Genre: Middle School

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

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

{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 talent […]

Posted February 19, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Sugar and Spice: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Sugar and Spice: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Synopsis} – That’s the way the cookie crumbles! Yum! Our magic mirror has dropped me and my brother, Jonah, into the story of Hansel and Gretel. If we’re lucky, we may even get to taste the cake-house… But we didn’t count on accidentally getting trapped. The real Hansel and Gretel are on the run, and […]

Posted February 19, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Genie in a Bottle: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Genie in a Bottle: Sarah Mlynowski}

{Synopsis} – Be careful what you wish for… When my brother, Jonah, and I travel through our mirror into the story of Aladdin, we’re excited. There will be magic lamps and genies granting wishes. Right? Wrong. The genie we meet isn’t QUITE as helpful as we expected. And if Aladdin’s wishes don’t come true, he […]

Posted February 18, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport: Emma Carlson Berne}

{Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport: Emma Carlson Berne}

{Synopsis} – Tells the stories–in their own words–of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life. {My thoughts} – I have always had an interest in […]

Posted February 1, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review}, {New Release} / 0 Comments
{The Gathering: Dan Poblocki}

{The Gathering: Dan Poblocki}

{Synopsis} – Some houses are more than just haunted… they’re hungry. Dash, Dylan, Poppy, Marcus, and Azumi don’t know this at first. They each think they’ve been summoned to Shadow House for innocent reasons. But there’s nothing innocent about Shadow House. Something within its walls is wickedly wrong. Nothing — and nobody — can be […]

Posted October 11, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Fortune Falls:  Jenny Goebel}

{Fortune Falls: Jenny Goebel}

{Synopsis} – Welcome to Fortune Falls, a magical town where superstitions are real. Four-leaf clovers really do bring good fortune, and owning a rabbit's foot is the secret to success. However, there aren't enough charms in the universe to help Sadie Bleeker. She can't pass a ladder without walking under it, and black cats won't […]

Posted March 13, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments