Latest Kids Book Reviews
Featured Books & Reviews
The Last Comics on Earth: Too Many Villains!: From the Creators of the Last Kids on Earth
By Max Brallier, Joshua Pruett
Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk face their biggest challenge yet: creating the sequel to their hit graphic novel! And like all sequels, it must be BIGGER, BETTER, and PACKED WITH EVEN MORE NEAT STUFF! While the kids get to work, their superhero alter-egos make a startling discovery: supervillains do not come up with their own evil plans! The shocking truth? Every supervillain scheme comes from the mind of a single, mysterious bad guy.
Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher (Book 1)
By Trudi Trueit
Sailor York and the daring recruits of Explorer Academy uncover an elusive animal-smuggling ring in the first electrifying book in this new companion series. Soon after Cruz, Sailor, Emmett, and Lani return for their second year at Explorer Academy, their sense of calm is shattered when Sailor’s older sister goes missing. Amidst incredible expeditions to far-flung destinations and competitive classes, Sailor bravely steps into the lead to discover how her sister’s sudden disappearance may be linked to ...
The Giver (The Giver Quartet)
By Lois Lowry
The main character Jonas lives in the future, in a small Community. It is a place without pain, where people are formal and have carefully outlined procedures for things, ranging from Rituals of Loss to Acceptances of Apologies. They follow rules or are formally chastised, or are even punished with the despised "Release", such a mark on the reputation of the family that is never talked about, when it is used as a punishment. On the day of the Ceremony of Twelve, where everyone is given their Assignment, which they have no say in, and which they will keep on doing for the rest of their life, Jonas is chosen to see beyond, acting as the Reciever. The Reciever is the one who holds the memories of countless generations. He is respected, as he holds the most important job of all, but the community rarely uses him. Instead, they usually persist in their traditions. As the Receiver in training, Jonas is given memories by the wise old Giver, the former Reciever. There is pain, but there is also love. As the memories keep coming, Jonas realizes things. He questions the world that he was brought up in. He grows more and more aware of how no one else in the society is like him or the Giver, and realizes that they are all like robots: brought up to not feel, to be precise in their language, and to have no emotions. He begins to wonder if everyone, not just him, should have feelings and emotions. But what can just two people do to change a society? I loved this book. The writing style, overall, was very direct, like the society itself, but the message was the more important part: it was really thought provoking, especially the end. Another perk is that the book was short, just 168 pages in my edition, so you can finish it in just a few days. I highly recommend this to dystopian lovers, but I could see how those who like fast-paced books such as The Hunger Games would prefer other books.
QB 1
By Mike Lupica
Jacob "Jake" Cullen, a fellow eighth grader at Granger Middle School in Texas, playing as a quarterback (QB) for Granger High school varsity team. His father and older brother, Troy and Wyatt used to be a quarterbacks at both Granger High and Longhorns. For all of his life, he been living under two shadows and Troy, the father made Jake feels like he is not worth more than Wyatt. His crush ever since the school had started, Sarah Rayburn, the cheerleader and a friend of Jake. His friends; Nate Collins, Casey Lindell, Calvin Morton, etc who are in football team, too. - Happy Reading!
The Reptile Room, Movie Tie-in Edition (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2)
By Lemony Snicket
Wow. This book was amazingly written. These stories r so interesting that I finish these books and only an hour! It keeps making the readers wanting more and more. Luckily there r so many more books for me to read in this series! Ok so this book is abt how Violet (the inventor age 14) Klaus (the reader age 12) and Sunny ( the bitter age..baby..?) move into a new home. After what count Olaf did to them at their old home,Mr. Poe, that has been finding new guardians for them, found their uncle Monty. His name is Montgomery Montgomery. But the kids call him uncle Monty because he doesn't like his name. He is a snake scientist and he has an entire room full of adventurous snakes. When the kids moved in,they settled very quickly, bc their uncle Monty is so kind and thoughtful. Until Monty hires a new assistant, but little did he know it was Count Olaf in disguise as Stephano! Count Olaf tried everything to take the kids,even trying to take them to peru! After his plans never seam to work,olaf gets two needles together,adds poisonous deadly snake venom,and kills uncle monty. The kids know it was him,but bc the needles look like snake bits,they have no proof. Instead, they r sitting there crying abt there uncle Monty, and thinking abt the lasts moments they had together. What happens next is crazy, but I don't want to spoil it so read this one to find out! Love this book I totally recommend it! 5 stars
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
By Lemony Snicket
OMG. This book is literally amazing. I read all the books,watched the movie,and the show. The books have so much detail and so interesting. This book is abt 3 kid who's parents r rich. One-day the kids parents died and violet the eldest gets to have their fortune when she comes of age. She has a brother Klaus and a sister sunny. They move in a house with their new guardian Count Olaf. He is a literal rat lol and he makes them do chores and feed his troupe. He trys to marry violet to steal their fortune. All he wants is their fortune and he will do WHATEVER it takes to get it. Even if it means killing a new guardian that takes them in....but u will have to read part two to find out. Ik I haven't been on the website for a few years but I 100% recommend this book to teens that love mysterious books. This is very good I rate all the books and show and movie 5 stars. Go read rn!
The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #6)
By Aaron Blabey
I loved Bad Guys because It was really funny and it taught some really good life lessons including being a good book for kids that are ages 7+ because of a lot of yelling but its still a good read aloud book for younger kids. I really hope everyone will enjoy this book like I did. Some following good things about it: Its a awesome way to show kids how to read and look forward to each chapter or page. And its also pretty interesting because of all the animals and more. Kids can pick all different voices for each character! Enjoy!