ChirpKate MessnerBloomsbury USA Children’sPublished February 4, 2020 Amazon |Book Depository | Goodreads About Chirp From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she’s recovering … Continue reading Review: Chirp by Kate Messner
BreakoutKate MessnerBloomsburyPublished on June 5, 2018 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Breakout Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek–two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town’s maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are … Continue reading Review: Breakout by Kate Messner
The Kate In BetweenClaire SwinarskiQuill Tree BooksPublished May 18, 2021 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Kate In Between Kate McAllister is desperate for a change. Something to hit refresh and erase the pain of her mother leaving town without her. So when a group of popular girls folds Kate into their clique, it … Continue reading Review: The Kate In Between by Claire Swinarski
The Second Favorite Daughters Club: Sister SabotageColleen OakesPixel + InkPublished April 2, 2024 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Second Favorite Daughters Club: Sister Sabotage For fans of Sisters and Netflix’s The Baby-sitter’s Club, a contemporary series for the siblings who always come in last. Santana Barnes is tired of playing second fiddle to her ballet protégé, honor … Continue reading Review: The Second Favorite Daughters Club: Sister Sabotage by Colleen Oakes
Maybe It’s a SignE. L. ShenFarrar, Straus, and GirouxPublished January 23, 2024 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Maybe It’s a Sign An uplifting middle-grade novel about loss, luck . . . and deep-dish chocolate chip cookies―perfect for fans of King and the Dragonflies and The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. Seventh-grader Freya June Sun has always believed in … Continue reading Review: Maybe It’s a Sign by E. L. Shen
Jett Jamison and the Secret StormKimberly Behre KennaBlack Rose WritingPublished August 3, 2023 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm Jett Jamison can’t catch a break. Her home in small town Wisteria is noisy as a zoo, and her mind buzzes with bits of a traumatic memory she’d rather forget. She’s filled a shoebox … Continue reading Review: Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm by Kimberly Behre Kenna
