Category: {Book Review}

{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
{School Freezes Over!: Jack Chabert}

{School Freezes Over!: Jack Chabert}

{Synopsis} – Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Eerie Elementary is at it again! […]

Posted February 17, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Science Fair is Freaky!: Jack Chabert}

{The Science Fair is Freaky!: Jack Chabert}

{Synopsis} – Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Eerie Elementary is having a science […]

Posted February 15, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Alive by Scott Sigler}

{Alive by Scott Sigler}

{Synopsis} – I open my eyes to darkness. Total darkness. I hear my own breathing, but nothing else. I lift my head…it thumps against something solid and unmoving. There is a board right in front of my face. No, not a board…a lid. A teenage girl awakens to find herself trapped in a coffin. She […]

Posted February 9, 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
{Unlocked: Margo Kelly}

{Unlocked: Margo Kelly}

{Synopsis} – There is so much about this book that I enjoyed. To begin the cover is amazing. It pulled my interest from the beginning. Then I noticed who wrote it and I just had to read it. There are few writers that I have come across in recent years that have the ability to […]

Posted December 14, 2016 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments