Synopsis On the Fence is a cute contemporary romance about a sixteen-year-old girl named Charlie who is the ultimate tomboy. She doesn’t know anything about …
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Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff | Parent Guide
Synopsis Verna LaVaughn is fourteen and needs a job. She decides to be a nanny for a little family. The mom, Jolly, is seventeen and …
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana | Parent Guide
Synopsis This is the life of Sandra Uwringiyimana, a refugee fleeing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dive into the political strife and racism …
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco | Content Guide
Synopsis of Stalking Jack the Ripper Audrey Rose Wadsworth is a seventeen-year-old girl who loves dissection. Her uncle is a coroner and has agreed to …
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo | Parent Guide
Synopsis Charlie Bones is a ten-year-old living with his cruel grandmother and her three evil sisters. After finding a photo of a missing person, he …
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale | Parent Guide
Synopsis Miri grew up on the top of a mountain where stones have been quarried for generations. But when the king’s priests announce that Miri’s …
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner | Parent Guide
Synopsis Four orphan children are afraid of being split up, so they run away and make a home for themselves in a boxcar. They come …
Last Descendants: An Assassin’s Creed Novel By Matthew J. Kirby| Parent Guide & Review
Synopsis of Last Descendants Last Descendants begins when Owen is fifteen. His life hasn’t gone right since his father died in prison, but Owen isn’t …
Princesses Empowering Girls: 10 Books to Read if you Liked Princess Academy
What princesses are empowering girls? I’m not a huge fan of the stereotypical Disney princess who just waits around for her prince charming to come …
A Summer Reading List for the Adventurous Reader
Adventure in Every Genre Summer is a great time to relax and read a book between projects or while on vacation. It is also the …