By: Jack Cheng  Rate: cool 11 year old Alex wants to launch his Golden iPod, full of recordings, into space, hoping it will land on a different planet with life.…

By: Michael Morpurgo Rate: very good Joey was a young colt when he was sold. His owner, Albert, was kind to him and he loved Albert. But then World War…

By: Madeleine L’Engle   Rate: Between good and very good     A Wrinkle in Time series is a wonderful quintet. For the first three books, Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and…

By: Rebecca Stead  Rate: very good First Light has two main characters, called Peter and Thea. Peter is a normal boy, whose father works at Greenland, studying global warming. He…

  By: Rebecca Stead Rate: cool In <<Goodbye Stranger>>, Bridget Barasmain went through a terrible injury when she was 8, with her friend, Tabitha. She accidentally rode on her skates…