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Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt was a good book and it really showed different challenges that people might be going through, like bullying, not a enough money, learning differences and mean kids. The protagonist, Ally Nickerson has always had trouble reading and writing. Combine this with mean kids and always moving around because her dad is in the army, Ally believes that she is stupid. Until a new teacher, Mr. Daniels can change her mind and help her and her class, Ally is like a fish in a tree. Stuck.
Six Four
by Hideo Yokoyama
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Inaccurately marketed as a crime thriller, this slow burn of a political novel is unlike anything I’ve read. The protagonist is a detective, but positioned in a PR management liaison role between the police and journalists. I cared enough about him as a character to stick with the drier parts of the office politics to get to the cold case that resumes in a unique and gratifying way. Overall the novel hangs together narratively, has interesting characters, broaches topics I hadn’t seen addressed in fiction before, or so well, and gives the reader enough of a plot payoff to read through the complex, intellectual matter that takes up much of its 576 pages. But if you pick it up looking for a page-turning mystery, you’ll be disappointed.
Wings of Starlight
by Allison Saft
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Wings of Starlight was a very anticipated read of mine because I love the Tinkerbell/Pixie Hollow universe so much. When I found out that there was a book about the history of Queen Clarion and Lord Milori, I jumped to read it and it was amazing.
Alias Emma
by Ava Glass
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Really fun read. Plot-driven, moves at a great pace, was everything I’d hoped the book would be. Flashbacks weren’t intrusive to the current plot events, nor too numerous; anytime we departed the main action for some backstory it was equally captivating. This is the kind of book that makes me delighted to know it’s a series.
Rise And Divine
by Lana Harper
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I adore this series. Light fun and intriguing. Each book said with be characters and interest. The references to everyday tasks with a mystical element are delightful.
Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman
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Lovable characters that make this book so hard to put down. I did not want to stop reading. I love the formatting of the book, with the combination of AI voices, achievements, and interviews.
Guts
by Raina Telgemeier
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This was such a thoughtful, perceptive, sensitive book, and the drawing style is lovely and accessible. I do wish it had left the reader with a little bit more of a concrete roadmap of how to stay brave and navigate moments of anxiety or experiences of fears and phobias, though I do recognize that that roadmap is always so individual that presenting a specific one here wouldn't necessarily be feasible or meaningful. This is likely to be enjoyed by any deeply feeling, slightly quirky person who is on the journey to navigating the uncertainties and anxieties of life.
Bloom Town
by Ally North
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addictive! great characters in a really unique setting, with a fair amount of spice. immediately checking out the sequel, and i doubt it will take me long to finish it!
Brave
by Svetlana Chmakova
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Brave by Svetlana Chmakova highlights some of the biggest problems in middle school, bullying, grades and unfriendly friends. Jensen Graham dreams to be an astronaut, but how can he be an astronaut if he's failing math? Worse how can he focus on math with bullies at every corner and shifting friends? When art club isn't fun anymore Jensen starts to help out the newspaper crew, Jenny, Akilah, and Felipe, who help him realize it's not okay to be pushed around, can Jensen beat the hardest levels of his life, middle school?
Enola Holmes, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan
by Nancy Springer
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Like I said, the books are just AMAZING. You absolutely NEED to read this book and the whole series, it is just fast-paced mystery novel that is an ABSOLUTE page Turner. AMAZING. Perfect for ages 9-15.
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