The Guardians of the Hidden Scepter

Genre: Adventure Ages: 11-15 Here’s Frank’s latest book. (He’s the author of the awsome Hashbrown Winters series that my family enjoyed reading. I interviewed him here.) I can’t wait to read his new book. And isn’t is lucky I have a...

Perilous by Tamara Hart Heiner

This is Tamara (with her husband). She’s one of the first friends I made in blogland, and is a new author. Her book Perilous came out last November. I bought and downloaded the ebook version of this book using my husband’s iPad. The only problem is he...

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Genre: Middle Grade Historical Fiction (Age 9 and up) Amazon.com Review The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained and then sent to the...

Alcatraz Series by Brandon Sanderson

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy (age 9 and up) Great books for boys since the main character is a thirteen year old boy. About the First Book: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians A hero with an incredible talent…for breaking things. A life-or-death mission…to...

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance First, get over the cover. I’d heard lots of good reviews about this book and was quite excited to read it. Then I saw the cover. For the record, the cover photo is not anywhere in the book. Yes, Grace Divine, the main character,...

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Some of my most favorite gifts to both give and receive are books. So from now until Christmas I’ll be sharing a variety of my favorites. Today’s pick is a children’s picture book. The pictures are as fabulous as the story (not surprising since...