25 Sep 2019

{The Big Shrink: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}, {New Release}

{Synopsis} – The Upside-Down Magic kids are back in another topsy-turvy adventure in the next installment of this New York Times bestselling series! Marigold Ramos can magically make things small – sometimes very, very small. The only problem? She can’t figure out how to make them big again. Maybe a new tutor can help MarigoldContinue Reading

21 Nov 2018

{Weather or Not: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – When Willa’s upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Nory and the kids in Ms. Starr’s Upside-Down Magic class always have umbrellas nearby, just in case. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. And yet the more she rains, the worse she feels . . . andContinue Reading

20 Nov 2018

{Dragon Overnight: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – Nory Horace can turn herself into a kitten. But sometimes she adds in a bit of dragon and, well, accidentally turns into a dritten. Oops? Her friend Andres Padillo can fly high . . . but then he can’t fly back down again. Nory and Andres are in an Upside-Down Magic class withContinue Reading

16 Mar 2017

{Showing Off: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – Some people in school are afraid of the kids in the Upside-Down Magic class. Others just call them flops. But Nory and her friends in Upside-Down Magic won’t let that stop them. Not with a school-wide talent show coming up! Except… Nory’s afraid her fluxing magic will go wonky and upset her father.Continue Reading

11 Mar 2017

{Sticks & Stones: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – Strange things are happening at Dunwiddle Magic School — and the Upside-Down Magic class is getting blamed! Yes, Marigold did shrink Lacey Clench to the size of a gerbil. But that was an accident. And, yes, most people weren’t prepared for Nory to transform into a squippy (that’s half squid, half puppy) —Continue Reading

19 Feb 2017

{Upside-Down Magic: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – From New York Times bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes the hilarious and heartfelt story of a group of magical misfits. Nory Horace is nine years old. She’s resourceful, she’s brave, she likes peanut butter cookies. Also, she’s able to transform into many different animals. Unfortunately, Nory’s shape-shifting talentContinue Reading

29 May 2012

{ttyl: Lauren Myracle}

Posted by zapkode.marie / {Book Review}

{Synopsis} – Audacious author Lauren Myracle accomplishes something of a literary miracle in her second young-adult novel, ttyl (Internet instant messaging shorthand for “talk to you later”), as she crafts an epistolary novel entirely out of IM transcripts between three high-school girls. Far from being precious, the format proves perfect for accurately capturing the sweetContinue Reading

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{The Big Shrink: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{Weather or Not: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{Dragon Overnight: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{Showing Off: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{Sticks & Stones: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{Upside-Down Magic: Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle & Emily Jenkins}

{ttyl: Lauren Myracle}