- Feb 7
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin - 9/10
Pinmei's grandmother is a storyteller, and they live together on the Never Ending Mountain. When the storyteller is kidnapped by the new...
- Jan 23
Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead - 8/10
Livy hasn't been to Australia to see her Grandmother since she was a little kid, and a lot has changed since then. She can barely...
- Dec 17, 2021
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when Hiroshima was bombed. For years, her grandmother's death was the only way the bombing had...
- Jul 8, 2021
A Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student studying video games in Vermont. What draws him to games is the narrative - all the ways they...
- Mar 17, 2021
The Yeti Files by Kevin Sherry
Blizz Richards is a yeti, and being a yeti comes with a lot of responsibility. A yeti is a type of cryptid, just like a unicorn, the loch...
- Jun 11, 2020
Mella and the N'anga by Gail Nyoka
This book was given to me by a friend, and I was immediately eager to get started on it. The art on the cover drew me in and I was soon...
- Feb 1, 2020
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest and Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest and Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint is a mystical and enchanting duo of books. They are set mostly in...
- Jan 12, 2020
Where the Mountain meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin is a story about a young girl living in an impoverished village in China who runs away...
- Dec 28, 2019
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost is a truly breathtaking book. It follows the story of a twelve year old girl living in northern Canada with...