Book Reviews, Titles by Series

Book reviews for parents

Use these reviews to decide whether a book is appropriate for your children.

The 39 Clues

• The Maze of Bones
• One False Note
• The Sword Thief
• Beyond the Grave
• The Black Circle

Abarat

• Abarat

Aedyn Chronicles

• Chosen Ones

Airhead

• Airhead
• Being Nikki

The Alex Rider Series

• Stormbreaker
• Point Blank
• Skeleton Key

Alice

• Dangerously Alice

Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls

• Moving Day

Amazing Indian Children

• Naya Nuki: Shoshoni Girl Who Ran

Amber Brown

• Amber Brown is Feeling Blue

Anne of Green Gables

• Anne of Avonlea
• Anne of the Island
• Anne of Ingleside

Artemis Fowl

• Artemis Fowl
• Artemis Fowl: Arctic Incident

Asterix

• Asterix in Corsica

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation

• The Pox Party

Bad Idea

• Bad Idea: a novel with coyotes

The Baby-Sitters Club

• Kristy's Great Idea
• The Summer Before
• Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls

Becoming Beka

• The Masquerade
• The Encore
• The Passage
• The Reveal

Boarding School Mysteries

• Fading Tracks

The Book of Time Trilogy

• The Book of Time

The Books of Umber

• Happenstance Found

Butterfly Meadow

• Dazzle's First Day

Candlewick Sparks

• Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways

Carmen Browne

• True Friends
• Golden Spirit

Carter House Girls

• Mixed Bags
• Stealing Bradford

Charmed Life

• So Not Happening

Chip Hilton Sports

• Pitchers' Duel

Chosen Girls

• Backstage Pass

The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica

• Here There Be Dragons

The Chronicles of the Scribe

• In the Shadow of Lions

Circle C Adventures

• Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home

Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan

• A Living Nightmare

The Clique Summer Collection

• The Clique: Massie

Codebearers Series

• Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow
• Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire

The College Years

• Christy & Todd: The College Years

Cooper Kids Adventures

• The Door in the Dragon's Throat
• Escape from the Island of Aquarius
• The Tombs of Anak
• Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea

Crimson Cross

• Mercy Clifton: Pilgrim Girl
• Nate Donovan: Revolutionary Spy

Cul-de-Sac Kids

• The Crazy Christmas Angel Mystery

Daughters of Faith

• Almost Home
• The Hallelujah Lass
• The Tinker's Daughter
• Ransom's Mark

The Davis Detective Mysteries

• The Case of the Autumn Rose

Diary of a Teenage Girl

• Just Ask: Kim
• Not-so-Simple Life: Maya

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Rodrick Rules
• The Last Straw

The Door Within Trilogy

• The Door Within

The Dopple Ganger Chronicles

• The First Escape

DragonKeeper Chronicles

• Dragonspell

Dragons of Starlight

• Starlighter

Echoes From the Edge

• Beyond the Reflection's Edge

The Edge Chronicles

• Beyond the Deepwoods

The End Series

• Edge of Apocalypse

The Elijah Project

• On the Run

Emily Novels

• Emily Climbs

Faith and Friends

• Bridget's Blog
• Destiny’s Dilemma

The Gatekeepers

• Raven's Gate
• Evil Star

Geronimo Stilton

• The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid
• Geronimo's Valentine

The Gideon Trilogy

• The Time Travelers (also known as Gideon the Cutpurse)
• The Time Thief
• The Time Quake

Graceling

• Graceling

Guardians of Ga'hoole

• The Capture

Harry Potter

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 

Hello Reader Science Series

• Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists

Heroes of Promise

• The Legend of Gid the Kid and the Black Bean Bandits,
• The Legend of Ten-Gallon Sam and the Perilous Mine

His Dark Materials

• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
• The Amber Spyglass

Horrible Harry

• Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade

The Hunger Games

• The Hunger Games
• Catching Fire

I Can Read Book

• Sam the Minuteman

I Witness

• Iron Thunder

Inheritance Cycle

• Eragon

Inkheart Trilogy

• Inkheart

Internet Girls

• TTYL (Talk to You Later)

