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The Secrets of the Shallows by Gloria Barnett
A big-hearted story with a bright spirit and bold determination about saving some of the ocean’s most vulnerable creatures
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https://independentbookreview.com/2026/10/19/the-secrets-of-the-shallows-by-gloria-barnett/
#bookreview #FootprinttotheFuture #GloriaBarnett #juvenilefiction #marinefiction
Busy Bodies (Sara Full of Wonder) by Cynthia Bordelon and Mariya Prytula
A charming and informative semi-fantastical adventure that explores the web that connects us to each other and our ecosystem
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https://independentbookreview.com/2026/07/29/busy-bodies-sara-full-of-wonder-by-cynthia-bordelon-and-mariya-prytula/
#bookreview #399orLess #juvenilefiction #MariyaPrytula #MiddleGrade
Busy Bodies (Sara Full of Wonder) by Cynthia Bordelon and Mariya Prytula
A charming and informative semi-fantastical adventure that explores the web that connects us to each other and our ecosystem
The post Busy Bodies (Sara Full of Wonder) by Cynthia Bordelon and Mariya Prytula appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/07/29/busy-bodies-sara-full-of-wonder-by-cynthia-bordelon-and-mariya-prytula/
#bookreview #399orLess #juvenilefiction #MariyaPrytula #MiddleGrade
📚 Wonder by: R. J. Palacio
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get...
Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters by Suzanne Kamata
A thoughtful middle-grade baseball novel with more on its mind than winning
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https://independentbookreview.com/2026/05/29/pop-flies-robo-pets-and-other-disasters-by-suzanne-kamata/
#bookreview #indiebookreview #indiebooks #juvenilefiction #MiddleGrade
📚 Impossible Creatures by: Katherine Rundell
The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.
It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And ...
https://bookblabla.com/book/impossible-creatures
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #fantasy #actionadventure #survivalstories
Mari-Chan and Robot Bunny by Jon Kaczka
Somewhere between the talking bunny and the rapping baby, this story does something sneaky: it helps kids sit with fear without being swallowed by it.
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https://independentbookreview.com/2026/05/13/mari-chan-and-robot-bunny-by-jon-kaczka/
#bookreview #Childrens #indieauthor #indiebookreview #juvenilefiction
Roosevelt Banks: Good-Kid-In-Training by Laurie Calkhoven
Some kids try to be good. Roosevelt Banks negotiates with the concept like it’s a contract he might be able to loophole.
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https://independentbookreview.com/2026/05/06/roosevelt-banks-good-kid-in-training-by-laurie-calkhoven/
#bookreview #debbiepalen #goodkidintraining #juvenilefiction #lauriecalkhoven
📚 No Fixed Address by: Susin Nielsen
Twelve-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia. His favorite game show is Who What Where When; he even named his gerbil after the host. Felix's mom, Astrid, is loving but can't seem to hold on to a job. So when they get evicted from their latest shabby apartment, they hav...
https://bookblabla.com/book/no-fixed-address
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #family #socialthemes #friendship
Gary Paulsen: THE COOKCAMP
"Not two whiskers from the boy's fingers the chipmunk stopped and sat up again, looking directly into the boy's eyes, watching him, waiting for him to move.
And when the boy didn't move, when he held as still as a piece of wood, the chipmunk leaned carefully forward, rested on one tiny paw, and used his mouth to pluck the piece of pie-crust dough out of the boy's fingers."
📚 Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: a Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): from the Creator of Captain Underpants by: Dav Pilkey
The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes in Dog Man: Big Jim Believes when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders -- Dog Man (ak...
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #humorousstories
📚 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by: Philip Pullman
A war is brewing in Lyra's world between those who would keep people in ignorance and those willing to fight for freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and wh...
https://bookblabla.com/book/his-dark-materials-the-golden-compass-book-1
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #fantasy #actionadventure #classics
📚 The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by: J. R. R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure.
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https://bookblabla.com/book/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again
📚 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Full Color Edition by: Dr. Seuss
Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot...but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT!
Not since "Twas the night before Christmas" has the beginning of a Christmas tale been so instantly r...
https://bookblabla.com/book/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-full-color-edition
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #holidayscelebrations #socialthemes #emotionsfeelings
📚 I Sang You Down from the Stars by: Tasha Spillett, Tasha Spillett-Sumner
As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river...
Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to traditi...
https://bookblabla.com/book/i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #family #indigenous #teachings
📚 Hansel and Gretel by: Stephen King
The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest is reimagined by literary legends Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in an all-new picture book.
Let Stephen King, global bestselling and award-winning author of The Long Walk, and Maurice Sendak...
https://bookblabla.com/book/hansel-and-gretel
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📚 Wonder by: R. J. Palacio
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get...
📚 Better Than the Movies by: Lynn Painter
Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend ...
https://bookblabla.com/book/better-than-the-movies
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📚 Nothing Like the Movies by: Lynn Painter
#1 New York Times Bestseller
In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better Than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student in a “worthy second-chance romance” (...
https://bookblabla.com/book/nothing-like-the-movies
#books #reading #libraries #juvenilefiction #romance #schooleducation #socialthemes #friendship
Paused my reading alien space fighting and feral humans (which I am enjoying) to read this graphic novel. It looks fun!
#scifimonth2024 #currentlyreading #libraryfinds #frommylibrary #juvenilefiction #graphicnovel
This was a fun book to listen to!
“Word of Mouse” by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss, 2024
How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the refugee crisis, from critically acclaimed author Clare Furniss.
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