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Red, Right, Return
Book Reviews, Fiction, General, Kids, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 15, 2012
Inquisitive eleven-year old Chad notices some men diving without a dive flag in a marine sanctuary. He and fourteen-year old Gene have taken the family’s skiff out to nearby Sugarloaf Key–their first adult-free boat trip. Misadventure, in the form of an unexpected storm, soon follows and Dad keeps them home for a couple of days, doing yard work. Read On
The Black Stone Prophecy
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction, Kids, Young Adult, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Apr 03, 2012
Alex Baj’s Young Adult Fantasy novel The Black Stone Prophecy is the first in a series centered around 12 year old Tom O’Malley and the magical realm of Nyi. Read On
When Comes What Darkly Thieves
Book Reviews, Fiction, Kids, Picture Book •
IR Staff •
Apr 02, 2012
Ben Rubin’s dark fairytale, When Comes What Darkly Thieves, weaves a story of poetic strangeness.
KenKarta: Battle of the Onoxmon
Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Kids, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Mar 16, 2012
Princesses Veronica and Sophia live in a warm, safe, loving world where their parents just happen to be the King and Queen of KenKarta. It is part of another world that is filled with magic, talking creatures, and opportunities to develop their “Gifts.” Read On
Lily Hates Goodbyes
Book Reviews, Kids, Picture Book •
IR Staff •
Mar 16, 2011
The story was written to help younger children cope with the absence of a parent–in this case a father’s deployment in the military. Read On
Weaver of Song: The Birth of Silent Night
Book Reviews, Kids, Nonfiction, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
In the beautifully illustrated Weaver of Song, Mary Helene Jackson tells the fascinating story of “Silent Night” composer’s Franz Gruber’s struggle. Read On
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Kandide and the Secret of the Mists, The Calabiyau Chronicles, Book 1
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction, Kids, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Feb 28, 2011
Perfect for the 8-12 year old set, the book tells the story of Kandide, a spoiled nineteen year old fairy. Read On
Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Feb 22, 2011
The year is 1898, the place, San Francisco, and Annie Fuller, a young widow whose husband killed himself after losing the couple’s fortune in the stock market, is trying to make a go of it by operating a boarding house she’s inherited from an elderly aunt. Read On
Alexander and the Moon: A Storybook
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction, Kids, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Feb 09, 2011
Alexander and the Moon is a storybook written in the throes of chemotherapy by pediatric cancer survivor Max Ritvo and is illustrated by undergraduates at Yale University, who received funding for the project from the prestigious Louis Sudler Art Grant. Read On
Wright on Time: Arizona, Book 1
Book Reviews, Kids, Nonfiction, Travel, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Feb 04, 2011
A family of four with two homeschooled children who are being “roadschooled” by their parents, as they drive around the country in an RV.
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