Book 1 of the Loki series. This is a middle grade book. This is a fun silly book about Loki and Thor masquerading as young human children. It is quick, fun, and silly. Great for a reluctant reader. Introduce this to a young child to help instill a love of reading.

Book 97 of the Boxcar Children. This mystery is a criminal who is posing as a ghost. Can the kids figure out the ghost. Some elements are fairly obvious to older readers, but nailing down the suspects gets tricky. Can the kids discover the true motive in time? Give this one a shot and you’ll…

Book 2 of the Time Quintet series. This was a furthering of the storyline and yet a story unto itself. We have a few returning characters and some wholly new ones. The acceptable then is so different than the acceptable now. I think those items are what dates this book. Aside from that the series…

Book 1 of the Time Quintet. This classic had underpinnings of novels by C. S. Lewis and leaves you with a wonderful comparisons that can be had as you enjoy this beautifully written story. That’s several times banned book is very worth the read. Completely enjoyable for both YA and author alike. Pick this one…

Book 3 of Kit the Wizard. This is the conclusion so far to the series. That said I am shocked that this is not a 30 book series. This series feels like it is just taking off. I will just move into her Loki series as I have throughly enjoyed this series. If you are…

Book 2 of the Kit the Wizard series. This is the second book and continues in stride with where the last one left off. Still strong middle grade and continues to be action packed that will help draw in those reluctant readers. As we follow the story we begin to see what problems the world…

Book 1 of The Dragon in the Library series. This is a fun middle grade book to help encourage adventurous spirits to read. It is a simple text and very appropriate for middle school age. This series so far would be perfect for Magic Treehouse fans and by size would be very appropriate for slow…

This was a collection of short stories that together give a good feel for Indian culture. The depth of the difference between each story adds depth and color to the picture that the author paints. I picked this one up from a list of must read books and was not disappointed. Hope you choose to…

A quick short story celebrating Christmas. This is simply a magazine article, but leaves you with thinking a little about belief and a lot about determined faith. This will take very little of your time, but is worth not skipping over.

This is a wonderful telling of the history of Halloween. In a similar style to Something Wicked This Way Comes we have some Halloween antics that mixes just right with the supernatural. Overall it is another classic by Ray Bradbury and teaches a lesson while being immensely entertaining. Good reading for middle grade up and…