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Review: The Fearless Traveler’s Guide to Wicked Places by Peter Begler

By Kasey Giard | February 21, 2017 - 7:00 am |February 15, 2017 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Clean Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade 8-12

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Fearless Traveler’s Guide to Wicked Places
Peter Begler
Capstone Books for Young Readers
Available March 1, 2017

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When a skull-shaped cloud kidnaps Nell’s mother and turns her into a bird, she and her brothers vow to get their mother back. To do this, they must find a powerful Fearless Traveler and persuade him to take them to a land of nightmares. Once there, they will have to make the dangerous journey to see Ravenhead, the only Dreamer who can undo the curse and return Nell’s mother to her real form. Along the way, Nell and her brother battle nightmares both outside and inside themselves. The only … Continue reading →

Review: Be Light Like a Bird by Monika Schröder

By Kasey Giard | August 17, 2016 - 7:00 am |August 14, 2016 Book Review and Content, Clean Fiction, Contemporary, Middle Grade 8-12

Be Light Like a Bird
Monika Schröder
Capstone Young Readers

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After Wren’s father unexpectedly dies, her mother rips her away from her only home. Move after move takes Wren further and further across the country, and Wren can’t help but wonder what her mom is running from. Then Wren finds a beautiful pond to secret herself away to watch birds the way she and her father used to do. When Wren discovers the local landfill owner plans to demolish her sacred place, Wren vows to stop him.

The birdwatching elements felt very natural to me. I’m not an experienced birdwatcher by any means, but my daughter and I kept … Continue reading →

Review: The Ruby Airship by Sharon Gosling

By Kasey Giard | February 2, 2015 - 7:00 am |October 5, 2017 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Clean Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

The Ruby Airship
Sharon Gosling
Capstone Young Readers
Published on February 1, 2015

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Reformed jewel thief Remy Brunel tries to live the quiet life of a stage performer in a busy London theater. Thaddeus Rec, a detective with the London police force, wants to believe Remy has given up her old ways. When one of Remy’s old friends shows up in town, he can’t help but wonder if this man is connected to a string of impossible robberies he is responsible to solve.

As Thaddeus investigates further, he uncovers hints of a much larger, more sinister plot. Before he … Continue reading →