Allies
By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Alan Gratz once again brings a story of World War II; he puts his setting during D-Day. Dee is a sixteen year old boy…
Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong Rate: good A boy stood with his father and his great coon dog, Sounder, one day during the 20th century. Sounder was a powerful dog, with…
Little Women
By: Louisa May Alcott Rate: very good Little Women is a wonderful story of four March girls. Beautiful Meg, who wishes to be rich but soon learns that love is…
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
By: Chris Grabenstein Rate: very good Kyle Keeley is a big fan of master game-maker Luigi L. Lemoncello. When he hears that Mr. Lemoncello designed a library and is having…
The Lost Tide Warriors
By: Catherine Doyle Rate: good In this sequel to The Storm Keeper’s Island (which I have not read), Fionn, Arranmore’s Storm Keeper, saves Arranmore. Fionn cannot control his magic, or…
Prisoner B-3087
By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Yanek Gruener is a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. He survived ten concentration camps, where he worked restlessly day after day. But to survive…
Refugee
By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Josef was a Jew in the 1930s, when Nazis ruled Germany. One night his dad is captured by Nazis, but the rest of Josef’s…
Front Desk
By: Kelly Yang Rate: supreme Mia Tang is a struggling 10-year-old girl in America who is an immigrant from China. Her family is very poor, and they struggle to find…