BOOK NEWS: January 31, 2017

Lots of great books for kids coming out this week! Which of these look good to you?!

Books for Kids


Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad! – Book 9 in the Here’s Hank series starring a young Hank Zipzer (from Winkler’s original series.)
Away Game – Book 5 in the Little Rhino baseball series for young readers by Ryan Howard
Bird and Squirrel on Fire – Book 4 in this fun graphic novel series! I have really enjoyed the earlier books in this series.
Bubbles and Boo – Book 44 in this dog-focused series! My students loved these books when I was teaching.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults


 

Journey Through Ash and Smoke – Book 5 in the Ranger in Time series. I describe this series as Magic Tree House with a dog. Ranger is a trained search and rescue dog who travels through time. Great series!!
Light Up New York – Book 4 in the Glimmer Girls series from Faithgirlz by Christian singer, Natalie Grant. I haven’t gotten to read any of these, but they look darling!
Lost in Time – Geronimo Stilton’s Journey Through Time series, book 4
Newsprints – Graphic novel of a girl who pretends she’s a boy to get a job as a newsie
Harlem Charade – Three kids band together to solve a crime which leads them to an artist whose work might save their neighborhood. This looks terrific!
Short – A new book from the author of Counting by SevensThis one is on the top of my list for this week!
The Wizards War – Book 4 in the Key Hunters series about a set of dangerous books. I’m bumping book one of this series up on my list!
Yours Truly – The second book in the Pumpkin Falls Mystery series after Absolutely Truly. This time the kids are solving a case of sabotage and the secret of an old diary. I haven’t read book one, but these mysteries sound like books I would love.
Wrath of the Storm – Mark of the Thief, book 3, from the amazing Jennifer Nielsen! Looks like an terrific action/fantasy series!
Playing Cupid – A girl starts a matchmaking business for a school project.
Me and Marvin Gardens – A boy who seems to be losing everything because of a new development in his community makes an important environmental discovery.
The Crooked Sixpence – Book one in the new Uncommoners series about a secret underground city under London.
The Prince Warriors and the Swords of Rhema – Third and final book in the Prince Warriors series  in this Christian fiction series of good and evil.
Exo – A new science fiction book for teens about an Earth that has been colonized by an alien race.
Silver Stars – Book 2 in the alternate history series, Soldier Girls, a series about World War II with girls fighting on the front lines.
Wires and Nerve – Graphic novel from author Marissa Meyer that takes place in her world of the Lunar Chronicles. I enjoyed the Lunar Chronicles series and I’m looking forward to checking out Iko’s story in this graphic novel.
Lost in a Book – An original Beauty and the Beast story. Belle finds an enchanted book in Beast’s library.

Books for Adults


Murder in an Irish Village – The first book in a new mystery series centered around a bistro in Ireland
Murder Wears White – Book 2 in the Wedding Planner mystery series
Some Kind of Magic – Put together a scientist, a  rock star and a chemical experiment and sparks fly!
Star Trek TNG Headlong Flight – The latest story starring the cast of Star Trek The Next Generation.
Adam and the Genome – One of my reading goals for 2017 is to read a book that combines faith and science. This might be the one I read. What does genomic science have to say about the Biblical record of human history?
Dream with Me – A Christian memoir of race in America

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