Book Buddies: Dazzle Makes a Wish
by Cynthia Lord,Stephanie Graegin (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)
5 out of 5 stars
Dazzle the Unicorn has always wished for a home of his own, a place to belong with a family. However, he is a library toy, and different children check out toys from the library every week. He doesn’t really belong to anyone. But when Dazzle visits Maya’s house, he discovers that maybe he belongs to a special family after all.
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Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor
by Kirby Larson (Goodreads Author),Shinji Fujioka (Illustrator)
3 out of 5 stars
Shermy is not happy when a disruptive neighbor moves in. Shake is self-centered and rude. He’s not a bully or purposefully mean, but he just doesn’t realize how his actions affect others. Shermy likes to have things orderly and quiet, but Shake is loud and chaotic. Can these two find some common ground and become friends?
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This collection of short stories combines some of my favorite Agatha Christie characters; Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne. There are also stories from Tommy and Tuppence, Harley Quin, and Inspector Evans.
I enjoyed some of these, especially the Poirot stories, but others fell flat. I do not usually enjoy Tommy and Tuppence because they annoy me, and their mysteries in this collection were very obvious. However, some of the other stories were incredibly clever and interesting!
Following Prince Caspian: Further Encounters with the Lion of Narnia
by Thomas Williams (Goodreads Author)
Do you ever feel like you are lost, longing for something more meaningful? So did Prince Caspian. He ran away from the Telmarine culture that was so dangerous to him, and plunged headlong into adventure with the Narnians so that he could find a more meaningful life with Aslan. The Chronicles of Narnia invites us to consider spiritual truths that lead us to a closer relationship with God. This little book draws parallels between Caspian’s story and our own spiritual journeys.
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Fetch Book One: The Journey
by Mike Sizemore, Dave Kennedy (Illustrator), Pete Kennedy (Illustrator)
Danni is devastated when her beloved dog Pirate dies. She reads in a book about the entrance to the underworld where Hades rules over the dead. She sets out on a quest to bring her dog back from the dead, but her little brother Sammy follows her into the land of the dead! Danni and her brother encounter Cerberus, cross the River Styx, and enlist the help of a legendary hero.
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New Masters
by Shobo Coker,Shof Coker (Illustrator), Francesco Segala (Colorist), Harrison Yinfaowei (Colorist)
3.5 out of 5 stars
Ola is a young teen determined to find scraps of obsidium to sell on the black market. She explores the dangerous ruins of crashed spaceships in the wilderness looking for obsidium. She hopes to make a better life for her family. Her parents have other ideas about how to make a better life; they lead a crew of thieves and conmen who steal from the rich, but they also try to assist the poor by finding inventive ways to provide water and power for poor neighborhoods.
Dreams Factory
by Jérôme Hamon,Suheb Zako (Illustrator), Lena Sayaphoum (Colorist), Jeremy Melloul (Translator)
A young girl works in a mine, but when she is sick her little brother tries to take her place. He is too young to work down in the mines, but he is offered a job in the Dreams Factory. He disappears and his sister tries desperately to find him. She sneaks into the Dreams Factory to look for him, and discovers that the factory hides a deadly secret.
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The Dark One (Roswell High, #9)
by Melinda Metz (Goodreads Author)
In this book, Isabel starts to go through an alien time of change, and she worries that she will end up like Max did when he went through his alien change. She turns to Michael to help her, and they have to avoid Max. Alex is undergoing a change of his own, in his social status at school. Suddenly he is popular and has more dates than he knows what to do with. Maria worries that his new popularity will change who he is and separate him from his old friends.
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When Dad’s Hair Took Off
by Jörg Mϋhle
Dad’s hair is tired of being brushed and combed. It jumps off Dad’s head and escapes! Dad runs after his hair, trying to capture it again, but the hair is too cunning and sly. The hair plans a devious escape route through the city with Dad in close pursuit. Can Dad get his hair back? Or will the hair be gone for good?
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Diary of an Accidental Witch
by Perdita Cargill (Goodreads Author), Honor Cargill (Goodreads Author)
When Bea moves to a new town, she is mistakenly enrolled in a witch school. She has to pretend to fit in even though she can’t do magic, while waiting for her father to send in new enrollment papers to the regular school in town. The witch school has their own culture, their own food and clothing styles. Bea does not fit in at all, and she feels completely lost. Can she make some friends before she gets transferred back to normal school?
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