Ghost of Widdecot Manor by Hazel Eggleton is a ghost story with a lot of mystery and adventure. Joshua decides to attend football camp when he finds out that the manor where he is staying is haunted. Everything is going fine until the ghost starts...

Conferencing: Let's Talk it Over (Writing is a Process) (Volume 5) by Terri Kelley is about the requirements of conferencing while writing stories. There are several volumes to this beautiful series which deals with the many aspects of writing. This series introduces and guides children...

Editing: It's Time for Corrections (Writing is a Process) (Volume 4) by Terri Kelley is the fourth book in the series Writing is a Process. In this book, the author speaks about editing and how to make corrections in your writing. The young girl in...

The Newbie is written by Roderick J. Robison. The book is filled with lots of emotion and feelings such as sadness, happiness, hopelessness, shame, disappointment, joy, excitement, and awkwardness. As a student approaches a school that they have never attended before, they can become quite...

Looks like there's a new kind of Mad Cow Disease running around. Sure you want to eat that burger? Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi (Shipbreaker, The Drowned Cities) is an awesome, fast paced zombie/apocalypse yarn that tackles issues like racism, immigration, and factory farming...

Rough Drafts: Bumpy Writing is OK (Writing is a Process) (Volume 3) by Terri Kelley is the third part of the series on how to write a rough draft. A girl is watching a stormy night. She is putting down the words that come into...

The Lonely Lake Monster: The Imaginary Veterinary: Book 2 is written by Suzanne Selfors. This book contains adventure, comedy, excitement, magical creatures, and a creative, mysterious environment. You've heard of mystical creatures such as the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and leprechauns in fairy tales and...

No longer lonely — with friends like Sunny, Aneta, and Vee — Esther hopes to be one of the S.A.V.E. Squad girls forever. But when mean girl Melissa Dayton-Snipp returns, intent on pushing her way into the squad, Esther begins to worry. While helping injured...

The Silver Strand, by L.J. Clarkson, introduces readers to Isabelle Tresdon — an artist and scientist who, while suffering through gym class with a headache, ends up on the floor with pink dust that sparkles around her, then fades away. Minutes later, Isabelle sprouts “granny...

The Phantom of Hunter’s Creek by Kristin Noller is an exciting debut mystery in which three pre-high school girls must find a hidden treasure to save the farm belonging to the grandparents of one of the girls. In the meantime, their small home town is...