New Kid By Jerry Craft

New Kid By: Jerry Craft The author of New Kid, Jerry Craft, will be at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I can’t wait to go and see all the authors! This book is a graphic novel, so graphic novel lovers will probably like this book. New Kid is about a boy named…

Amina’s Voice By Hena Khan

  Amina’s Voice By: Hena Khan Hena Khan will be at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I am super excited to meet her and get my book signed! Amina’s Voice is about a girl named Amina who just started sixth grade. Already her life has started to change,; her best friend Soojin…

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton By Don Tate

  Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton Written and Illustrated by Don Tate Don Tate will be at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I am so excited to meet him and get my book signed. Poet is a non-fiction book. Poet is about an African-American boy when slavery was a…

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu By Wendy Wan-Long Shang

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang I LOVED this book. It was really good. Wendy Wan-Long Shang will be at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I am super excited! The Great Wall of Lucy Wu is about a Chinese-American girl named Lucy. She is going to have the…

Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen By Donna Gephart

Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen By: Donna Gephart I loved this book. When I was reading it I was hooked. Also, Donna Gephart will be at the 2019 Truman State University Literature Festival. I am excited to see her there. This book is about a twelve year old girl named Olivia Bean. She loves trivia and…

A Snicker of Magic By Natalie Lloyd

A Snicker of Magic By: Natalie Lloyd My school librarian recommended A Snicker of Magic to our class, so I checked it out. It is a very magical and great book. I loved it. Warning: there is also a little bit of sad. The book is about a girl named Felicity who collects words. She…

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala By: Malala Yousafzai This is an autobiography. Malala wrote it herself. This book is about Malala when she was a kid. Malala’s dad owned a school, and Malala and her friends went there. They were in the separate girls’ school though. Later, some people called the Taliban said that girls should not…

Field Tripped By Allan Woodrow

  Field Tripped By: Allan Woodrow I read this book a while ago, so I might not remember as much, but it was good, so I wanted to share. Anyway, let’s get started. Field Tripped is about some fifth graders who the book says might be the worst fifth graders ever. They go on a…

Camp Confidential #5: TTYL By Melissa J. Morgan

  Camp Confidential #5 TTYL (Talk To You Later) By: Melissa J. Morgan I have written about this series before. I wrote about #4. This book is a little different though. TTYL is about this group of girls who were in the same bunk at a summer camp. It isn’t the summer right now, and…

Things Not Seen By Andrew Clements

  Things Not Seen By: Andrew Clements I LOVE this book. I checked it out from the library once, and now I have checked it out again to blog about it ( yes, yes I read it again first). The story is amazing and very creative. Things Not Seen is about a boy who wakes…