Synopsis Sherlock receives a gender swap in this ingenious take on Sherlock Holmes. Charlotte is a precocious young adult who isn’t society’s stereotypical woman. But …
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Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans | Parent Guide
Synopsis Michael Vey seems like a typical fourteen-year-old boy, except for the occasional stutter from Tourettes Syndrome. Michael is far from mediocre with his capacity …
Magyk by Angie Sage| Parent Guide
Synopsis Septimus Heap was born the seventh son of a seventh son but declared dead the day he was born and stolen by the midwife. …
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede | Parent Guide
Synopsis Princess Cimorene is sixteen and doesn’t like being a princess. She prefers practicing sword fighting or conjugating Latin verbs to embroidering and curtsying. So, …
The Lost Heiress by Roseanna M. White | Parent Guide
Synopsis It’s 1910, and the return of Brooke’s best friend turns her life upside-down. Brooke has never fit in, but when her friend Justin discovers …
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole | Parent Guide
Synopsis The Castle of Otranto was supposed to be a thriller-horror book. However, many of the ‘scary’ elements have been overused, and seem clique today. …
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 …
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare | Parent Guide
Synopsis City of Bones begins when fifteen-year-old Clary walks out of the Pandemonium Club in New York City. The last thing she expected was 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 …
Dinosaurs Before Dark: Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne | Parent Guide
Synopsis While walking home one day, Annie and Jack find a mysterious tree house that just showed up. Before they can uncover its secrets, the …