Rating: Genre: Young Adult First sentence: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had just two things on my mind: Paul…
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Spook’s Apprentice #1) by Joseph Delaney
Rating: Genre: Fantasy, YA First sentence: When the Spook arrived, the light was already beginning to fail. Favorite Quote From the Book: If you can’t make a mistake, you can’t…
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Rating: Genre: Fantasy, YA First sentence: Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood. Favorite Quote From the Book: Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (March 21, 2006), Paperback: 400 pages / ISBN 0786838655…
The Velveteen Rabbit By Margery Williams
This is a wonderful story about love and the impact toys have on children and their imagination. It was one of my favorite bedtime stories as a kid. Amazon.com Review:…
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
This is one of my all time favorite books. I first discovered it when I was in 6th grade, and have reread it many times since then. It’s a book…
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
If you’ve ever wished to be part of an ‘old fashioned story’ then this is the book for you. Lois Lowry has done it again, though this book has a…
A Wrinkle In Time By Madeleine L’Engle
Meg Murry’s Father has been gone for two years and no one knows exactly why. All they know is that he was working on a top secret government project. It…
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
This is a wonderful true story about how a young boy learns some of life’s best lessons while working a small ranch with his father. I love simple heartfelt stories…
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
I thought this book was pretty great. It is a wonderful story, but a little slow in places. I agree with the review that the book could have been shortened…
The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
This is one of the best fantasy series that I have read in a long time. The beginning for me was a little slow when you find the protagonist, Kate,…