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Cinnamon and Gunpowder
A tale of pirates told by a chef? How could I resist? Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown. Owen Wedgewood was chef to the head of the Pendleton Company, which seems to be a fictional relative of the...
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The Pirate’s Wish
The Pirate’s Wish. Assassin’s Curse Book 2. by Cassandra Rose Clarke. In the first book in this duology, our heroine and would-be pirate queen Ananna accidentally both enraged another pirate clan and...
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Magic Marks the Spot
I’m catching up with the last of my December reading. Here’s one that was nominated for the Cybils and a lot of fun even if it didn’t make the shortlist! I think it’s a good candidate for Ms....
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Little Red Writing and No Pirates Allowed
Two more picture books: the first was going around my blogs over the summer, and was popular enough here that I had to wait months to get it. The second was a random book picked off the new book shelf...
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Kidlit Giveaway Hop 2014: Sam Silver: Undercover Pirate
It’s Children’s Book Week, and once again, I’m proud to be participating in the Kidlit Giveaway Hop hosted by Mother Daughter Books and Youth Literature Reviews. Participants will be giving away books...
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Sam Silver: Undercover Pirate
Kidnapped. Sam Silver: Undercover Pirate Book 3. by Jan Burchett. & Sara Vogler. Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2014 The Deadly Trap. Sam Silver: Undercover Pirate Book 4. by Jan Burchett. & Sara...
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Your Favorite Pirate and 48HBC
Thank you to all the people who entered the giveaway for the Sam Silver: Undercover Pirate books! I hope you all had a great time with Children’s Book Week, and the rest of the stops on the hop, too....
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Hunt for the Hydra
Pirates are good, but pirates in space are even better! This one was recommended by several people, including Charlotte at Charlotte’s Library and Stephanie at Views from the Tesseract. Hunt for the...
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Hook’s Revenge
While I loved Peter and Wendy as a child, the book seems so dated when I went back to it as an adult. Here’s a fresh take on the idea. Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schultz. Disney-Hyperion, 2014. Jocelyn...
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The 26-Story Treehouse
This is one that I read for the Cybils, and which my son sped through after I was done. The 26-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths. Illustrated by Terry Denton. Feiwel and Friends, 2014. The 26-Story...
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The Fog Diver
A futuristic steampunky, piratical middle grade adventure? Give it to me now! This is one I’d been looking forward to ever since Charlotte wrote about it, and was very happy to see it nominated for...
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3 Middle Grade Fantasies: the Left-Handed Fate, Alcatraz vs. the Evil...
The Left-Handed Fate by Kate Milford. Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler. Henry Holt, 2016. It’s a little hard for me to review this books in part because of how deeply I fell for it. The year is 1812, and...
View ArticleThe Voyage to Magical North and the Memory Thief
As I’m in the throes of peak Cybils reading season and trying desperately to keep up with reviews of the books I’m reading now, I thought I’d take advantage of a Sunday at work to pop in a couple of …...
View ArticleThe Dollmaker of Krakow and the Ice Sea Pirates
I said I was done reviewing Cybils books. I lied. Here are two more that were nominated for last year’s Cybils, both read from review copies kindly sent to me by the publisher. The Dollmaker of...
View ArticleThe Truth about Martians and the Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray
Here’s a couple shorter takes on some more Cybils books, as I try desperately to keep up with my reading. The Truth about Martians by Melissa Savage. Crown Books, 2018. In 1947 Arizona, Mylo Affinito...
View ArticleSequels: Fated Sky, Exit Strategy, The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Sometimes I read the first book in a series and never go on. Other times I keep up in fits and starts. Here’s me trying to keep up. All of these deserve longer reviews, but here’s to living with...
View ArticleThe Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
I discovered that I missed this book when it came out last fall, and finally got around to it this year. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty. Arthur A....
View ArticleBlog Tour! STOWAWAY by John David Anderson with GIVEAWAY
Join the blog tour for beloved author John David Anderson's latest book, STOWAWAY, an exciting space adventure with a whole lot of heart. Continue reading →
View ArticleTime Villains by Victor Piñeiro
Here's a fast-paced time travel adventure, with two modern-day kids at a school with more secrets than they know about accidentally bringing the notorious pirate Blackbeard into the present day....
View ArticleRemixed Classics: So Many Beginnings, Clash of Steel, and Travelers Along the...
These first three books from Feiwel & Friends' Remixed Classics series take the classics, still in their original time periods, and retell them from the point of view of people of color. The first...
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