Most young girls love to shop; they love to go to the mall to hang out and look around. Imagine if you actually lived at the mall! Right in the center, in the heart of it! And, what if your house is like a giant...

Spy Holly and the Case of the Missing Cookies is an adorable mystery for beginning readers. Holly is an inquisitive little girl who enjoys puzzles and feels she would make a great spy. She overhears about a mysterious disappearance at her school and thinks she...

Dangerfield and the Solar Empire by Robin Audu is a dazzling debut that comes to life with imagination. Dangerfield is no stranger to being different, thanks to her unique name, so it shouldn't come as a surprise when she goes to the roof of their...

With the help of a witch, a ghost, and Brownies, a young girl with magical powers must battle an evil witch to keep the enchanted ring she wears in the middle-grade fantasy novel, Mr. Murray's Gun (The Piccadilly Street Series: Book 4) by Emily-Jane Hills...

Andy was playing the Pharaoh in the second-grade play in school and it was late. As he was practicing his lines he saw a striped cat looking at him. Andy tried to entice the cat to play by taking off his necklace, but the cat...

Are you good at solving riddles? Are puzzles easy for you to figure out? Are you good at decoding, unraveling mysteries? Ethan Murphy is very clever at all of these things and more. It’s something he’s inherited from his father and his grandfather. It’s part...

The Rise of Septra'Kaal (Masterminds Incorporated) by Chad Lee Erway is another super helping of children's mystery and horror. This one has sixth-grader Jonah Mortimer hearing things--a bird talking to him--but it turns out to be a reality, not his imagination. The bird warns him...

Don't Hold Your Breath (Masterminds Incorporated) by Chad Lee Erway is a creepy-in-a-good-way children's horror novel that will keep young readers and older entertained from start to finish. Wolverton is a place where creatures and mysteries live. Creatures like merfolk, goblins, three-headed dogs among others....

As soon as I saw there was a second Brody Cody book up for review I grabbed it. Brody Cody and the Haunted Vacation House by Toni Pike is another delightful tale. In the first book, poor Brody is faced with accepting a new mother,...

Brandon Goes to Hong Kong - Xiānggǎng (香港), by Eugenia Chu, is an 80-page adventure-filled children’s story starring Brandon and his family who travel to Hong Kong where lots of fun and adventure await. This American-Chinese family is from the States, and they visit relatives...