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A Series of Unfortunate Events – Reviewed

"The thirteen books in Daniel Handler’s A Series of Unfortunate Events provide humorous if formulaic escapism which, like an emergency room..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Man in a Mosaic – A Review of Joe Breslin’s Other Minds

"Samuel Johnson claimed the two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. Heights fifth-grad..." - Tom Cox Read the Review

Other Minds: 13 Tales of Wonder and Sorrow

Skullduggery, Published

"Skullduggery Pleasant is about as bodiless as its titular character. Notice I didn’t say “protagonist,” for Skullduggery, the skinless..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

Skullduggery Pleasant, Book One

Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

"As Roald Dahl did in his childhood memoir, Boy, Nayeri takes painful, embarrassing, and sometimes violent moments, and reframes them. Nayeri..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

Everything Sad Is Untrue

Miss Peregrine’s World-Weary Children

"Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a story that grew out of old photographs. When author Ransom Riggs approached Quirk Books w..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Elves, Boys, and Mean Girls

"Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger, is a derivative but ultimately wholesome fantasy adventure written for a female audience. N..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

Keeper of the Lost Cities

The Hollow Heart of Merlin’s God

"Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy is a well-written, but ultimately troubling take on the Arthurian mythos . Stewart took great pains to give ..." - Joe Breslin Read the Review

Merlin Trilogy

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

"A Great Treat in the Mystery Genre: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie In The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley you wil..." - Peter Vitz Read the Review

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Lost Island

"Island Adventures There is something about an island that makes for a good adventure story. Three that come to mind are Robert Louis Steve..." - Robert Greving Read the Review

The Lost Island

The Toll

"If you read my Scythe review, you’ll know that the first book in Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy entranced and intrigued me. T..." - Joseph Bissex Read the Review

The Toll

Readers Wanted: A Great Adventure Awaits

"M.L. Forman’s 5-book series, Adventurers Wanted, is a wonderful and fantastical journey, in the true sense of those words. What at first s..." - Peter Vitz Read the Review

Adventurer's Wanted

Compelling History: Bomb Book Review

"Bomb by Steve Sheinkin In Bomb: The Race to Build —And Steal—The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, Steve Sheinkin introduces young reader..." - Kyle Blackmer Read the Review

Bomb

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