book to be taken lightly.  It is a book for teens, and I would say age 12 would be a good time to read it.  That said, it wa...

Shadow clan wants more hunting ground, there is not enough prey in the forest.What will happen to the four clans of the forest? In th...

Well, I don't expect anyone but myself to get excited about it, but I have now posted reviews of exactly 300 books.  It's not a pr...

Redemption.  It's all about making things right, and for Julian, the antihero of the unforgettable and life-changing book Wonder , it...

This book was so much better than I expected.  It's all about a seventh-grade boy with an odd family, and ailing grandfather, and a cu...

This book was written by a sixth-grade boy.  That in itself is a good reason to check it out, but its interesting storyline, fun character...

Terrible cover, I know!  Perhaps you know this author better by her My Life as a Book series, which is great.  This book is also good, but...

As tracks are laid for the new Trans-Canadian railroad, young Will steps into the adventure of a lifetime.  How could he have predicted the ...

June is rich, her brother is a powerful and important soldier in the Republic's army, and her skills are remarkable.  Day is dirt-poor...

How would it be if everyone thought you were a traitor and your boyfriend was a coward, and then you found yourself in a situation in whic...

What do you get when a teen girl with Asperger's syndrome, a bunch of BMX enthusiasts, and a neighborhood meth lab all come together i...

How does a socially-clueless guy not only survive but thrive in his new middle school? There's only one option:  Go Epic. Told like ...

This is an absolutely original and stunning book!  There are vampires, but not the Twilight variety.  There is a futuristic America, but not...

Don't compare this to The Hunger Games, first of all. This genre is bursting with good futuristic altered-American-reality books, and th...

Have you ever found yourself wishing for a rollicking old-fashioned pirate story... in which the characters are all BIRDS?  Probably not, ...

Zombies are cool.  Well, not if one is chasing you, which is what Wren's job is, and nobody does it better.  Known as "178" ...

Imagine travelling back to the mid-1700 American colonies, and preparing for the adventure of a lifetime into the uncharted western wilder...