★★★ ½ Daniel just lost his parents (quite literally lost them - they're explorers and haven't found their way home yet). And because society generally frowns on children living on their own, Daniel is shipped off to Aunt Severe's place. And at first, it is JUST AWFUL...until he finds four dragons living among her garden...but the Gotcha… Continue reading Aunt Severe and the Dragons – Nick Garlick
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Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Ryrie Brink
★★ ½ Disappointing and yet marginally charming. How far I've come! I'm the same girl and yet not the same. I wonder if it's always like that? Caddie Woodlawn, a fiery redhead growing up in Wisconsin in the 1800s, has always been a tom boy. Her mother is at her wits end but her father enjoys his daughter's plucky… Continue reading Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Ryrie Brink
Seedfolks – Paul Fleischman
★★★★ The word "paradise" came out of my mouth, without thinking. An old Romanian woman keeps a keen eye on the neighborhood. Her suspicious glance falls upon a young Vietnamese girl squatting in a vacant lot, poking at the ground. Upon further inspection, she realizes that the young girl was planting lima bean seeds. You have to have faith, especially… Continue reading Seedfolks – Paul Fleischman
The Gifts of the Animals – Carole Gerber & Yumi Shimokawara
★★★★ The gentle beasts of sky and earth prepare their stable for Christ's birth. Everyone knows that in a little stable in Bethlehem, Christ is born...but what happened before that? How did the manger get its straw? Was there a little pillow for His head? In this sweet and charming Christmas tale, we learn how the animals… Continue reading The Gifts of the Animals – Carole Gerber & Yumi Shimokawara
China Rich Girlfriend – Kevin Kwan
★★★★ ½ I know the average outfit in your wardrobe costs more than a semester of tuition at Princeton, but it makes you look like a community college during summertime: NO CLASS. Rachel Chu managed to (unwittingly) snag one of the most eligible bachelors - Mr. Nicholas Young, heir to an obscene fortune. And they are ready… Continue reading China Rich Girlfriend – Kevin Kwan
Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves – Annemarie Riley Guertin
★★★★★ As she slept, a strong gust of wind shook her from her cozy nest...Little Redbird tumbled out and fell onto the cold, hard ground. Poor little Redbird is injured just before winter sets in and she is desperate. "May I live in your warm branches until spring returns?" She tries a silvery-white birch, an oak… Continue reading Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves – Annemarie Riley Guertin
Have Sword, Will Travel – Garth Nix & Sean Williams
★★★★ Odo and Eleanor did not set out to find their destiny. At best, they were hoping for eels. Odo and Eleanor, best friends, plan on going eeling in the mostly dried up river near their village. While going through the sludgy river bed, something rather unexpected happens. Odo and Eleanor screamed as the sword erupted out… Continue reading Have Sword, Will Travel – Garth Nix & Sean Williams
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – Jenny Han
★★★★★ My letters are for when I don't want to be in love anymore. They're for good-bye. Because after I write in my letter, I'm not longer consumed by my all-consuming love...My letters set me free. Lara Jean has had plenty of crushes. Plenty. And she's fallen in and out of love with said crushes without them… Continue reading To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – Jenny Han
War Storm – Victoria Aveyard
★ Wow. This one was bad. It's the kind of bad that makes you set down the book and stare off into the middle distance, and reevaluate the life choices that brought this book into your world. In an effort to channel my undoubtedly unorganized and enraged rant, I will limit my review to the Premise, Mare, the World Building… Continue reading War Storm – Victoria Aveyard
Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
★★★★ ½ Perfection comes at a sacrifice Nick Young (yes, THAT Nick Young) invites Rachel Chu, his longtime girlfriend, to spend the summer in Singapore and attend a wedding of an old friend. Seems pretty simple, right? WRONG! Nick just so happens to be heir to an obscenely large fortune- the kind of rich that are so rich that they don't… Continue reading Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
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