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 »
Tag: MG fantasy
Once Upon a Marigold, by Jean Ferris
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 »
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (review)
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 »
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop
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 »
The Shadow Throne, by Jennifer A. Nielsen (early review)
Description: One war.Too many deadly battles.Can a king save his kingdom, when his own survival seems unlikely? War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia has kidnapped Imogen in a plot to bring… Read more »
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee
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 »
The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (series review)
The Chronicles of Prydain Series: Chronicles of Prydain Add to Goodreads Millions of young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his lively companions as they journey through the magical land of Prydain. First published more than thirty years ago and translated into twenty… Read more »
The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge (review)
The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone, by Shannon Hale (review)
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale Series: Princess Academy #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on August 21st 2012 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Also by this author: Princess… Read more »