The Princess in Black

The Princess in Black
By, Shannon and Dean Hale

Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black! Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big blue monster is threatening the goats! Stopping monsters is no job for dainty Princess Magnolia. But luckily Princess Magnolia has a secret --she's also the Princess in Black, and stopping monsters is the perfect job for her ! Can the princess sneak away, transform into her alter ego, and defeat the monster before the nosy duchess discovers her secret? From award-winning writing team of Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham, here is the first in a humorous and action-packed chapter book series for young readers who like their princesses not only prim and perfect, but also dressed in black.

Zebra Forest 
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz

An escaped fugitive upends everything a brother and sister think they know about their family. Their past. And themselves.

Hostage

by:  Willo Davis Roberts

Kaci's family is moving into a new home in a new subdivision called Lofty Cedars.  The main reason for the move is to keep the family safer.  What a joke.  The scariest thing ever to happen to Kaci happens because of the move.  You know what it is by the title of the book!

Good book!

So B. It

by:  Sarah Weeks

Heidi's mom's brain was kind of like a broken watch.  All of the parts didn't work right.  That's how Bernie explained it.  Thank goodness for Bernie, the neighbor that took care of Heidi and her mom.  Her mom only knew 23 words but one word was a total mystery... "soof."

Navigating Early

Navigating Early
By:  Clare Vanderpool

This is a must read! I love historical fiction and Clare Vanderpool is a master story-teller! After his mother's death at the end of WW II, Jack is uprooted from his home and put in a boarding school for boys. There he meets Early Auden, the strangest of boys, who reads the number pi as an unending story and collects clippings about sightings of a black bear in the nearby mountains. You will not be disappointed as you read about the adventures of Jack and Early!

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
2014 Newbery Honor Award

This is one of those book so well written that I was up until Midnight to finish it because I could not put it down. That doesn't happen for me very often! A sister lost. A body found. The truth buried. This adventure mystery will keep you on your toes and have you cheering for the main character until the very last page. I can't wait to hear what you think. There are some scary parts, so beware!

Paperboy

Paperboy by Vince Vawter
Newbery Honor Book 2013

An eleven-year-old boy throws the meanest fastball in Memphis, but talking is another ball game altogether. He struggles with a stuttering problem that makes even his own name almost impossible to say. When he takes over his friend's paper route for a month he knows he will be forced to talk to people. This is an amazing story about an amazing boy. This books has changed the way I understand and think about individuals with speech difficulties.