Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on February 1st 2011 Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, MG Books Pages: 352 Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Wednesdays in the Tower, Princess of the Midnight Ball Blessed-or cursed-with an ability to… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Read in 2014. Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is pretty broad, so I decided to narrow it to just the best fantasy and science fiction novels. Not all… Read more »
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Series: Upon a Marigold #1 Published by Harcourt Inc. on 2004-06-01 Genres: Fairy Tales, MG Books Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave… Read more »
Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George Series: Castle Glower #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on 5/07/13 Genres: Children’s Books, Fantasy, MG Books Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, Princess of the Midnight Ball A castle that is constantly rearranging itself,… Read more »
Kat, Incorrigible Series: Kat Incorrigible #1 Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads Katherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she’s inherited her mother’s magical talents, and despite Stepmama’s stern objections, she’s determined to learn how to use them. But with her eldest sister Elissa’s intended fiancé, the sinister Sir Neville, showing… Read more »
A Snicker of Magic on February 24, 2014 Pages: 311 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Introducing an extraordinary new voice — a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where… Read more »
Description: Welcome to the most magical house in London. The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago, the shop’s famous chocolate-makers, who also happen to be Oz and Lily’s great uncles, were clever sorcerers. Now evil villians are hunting… Read more »
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on Jan. 28, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books Pages: 233 Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl… Read more »
Description: Will Scarlet is on the run. Once the sheltered son of nobility, Will has become an exile. While his father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard, a treacherous plot to unseat Richard has swept across England, and Shackley House has fallen. Will flees the… Read more »
September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so here’s a list of pirate books to get you in the mood. Cover links take you to Goodreads. (Note: I haven’t read a lot of these, so read at your own risk, me hearties!) For children (of all ages): For older… Read more »
