Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
Jenny Nimmo () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Fantasy

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I was very excited to read this book. This semester at Bloor's Academy brings a few changes. There is a new art teacher, Mr. Boldova, and a new student, Belle, who lives with the Yewbeam aunts and seems to have a strange power over them.
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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The Coastwatcher
Elise Weston () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Historical
   Wars and Conflicts

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'The Coastwatcher is a great read, and an enjoyable story. The family resides in Charleston the majority of the year. Nevertheless, during the frightful times of World War II and the polio epidemic, the family decides to stay at a house on the beach for the summer. Hugh, the oldest son, who spends his days watching the coastline, becomes suspicious that threatening Germans are coming onto the Carolina shore.
Written by Johnathan, Age 9

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Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Fantasy

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This awesome and-there's no other word for it-AMAZING book! Peter leaves the relative safety of Mollusk Island - along with his trusted companion, Tinker Bell - for the cold, damp, dangerous streets of London. On a difficult journey across the sea, he and Tink discover the dark and deadly slithering part-man/part-creature Lord Ombra, who is intent on recovering the missing starstuff - celestial dust that contains unimagined powers.
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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Desperate Journey
Jim Murphy () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Historical

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Travel back in time, makes you feels so real when you are reading this book. Maggie's father loses next year's salary and two of their best mules in a bet with Long-Fingered John, the family is left desperate for money. They have only a few days to get the heavy cargo in their mule-drawn barge to Buffalo in order to make a much-needed bonus.
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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Fly By Night
Frances Hardinge () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Fantasy

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A great book! Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasn't got much. Her parents are dead, her cruel uncle keeps her locked away, and her only friend is her pet goose. But she does have one small, rare thing: the ability to read. In a world where books are dangerous things, this gift will change her life, but it may also be the death of her.
Written by Johnathan, Age 9

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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Lynne Jonell () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Animals
   Special Powers

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I would HIGHLY recommend this book to, really, whoever likes a really fascinating book. Emmy was a good girl.At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days.
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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Horns and Wrinkles
Joseph Helgerson () , 357 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Fantasy

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This book is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can you tell if a rivers under a spell? River trolls, rock trolls, blue-wing fairiesthe usual suspectsthe stretch of the Mississippi where Claire lives has rumors of them all, not that shes ever spotted any. But then Claires cousin Duke takes a swim and sprouts a horna long, pointy, handsome thing.
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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Dragon Flight
Jessica Day George () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Fantasy

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This is an AWESOME book that will keep anyone who reads it wanting more. Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to miss out on the action, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with Shardas, the king of the dragons, pit her against a vicious new dragon, and perhaps rekindle a friendship with Prince Luka.
Written by Johnathan, Age 9

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Nightmare at the Book Fair
Dan Gutman () , pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Action
   Adventure

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It was very interesting. Trip Dinkleman hates to read. Hates, hates, hates it. All he wants to do is play lacrosse. So when the president of the PTA asks Trip to help her out on his way to tryouts, he is not happy. He is even more not happy when a stack of books tumbles onto his head and knocks him out cold.
Written by Johnathan, Age 9

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Binky the Space Cat
Ashley Spires () , pages
Audience:
   Primary (K-3rd grade)
Category:
   Animals
   Humor

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I love this book so much. If you've read this book, tell the world how you liked it... Binky is a space cat - at least in his own mind. He's really a house cat who has never left the family "space station." Unlike other house cats, Binky has a mission: to blast off into outer space (outside), explore unknown places (the backyard) and battle aliens (bugs).
Written by Jeannine, Age 9

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