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May 12, 2025

REVIEW: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdeath / Fiction / grief / mentorship / middle grade / PTSD / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing. One summer. 46 mountain peaks. A second chance to make things right. Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger ... more >

March 28, 2025

Review: The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Book 2) by Susan Cooper

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy / middle grade7 Comments

On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift– that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six ... more >

September 13, 2024

REVIEW: Upscaled: A Cozy Comedic Dragon Fantasy (The Dragons of Nóra Book 1) by Joseph John Lee

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscozy fantasy / dragons / Fantasy / middle gradeComments Off on REVIEW: Upscaled: A Cozy Comedic Dragon Fantasy (The Dragons of Nóra Book 1) by Joseph John Lee

It begins and ends, as things do, with a girl throwing a birthday party for a dragon. Or it would, if things were ever that simple. Generations ago, the Inquisition of the Priory of the Thrice-Dead Prophet decided that dragons were a great evil and it was their duty to ... more >

August 31, 2024

REVIEW: The Phoenix and the Firebird by Alexis Kossiakoff and Scott Forbes Crawford

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / China / Fairytale/fantasy / Fantasy / female friendship / found family / middle grade / POC / Russia / Slavic folklore5 Comments

A bullet-riddled train staggers into a Chinese station in 1920, and Lucy discovers that her father, a Russian officer, has been kidnapped. A mysterious feather guides her into a dangerous realm of magic and monsters to rescue him. But she knows she can’t take on the quest alone. With her ... more >

August 24, 2024

REVIEW: The Thing About My Uncle by Peter J. Stavros

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewscoming-of-age / family relationships / found family / Kentucky / middle grade / secrets / self discovery / teenager / Young-Adult5 Comments

The thing about my uncle was that I hardly knew him. Uncle Theo kept to himself, some would say he was a recluse, and by all accounts, that was how he preferred it. I couldn’t precisely recall when I had seen him last in the flesh. I just had a ... more >

August 17, 2024

REVIEW: Shadow Fox by Carlie Sorosiak

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChosen One / Contemporary / Fantasy / First-Person / fox / friendship / middle grade / Minnesota / nature / portal fantasy / prickly heroine / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: Shadow Fox by Carlie Sorosiak

A beautiful story of loss and belonging, all told through the eyes of a wild, affectionate, prickly fox who has a love of collecting shoes and not a small amount of magic. From the bestselling author of I, Cosmo. Bee’s family runs a lakeside inn, offering rest and sustenance to ... more >

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