| |
recommended with reservations
|
Beholding Bee
Jennifer Minicus | 18 Apr 2013
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
Being an orphan is never easy.
|
|
The Roman Mysteries Series
Tim Golden | 4 Apr 2013
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
Flavia is the daughter of a Roman captain.
|
|
Stoneheart
Tim Golden | 6 Feb 2013
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
George and Edie learn of a war between the statues of London.
|
|
Starseeker
Tim Golden | 12 Jan 2013
written for ages 13-16 | recommended with reservations
Luke, a gifted young musician, falls in with a local gang after his father dies.
|
|
The Many Troubles of Andy Russell
Emily Castilla | 29 Oct 2012
written for ages 7-10 | recommended with reservations
Andy Russell has lost a number of his pet gerbils.
|
|
The Shapeshifter Series
Tim Golden | 6 Oct 2012
written for ages 9-12 | recommended with reservations
A boy who can turn into a fox,
|
|
The Saxby Smart Series
Jennifer Minicus | 7 Sep 2012
written for ages 7-10 | recommended with reservations
Saxby Smart is a child detective.
|
|
The Pendragon Series
Tim Golden | 18 Jun 2012
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
A poorly written popular series.
|
|
Heroes of Olympus Series
Tim Golden | 23 May 2012
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
More of the same.
|
|
The Lacemaker and the Princess
Jennifer Minicus | 28 Apr 2012
written for ages 9-12 | recommended with reservations
A realistic view of life in pre-revolutionary France.
|
|
The Mortal Engines Quartet
Tim Golden | 5 Apr 2012
written for ages 13-16 | recommended with reservations
A futuristic sci-fi series in which technology plays a major role.
|
|
The Boy Soldier Series
Tim Golden | 5 Feb 2012
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
Standard military thriller requiring little interference from the reader's intelligence.
|
|
The Magician's House Quartet Series
Tim Golden | 15 Dec 2011
written for ages 9-12 | recommended with reservations
William, Mary and Alice spend their holidays at Golden House.
|
|
Turtle in Paradise
Jennifer Minicus | 12 Dec 2011
written for ages 9-12 | recommended with reservations
Toughened by a rough life, eleven-year-old Turtle has learned to take care of her mother.
|
|
The Door in the Forest
Jennifer Minicus | 1 Dec 2011
written for ages 9-12 | recommended with reservations
Daniel Crowley is unable to tell a lie.
|
|
Kit's Wilderness
Tim Golden | 7 Sep 2011
written for ages 13-16 | recommended with reservations
Death is treated as a game in this young adult novel.
|
|
Wisdom's Kiss: a book for brave readers
Clare Cannon | 30 Aug 2011
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
I love Catherine Gilbert Murdock's writing because it is intelligent, highly unconventional and always makes me laugh.
|
|
Jimmy Coates Series
Tim Golden | 11 Aug 2011
written for ages 11-14 | recommended with reservations
Jimmy Coates is an ordinary eleven-year-old until...
|
Page 1 of 2 : 1 2 >
|
|
| From MercatorNet's home page |
Digital multitasking: scourge or blessing?
22 May 2013
How can we teach students to focus on what they ought to be doing?
Who or what is a “child”?
22 May 2013
Canada's Parliament lacks the courage to take a stand on defining when an unborn child will be protected by the…
We’re all mad here
21 May 2013
That's the message of the new edition of the bible for American psychiatrists, DSM-5. Diagnostic inflation is about to become…
Jolie’s Choice
20 May 2013
Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy made headlines around the world. But is she sending women the right…
A fight for equality or a war on difference?
20 May 2013
To invite the government to give us phony equalities by recognising gay marriage is to invite greater state intervention into…
|
|
| Tags |
|
family,
heroic girls,
movies,
book lists,
poetry,
science fiction,
young adult,
blog guide,
non-fiction,
graphic novel,
thriller,
books,
racism,
writing,
work,
adoption,
best of,
Newbery Award,
art,
character,
school,
sports,
bullying,
learning,
fairy tales,
cooking,
animal rights,
hope,
action,
dystopia,
forgiveness,
freedom,
magic,
revolution,
culture,
animals,
adventure,
biography,
heroic boys,
girls,
Christmas,
war,
music,
slavery,
media,
romance,
historical fiction,
prejudice,
travel,
classics,
mythology,
picture books,
friendship,
fantasy,
mercy killing,
boys,
feminism,
science,
history,
nature,
movie,
adolescence,
humor,
lists,
euthanasia,
siblings,
reading,
mystery,
leadership,
short stories,
education,
|
|
SiteMap 
