Celebrate the end of summer reading with a good old fashioned BOOK CAPER at BookBar and Smiley Library on Friday, August 4 at 5 PM with acclaimed middle-grade author, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, of the adventuresome Book Scavenger. School is just around …
Month: July 2017
Summer Reading (Without Walls) Bingo Recommendations for Grown Ups: Science Fiction or Fantasy by a Female Author
Summer is in full swing and hopefully you’ve gotten a good start on your Summer Reading Bingo cards! I have to admit that I was particularly pleased to see the “SFF by a Female Author” option as it’s a category …
Vivian-Graveyard Shakes
Title: Graveyard Shakes Author: Laura Terry Publisher: Scholastic September 26, 2017 This book is about two girls who go to the graveyard across from their boarding school. They find a good and kind ghost they talk to. (I’m not going …
Jacqueline: The Summer of Bad Ideas
Title: Summer of Bad Ideas Author: Kiera Stewart Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books Release Date: May, 2017 The summer of bad ideas is a book about one girl who has a mom who is way over protective about her children. This …
Lillian: The One Memory of Flora Banks
Title: The one memory of Flora Banks Author: Emily Barr Publisher: Philomel Books Release Date: May 2, 2017 Flora Banks has no memory. Due to a horrid brain aneurism that occurred when she was ten, Flora cannot create …
Lillian: Romancing the Throne
Title: Romancing the Throne Author: Nadine Jolie Courtney Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: May 30, 2017 Libby and Charlotte Weston, after climbing from middle-class England to among the new money in England, when their mom’s business rocketed, are …
Vivian: Heartwood Hotel: A True Home and Heartwood Hotel: The Greatest Gift
Title: Heartwood Hotel: A True Home and Heartwood Hotel: The greatest Gift Author: Kallie George Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: July 3, 2017 Both of the books in this book are very interesting, scary, funny, and very detailed. It is about Mona …
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Lillian- The Gallery of Unfinished Girls
Title: The Gallery of Unfinished Girls Author: Lauren Karcz Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July, 2017 When Mercedes Moreno’s abuela has a stroke, and lays deep in a coma in Puerto Rico, everything seems to go wrong. She can’t paint, she …
Lillian- Who’s That Girl
Title: Who’s That Girl Author: Blair Thorburgh Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July, 2017 Natalie McCullough hears pop songs on the radio all the time. She’s more of a Joni Mitchell person, but that’s okay. She never thought that she would …
9 Books for the Kids to Read (Without Walls) This Summer
Hannah, BookBar’s summer intern, has some great recommendations for kids to fill out their Reading Without Walls Summer Reading Bingo Challenge this summer! Grab a card at BookBar and mark your calendars for our end-of-summer scavenger hunt party with Jennifer …
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