Friendship

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Reviews

Chasing Vermeer

Author: Blue Balliett Illustrator: Brett Helquist © Date: 2004 Publisher: Scholastic Inc Pages: 254 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, some full page illustrations are sprinkled throughout Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, about the author and illustrator, Q&A with author and illustrator, activities, and character design sketches Summary from Book: […]

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Reviews

Super Pancake

Author: Megan Wagner Lloyd Illustrator: Abhi Alwar © Date: 2023 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 165 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, a look at the character and environmental design for the book Summary from Book: Life in Breakfast Town is pretty uneventful

8-12 year old, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nibbles

Number the Stars

Author: Lois Lowry Illustrator: N/A © Date: 1989, 2011 Introduction Publisher: Sandpiper Pages: 137 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: None Publisher Recommended Age: 10-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: It is 1943, and for Annemarie Johansen, life in Copenhagen is a complicated mix of ordinary home and school time, food shortages,

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Reviews

The Doldrums

Author: Nicholas Gannon Illustrator: Nicholas Gannon © Date: 2015 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Pages: 340 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, some pages illustrations (a few full page color illustrations are included) Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Archer B. Helmsley has grown up in a house full of

12 years old and up, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Realistic Fiction, Reviews

Wonderstruck

Author: Brian Selznick Illustrator: Brian Selznick © Date: 2011 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 629 Chapters: No, but it is divided into parts Illustrations: Yes, many page layouts are just illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 9 years and up Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but the acknowledgments include information on inspirations and the history, a

8-12 year old, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Realistic Fiction, Reviews

Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel

Author: Chris Grabenstein Illustrator: Brooke Allen (Books 3 & 4 have Kelly Kennedy for interior illustrations) © Date: 2016 Publisher: Random House Pages: 285 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, a lot of page layouts have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, language list, fact or fiction, recipes Summary

4-8 year old, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Nibbles

Rover and Speck: This Planet Rocks!

Author: Jonathon Roth Illustrator: Jonathon Roth (with color by Paulina Suárez) © Date: 2022 Publisher: Kids Can Press Pages: 96 Chapters: No Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, spotlight on famous rovers, tips for drawing your own rover Summary from Book: Adventure rocks! Meet Rover

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Mystery, Nibbles, Page Pig Favorites

Mr. Lemoncello’s Fantabulous Finale

Author: Chris Grabenstein Illustrator: James Lancett (cover art) © Date: 2024 Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Pages: 272 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: A bonus puzzle to solve Summary from Book: Who wants to be a bazillionaire?! It’s time for one last challenge with Mr.

8-12 year old, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews

Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers

Author: Anna James Illustrator: Paola Escobar © Date: 2018 Publisher: Puffin Books Pages: 281 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but most pages do not have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Ever since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories

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