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…
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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 Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
The Science of Breakable Things By: Tae Keller Tae Keller will be at the 2019 Truman State University Children’s Literature Festival. I am so excited to talk to her and get my book signed. The Science of Breakable Things is about a girl named Natalie. Her mom has been acting weird lately and not coming…
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…
Enchanted Sacred Garden: Dragon by Angie Rooker
Enchanted Sacred Garden: Dragon By: Angie Rooker I was hooked to this book when I read it. It was really good! Thanks to the author Angie Rooker for sending it to me! (And stay tuned — I am hoping to receive an advanced copy of her second book in this series so that I…
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…
The Reading Rockstar 