Synopsis After a ship’s mutiny strands an English couple on the remote African coast their son is born in the wild. Soon after, he is …
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Origin by Dan Brown | Parent Guide
Synopsis Robert Langdon, a professor of religious iconography and symbology, shows up to the renown ultramodern Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain for an earth chattering …
Pendragon Book One: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale | Parent Guide & Review
Synopsis Bobby Pendragon looks like a fourteen-year-old boy, but his basketball skills aren’t what makes him unique. He is going to save the world, just …
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card by Orson Scott Card | Parent Guide
Synopsis Ender’s Game is a militaristic science fiction novel set in the future, and Earth is preparing to stop another alien invasion from happening. Andrew …
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan | Parent Guide
Synopsis Percy is a teenager with ADHD and anger issues. He thought his largest problem was trying not to get booted out of boarding school …
One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale | Parent Guide
Synopsis One Dead Spy is the first in a series of non-fiction comic books where history comes alive. One Dead Spy is the story of …
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 …
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson | Parent Guide & Review
Synopsis The gang is back, but they have bigger problems than before. Wax is still getting over his first wife while planning a wedding to …
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 …