The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From goodreads.com Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunted by Fisheye … More The Great Trouble
Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan Rating: 3 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads.com There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her. Jess had done the research. Success requires precision: a dark room, a mirror, a candle, salt, and four teenage girls. Each of them–Jess, … More Mary: The Summoning
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona (Artist) Rating: 3 out of 5 magical coffee cups From Goodreads.com “Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City — until she’s suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she … More Ms. Marvel
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade Series Rating: 4 out of 5 magical coffee cups I found the first book by accident. I thought the premiss sounded interesting. From Goodreads.com The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an … More Serial Saturday
The Girl in the Box by Quida Sebestyen Rating 5 out of 5 magical coffee cups My library has decided to organize the books by genre. It is a lot of work but so far it has been worth every stressed out moment. To complete this project I have been forced … More ThrowBackThursday . . . Book Style
The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence by Stan Lee, Stuart Moore, Andie Tong (Illustrations Rating 4 out of 5 magical coffee cups From Goodreads: “When twelve magical superpowers are unleashed on the world, a Chinese-America teenager named Steven will be thrown into the middle of an epic global chase. He’ll have to … More Zodiac
War Horse By Michael Morpurgo Rating: 5 out of 5 magical coffee cups This book is written from the point of view of a horse named Joey. At first I thought that this book was going to be a little silly reading the thoughts of a horse but this book is wonderful. … More War Horse
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen 5 magical coffee cups! Maybe it’s because I work in a middle school but books about bullying seem to hit me a little harder. I see my students dealing with bulling everyday and I struggle at what to say to help them at times. I … More The Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen
