Category: review

The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson [MG Review]

31 January 2022 / review / 7 Comments
The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson [MG Review]

The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Oct. 2021Publisher: Pajama PressLength: 258 pages Genre: Contemporary fictionTarget Age: +8 Summary 💬 He’s known as the class troublemaker. She’s known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is anonymous, identity is suddenly what they make it. Between her father’s posting overseas and her best friend Sienna’s move to the other side of the country, seventh grade is looking lonely for Jane MacDonald. […]

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Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing [MG Review]

9 January 2022 / review / 3 Comments
Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing [MG Review]

Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept. 2020Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersLength: 240 pages Genre: MysteryTarget Age: Middle grade (suitable for 9+) Review ✍🏻 Pepper considers herself an amateur detective – she strives to follow the rulebook her deceased detective mother left. So when her great aunt passes away unexpectedly and Pepper sets out with her dad to pack up said aunt’s grand estate in a small […]

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Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff [MG Review]

9 May 2021 / review / 5 Comments
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff [MG Review]

Too Bright to Seeby Kyle LukoffSource: ebook/NetgalleyPublished: 20 Apr. 2021Publisher: Dial Books (PRH)Length: 192 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 8+#OwnVoices: Trans boy Summary 💬 It’s the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug’s best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in […]

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All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero [MG Review]

16 March 2021 / review / 5 Comments
All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero [MG Review]

All You Knead is Loveby Tanya GuerreroSource: ebook/NetgalleyPublished: 30 Mar.Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (Macmillan)Length: 384 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 9+#OwnVoices: Filipino Spanish representationI received a free copy from the publisher via NetGalley. Summary 💬 Twelve-year-old Alba doesn’t want to live with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona. But her mother needs her to be far, far away from their home in New York City. Because this is the year that her mother is going […]

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The Liar’s Dictionary: An Unusual Work of Literary Fiction [Review]

7 February 2021 / review / 13 Comments
The Liar’s Dictionary: An Unusual Work of Literary Fiction [Review]

I received a free copy for review from the publisher via NetGalley. The Liar’s Dictionaryby Eley WilliamsSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 5 Jan. 2021Publisher: Knopf Canada (PRH Canada)Length: 288 pages Genre: Historical/ contemporary fictionTarget Age: Adult (suitable for 16+)#OwnVoices: wlw Summary 💬 Peter Winceworth is a lexicographer in Victorian-era London, toiling away at the letter S for a multi-volume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Secretly, he begins to insert unauthorized fictitious entries into the dictionary in an attempt to assert […]

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