Book Summary: Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise’s friends, their parents’ love, her dreams for the future. [...]
Archive for the ‘Grades 6 – 8’ Category
Book Summary: In Louisa May Alcott’s charming coming-of-age-tale, Jack and Jill go up a hill—and then suffer a terrible accident; it is at this point Alcott’s novel deviates from the classic children’s nursery rhyme. Jack and Jill are close childhood friends, but one day that bond is threatened when they are seriously injured during a [...]
Book Summary: Hayley’s parents disappeared when she was a baby. Since then, she has been raised and homeschooled by her grandparents. Grandad is overworked and travels a lot; Grandma is much too strict and never lets her meet any children her own age. When Hayley does something wrong—she is not quite sure what—they pack her [...]
Book Summary:(Provided by ) Ally and her family run the Moon Shadow campground, where a total eclipse of the sun is about to occur. People from all over the world are coming to see it. One of those coming is Bree, whose scientific parents are coming to take over the Moon shadow campground. Bree is [...]
Book Description: deAR gooSE, Thank you for your letter. Too bad you won’t be able to write. I guess you’ll be too busy moving on. Me too. First of all, I’m quite busy socially. Very busy socially. Plus, my screenwriting is really taking off. I’m basically in discussions with some people. Producer-types. You know. They [...]
Book Summary: From School Library Journal Grade 6–9—Bran Hambric is a foundling, left in a bank vault and taken in by Sewey and Mabel Wilomas, who live in the town of Dunce. In an effort to preserve the decency of the community, the town has banned even the mere mention of magic. During a harrowing [...]
Book Summary: Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes out the window, witness to the moon’s silvery light. In the stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. This is when Mina feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free. A blank notebook lies [...]
Book Summary: Theodosia’s mother is an archaeologist; her father is the head curator of the Museum of Legends and Antiquities. What with one parent being off on digs in Egypt much of the time and one perpetually distracted and irritated by work, it’s easy for eleven-year-old Theodosia to lie low and keep from being sent [...]
Book Summary: Queen Marie Rousseau is intelligent and capable. She is also bossy and selfish. Spoiled from birth by her father and three older brothers (and somewhat less by her mother) and homeschooled until she was in third grade, Queen has no idea how to relate to her fifth-grade classmates. She doesn’t seem able to [...]