This book is bargain priced from 01/01/2014 until 05/01/2020 Dive into Maisy's world of mystery and lollipops! Maisy Sawyer is not your average fourth grade student. She is a detective with a special skill for solving mysteries. She loves black and white mystery movies, cherry lollipops, and her dog, Reesie. When a thief known as The Black Boot steals the school's mascots and her lollipops, Maisy sets out to solve the case. Can she help return the mice to their home in the science lab? … [Read more...] about Maisy and the Missing Mice by Elizabeth Woodrum @ewoodrumauthor
Excerpt From Tumbleweed Forts by Daniel B Ferry
About your Book: History will fail to list the dead and the valiant as time goes on but the battles for the tumbleweed forts will live in the hearts of the desert knights 'til memories are no more. When Joshua learns his family must once again move to a new home, he is not at all happy. Such is the lifestyle for families in which the father is a "knight of the sky" who flies the "thundering airships," but that makes it no easier for Joshua to bear. His desert home is his "mother," and he … [Read more...] about Excerpt From Tumbleweed Forts by Daniel B Ferry
Pie and Other Brilliant Ideas by Karen Pokras Toz @karentoz
This book is bargain priced from 01/04/2014 until 01/05/2014 Ballet and baking pies – these are two of twelve year old Georgie Harris’ favorite things. When her parents decide to move closer to her grandmother’s nursing home, Georgie quickly learns the bad news: dance lessons are too expensive in this new town. Georgie spends most of her time baking pies to bring to her grandmother at the Willow Lakes Nursing Home. There she meets Eve, who inspires Georgie with stories of having danced … [Read more...] about Pie and Other Brilliant Ideas by Karen Pokras Toz @karentoz
The Stable House by Laura Smith
This book is bargain priced from 11/07/2013 until 11/07/2014 Set in 1995, The Stable House follows an 11-year-old girl’s first three months of junior high school. Besides learning to adjust to a new school and a new set of social rules, Heidi Williams must cope with growing apart from her adopted older brother and becoming temporarily homeless after her home is destroyed by a fire, separating her from her close friendship with her elderly neighbor, Violet, and Violet’s young niece, Jenny. … [Read more...] about The Stable House by Laura Smith
Matters About Monty by Kenna McKinnon
Targeted Age Group: 10-14 Genre: romance/middle grade Your Story: … [Read more...] about Matters About Monty by Kenna McKinnon
Chase Tinker and the House of Magic (The Chase Tinker Series, Book 1) by Malia Ann Haberman @malia_ann
In this delightful middle-grade thriller, 13-year-old Chase and his younger brother Andy learn family secrets from their grandfather about their family's magical heritage - and seek to find out the truth about whatever happened to their missing father. "Haberman's story is filled with clever and funny magical details which will definitely capture the imaginations of Middle Grade readers. The "House of Magic" is an amazing place, with magical rooms, floating staircases, and endless spaces to … [Read more...] about Chase Tinker and the House of Magic (The Chase Tinker Series, Book 1) by Malia Ann Haberman @malia_ann
Seed Savers:Treasure by S. Smith
In a future where growing your own food is against the law, three young friends risk their safety by studying the illegal subject of gardening. The children's mentor, an elderly acquaintance named Ana, entices the children with her description of the food she knew as a child--food unlike the square, processed, packaged food they have always known. Constantly watching, however, is GRIM, the government agency that controls the nation's food source and keeps in check all potential … [Read more...] about Seed Savers:Treasure by S. Smith
Book Excerpt: House on Bo-Kay Lane by Greta Burroughs @GretaBurroughs
About your Book: “House on Bo-Kay Lane” continues the adventure begun in book one in this series, “Gerald and the Wee People”. Gerald and Vernon believe their time with the wee people came to an end after they returned to their home world but begin to wonder when strange things started to happen at an abandoned house in their neighborhood. Ghostly images of familiar faces from the wee people village are seen in the windows, echoes of voices from the past haunt the boys’ dreams and an … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: House on Bo-Kay Lane by Greta Burroughs @GretaBurroughs
Book Excerpt: Gerald and the Wee People by Greta Burroughs @gretaburroughs
About your Book: Gerald and his best friend, Vernon discover a mysterious spot in the woods where Gerald visualizes a miniature village complete with wee inhabitants. He enjoys going back to that spot and watching the day to day activities until trouble starts in the village and he tries to convince Vernon that the "visions" are real and the wee people need help. While trying to prove that the whole thing is just Gerald's wild imagination, the boys literally fall into the new world and get … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: Gerald and the Wee People by Greta Burroughs @gretaburroughs
From Goats Gruff to Glory by Rik Ravado
‘From Goats Gruff to Glory’ is one of the funniest books to appear in 2013. It appeals equally to adults and children and is already being hailed as the next big thing in literature. A sequel to the traditional Troll and Goats tale that conjures up a saga making ‘Harry Potter’ pedestrian and has been described as a turbo-charged version of ‘Lord of the Rings’ and the worthy successor to ‘Beowulf’. Find out how lazy, stinky Eric the Troll is discovered by a female troll more formidable than the … [Read more...] about From Goats Gruff to Glory by Rik Ravado
Excerpt from SpaceHive by Kenna McKinnon @KennaMcKinnon
About your Book: A 12-year-old boy, Jason Anderson , finds himself kidnapped by giant alien wasps in a ship called SpaceHive, from which he wants to free himself by destroying the wasps and saving the world. However, the Black Wasp General Vard wants to stop him from this, and if he's successful, will cause Jason to experience the end of the Earth as he knows it. Can Jason save Earth or will the vicious General Vard kill humanity and inhabit Earth? Targeted Age Group: 11-18 Genre: young … [Read more...] about Excerpt from SpaceHive by Kenna McKinnon @KennaMcKinnon
EVERWUD – The TREE, The BOY & The DOG by Marilyn Dieckmann
Life isn’t always fair, and if you’re an orphan it’s even worse. But, what if all that changes in one week? What if during that week you make new friends, build the tree-house of your dreams, find out who your parents are, and discover you have real magic? That’s a heavy load to drop on a 10 year old. Well, Joey is an orphan. His mom is a wood elf, and she was sucked back into her world the day he was born. To protect him from the evil that pursued her, she left him in a bundle of leaves … [Read more...] about EVERWUD – The TREE, The BOY & The DOG by Marilyn Dieckmann
