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Book Review: Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter by Beth McMullen
Stuart Gibbs meets The Lost Property Office in this action-packed mystery about a young girl searching for her father from the author of Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls—the first in a new series! Having a world-traversing archaeologist dad means twelve-year-old Lola Benko is used to moving around not putting down roots anywhere. But every day and every hunt for something hidden is an adventure, and no matter what, she and her dad are an unbeatable team. Then her father disappears. The official story is that he was caught in a flash flood, but Lola’s research shows the day in…
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Book Review: Storm Blown by Nick Courage
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Storm Blown Author: Nick Courage Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: July 16, 2019 Source: Publisher ————————————— Content Screening: Mild Injuries / Tense Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for an extremely well written look at hurricanes, and the ways that they affect people and animals. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A major hurricane is raging across the southern United States, and two unsuspecting kids are about to have the adventure of a lifetime! Perfect for kids who love high-stakes plots…
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Book Review: June Jenson and the Shield of Quell
Media Type: Ebook Title: June Jenson and the Shield of Quell *Series: June Jenson #1 Author: Emily Harper Publisher: Writers to Authors Pages: Paperback; 302 Release Date: April 16, 2015 Source: Author —————————————————– Genre: Adventure / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy witty and strong female protagonists who get themselves into all kinds of adventures! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N June Jenson, an accomplished Oxford professor, has spent her life trying to get out from under the shadow of her infamous grandfather: a renowned archaeologist accused of stealing a…
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Book Review: The Run Begins by J. Frank James
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Run Begins *Series: Lou Malloy Crime Series Author: J. Frank James Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Kindle; 52 Release Date: August 26, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Crime / Fiction / Mystery / Thriller / Suspense / Action / Adventure HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good back story and want to read more in the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lou Malloy is 18 years old and ready for the world. His brother Sam has left and his sister wants to move to Florida with the family. Malloy is having none of it and on a wild…
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Book Review: Seabound by Jordan Rivet
Media Type: Ebook Title: Seabound Series: The Seabound Chronicles #1 Author: Jordan Rivet Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 409 Release Date: October 30, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————— Genre: Post-apocalyptic adventure HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy post-apocalyptic adventures with interesting characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When an apocalyptic catastrophe decimates the land, a lucky few escape to sea. 1,003 survivors make their home on a souped-up cruise ship called the Catalina. After sixteen years, the strain begins to show in a floating world of distrust and shifting allegiances. Esther is a young mechanic who wants to prove herself, and she’s willing to take risks in…
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Book Review: The Silent Deal
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Silent Deal *Series: The Card Game #1 Author: Levi Stack Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy bold, vivid male characters and rollicking action. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Viktor and Romulus, two peasant boys, dig too deep into their town’s strange past, they awaken the wrath of a mysterious overlord. As the blood brothers struggle to survive, their search for answers takes them through gambling…
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Book Review: The Trickster’s Totem
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Trickster’s Totem * Series: Relics of Mysticus Author: H.B. Bolton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 226 Release Date: April 15, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good adventure story with young protagonists Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Life has returned to normal for fourteen-year-old Evan and his older sister, Claire. That is until Dunkle, a clever but stinky little imp, pays an unexpected visit to their school. He has come to take the siblings…
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Book Review: The Spindlers
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Spindlers Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: October 2, 2012 Source: Library —————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love a good story and aren’t afraid of a little darkness in their reading. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N One night when Liza went to bed, Patrick was her chubby, stubby, candy-grubbing and pancake-loving younger brother, who irritated and amused her both, and the next morning, when she woke up,…
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Book Review: The End of Infinity
Media Type: Print Book Title: The End of Infinity *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #3 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: August 7, 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence —————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: If I haven’t said it enough? Everyone. Really. You want to read this series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack Blank confronts his destiny in this action-packed conclusion to the trilogy Publishers Weekly calls a “no-holds-barred adventure.” Ever since Jack Blank learned that he came from…
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Book Review: The Secret War
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret War *Series: Jack Blank Adventure #2 Author: Matt Myklusch Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Hardcover; 525 Release Date: August 9, 2011 Source: Author ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Ages 8 to 80. Seriously, this is a fabulous series. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jack and his fellow students are now well into their School of Thought training and are “sidekicking” for official, card-carrying superheroes. But even though Jack feels more at home in…
