Book Review
Oddity
Eli Brown’s "Oddity" is a delightful, action-packed fantasy featuring a colorful cast and magical trinkets. All Clover knows about her mother is that she died when Clover was a baby, and that she was fascinated with oddities—objects...
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Finding My Yip
Filled with friendship, adventure, and a lot of puppy charm, "Finding My Yip" is an entertaining children’s story about what it means to be brave. In Christine Isley-Farmer’s sweet children’s book "Finding My Yip", a girl and her...
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Nomad
The magic continues in R. J. Anderson’s fantasy sequel, "Nomad". Ever since Ivy, a pixie, learned that her mother was still alive, her life has been turned upside down. In gaining a mother, she lost her father. In gaining a new home,...
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No Ordinary Thing
A quiet orphan, a magic snow globe, and an evil factory owner feature into G. Z. Schmidt’s charming novel No Ordinary Thing. Ever since twelve-year-old Adam’s parents disappeared on a trip, he has lived with his uncle above the...
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Swift
In R. J. Anderson’s twisting middle grade fantasy "Swift", a pixie struggles to find her place. Life is getting harder for Ivy, a young pixie. She’s smaller and weaker than her peers, and she can’t fly. Ever since her mother...
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The Sisters of Straygarden Place
Hayley Chewins’s fantasy novel "The Sisters of Straygarden Place" is filled with magic and danger—and love that overcomes all. The Ballastian sisters seem to have everything they need, including a magic house that feeds them. But...
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Einstein's Compass
In Grace Blair and Laren Bright’s young adult fantasy novel Einstein’s Compass, a boy struggles with supernatural forces of light and darkness, hoping to find his place within it all. Jealous of his brother’s success as an...
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The Space Between Lost and Found
Woven of heartbreak and hope, Sandy Stark-McGinnis’s "The Space Between Lost and Found" is about a girl who’s determined to make the most of every moment. Cassie wishes that her mother were a dolphin—not because she doesn’t want...