I, Q

• Independence Hall

Judy Moody

• Judy Moody

Junie B. Jones

• Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Katy Lambright

• Katy's New World

The Kingdom

• Kingdom's Dawn
• Kingdom's Quest

The Knights of Arrethtrae

• Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione
• Sir Bentley and Holbrook Court
• Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart
• Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue

Legends of Karac Tor

• The Book of Names: A Novel

A Life of Faith

• Elsie Dinsmore

• Elsie's Endless Wait
• Elsie's Impossible Choice
  
  

• Kathleen McKenzie

• Kathleen's Shaken Dreams
• Kathleen's Unforgettable Winter
• Kathleen's Abiding Hope
• Kathleen's Enduring Faith
  
  

• Millie Keith

• Millie's Unsettled Season
• Millie's Courageous Days
• Millie's Remarkable Journey
• Millie's Faithful Heart
• Millie's Steadfast Love
• Millie's Grand Adventure
• Millie's Reluctant Sacrifice

A Lineage of Grace

• Unafraid: Mary

London Confidential

• Asking for Trouble

Lord of the Rings

• The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Two Towers
• The Return of the King

Looking Glass Wars

• The Looking Glass Wars

Mandie: Her College Days

• New Horizons

Mandie

• Mandie and the Holiday Surprise

Mark of the Lion

• A Voice in the Wind
• An Echo in the Darkness

Maximum Ride

• Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

Mission Hope

• Blood Ransom

Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist

• Flight of the Phoenix
The Basilisk's Lair

The New Sugar Creek Gang

• The Case of the Red Hot Possum
• The Big Bike Mystery
• The Case of the Dinosaur in the Desert
• The Case of the Loony Cruise
• The Case of the Monster in the Creek

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

• Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

The Pathway Collection

• Maggie Come Lately

Payton Skky

• Sober Faith

Penderwicks

• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Pendragon

• The Merchant of Death

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

• The Lightning Thief
• The Sea of Monsters
• The Titan's Curse
• The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Powerlink Chronicles"

• The Love Killer
• Truth Slayers
• Under Siege

The Princess Diaries

• The Princess Diaries

Princess Power

• The Perfectly Proper Prince

Rachel Yoder

• School's Out
• Back to School

Rainbow Magic

• Sky the Blue Fairy

Ranger’s Apprentice

• The Ruins of Gorlan
• The Burning Bridge
• The Icebound Land

The Rayne Tour

• Always Watching
• Last Breath

Ready-to-Read

• Pinky and Rex and the Double-Dad Weekend

Ready, Freddy!

• The One Hundredth Day of School!

Real Life

• Motorcycles, Sushi & One Strange Book

Real TV

• Changing Faces, Take 1
• Flip Flop, Take 2
• Less Is More,Take 3
• Dating Do-Over, Take 4

The Red Blazer Girls

• The Ring of Rocamadour

Red Wheel

• August 1914

Redwall

• Redwall

A Resurrection of Magic

• Skin Hunger

Rugendo Rhinos

• The Carjackers

Saga of the Sierras

• Cannons of the Comstock

Sassy

• Little Sister Is Not My Name!

Scandia

• The Princess Plot 

A Series of Unfortunate Events

• The Bad Beginning

The Shadowside Trilogy

• Trion Rising
• The Owling

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Sisters in Time

• Sarah's New World: The Mayflower Adventure (1620)
• Kate and the Spies

The Spiderwick Chronicles

• The Field Guide

Starcatchers

• Peter and the Starcatchers

SummerHill Secrets

• SummerHill Secrets, Volume 1

Theodore Boone

• Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

The Tillerman

• Dicey’s Song

Time Quartet

• A Wrinkle in Time

Twilight Saga

• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn

Uglies Trilogy

• Pretties

Viking Quest

• Raiders from the Sea
• Mystery of the Silver Coins
• The Invisible Friend
• Heart of Courage
• The Raider's Promise

Warriors

• Into the Wild

Watchers Chronicles

• The Prophecy

Young Patriots

• John Hancock: Independent Boy

Zion Covenant

• Vienna Prelude
• Jerusalem Interlude

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