Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday By: Rachel Renee Russell

  Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday By: Rachel Renee Russell I really like the Dork Diaries series. This is number 13 in the series, and it is REALLY good! I always wonder in a series if I need to start on number one or if I can just read the book. In this series…

The Magic Misfits By: Neil Patrick Harris

  The Magic Misfits By: Neil Patrick Harris My friend Audrey recommended The Magic Misfits to me, so I bought a copy. She was right; it is really good. The Magic Misfits is about a boy named Carter. He lives with his uncle, who takes his ability to do magic tricks, and uses it to…

The Stars Beneath Our Feet By David Barclay Moore

  The Stars Beneath Our Feet By: David Barclay Moore This book was really good when I read it. I read this right after I moved, so I was so busy moving I hadn’t had the chance to read in a while. The Stars Beneath Our Feet is about a boy named Lolly. His brother…

Moving!

The Reading Rockstar, and our Little Free Library are moving! We are currently in our new place but not fully unpacked or settled, so we apologize for a bit of a lapse in blog posts. We brought our library with us, and we are planning to get it back up and functioning very soon. We…

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Elijah of Buxton By: Christopher Paul Curtis This book is historical fiction. It is a really good book. Elijah of Buxton is about an African-Canadian boy who was born free in Canada. This book takes place during slavery. Elijah was the first child to be born free in Buxton and is really good at chunking…

The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games series is an AMAZING series. There are three books in the series, and I am currently reading the second and have the third checked out from the library as well because the first was so good. I couldn’t put it down. The Hunger Games is about…

Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West

Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon By: Tracey West This is the first book in the Dragon Master series. Our family is on book #9 right now. Emerson, the Little Reading Rockstar of our family, is going to review this book. His review is below: I like this series because it has dragons and…

The Mighty Miss Malone By Christopher Paul Curtis

  The Mighty Miss Malone By: Christopher Paul Curtis I enjoyed this book a lot when I was reading it. It was amazing. This book is historical fiction. I didn’t know very much about The Great Depression and know I know a lot more. The Mighty Miss Malone is about an African-American girl, Deza, living…

The Jumbies By Tracey Baptiste

  The Jumbies By: Tracey Baptiste Tracey Baptiste was at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I got to meet her and she was SUPER nice. This book is about a girl named Corinne whose mom died a long time ago. One day Corinne went into the woods chasing an animal. Corinne can’t…

Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLachlan

  Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan This book is “a classic.” I found it really interesting. It only took me two days to finish it. I couldn’t put it down! Sarah, Plain and Tall is about two kids named Anna and Caleb. Their mom died right after Caleb was born. Papa puts an ad…