I am red faced! I had three more books I  recommended for  girls aged 8-14 and neglected to post them here.

So, here they are...Here's comes another drum roll...

The Knee Bone Boy

Please don’t judge this book by its cover, unless you’re a fan of saucer eyed anime kids.

The Hardscrabble kids(mute Otto, “take-charge” Lucia and clever Max) would be right at home with the Pevensie kids from The Chronicles of Narnia and the Drews from the Dark is Rising.The problems facing the Hardscrabble kids aren’t supernatural, but they are just as suspenseful. A missing mother, an absent Dad, and an adventure in a miniature castle with a dotty aunt…that’s exciting. Oh, who is the Kneebone Boy? I’m not telling.

Boys and Girls

Upper Elementary to Middle Grade


AND any novel by Phillip Pullman and Neal Gaiman

           

*Why listen to me? I have a Master’s in Reading, have been a children’s bookseller,

am a Writer’s Digest  judge, author (Monsters and Water Beasts, Henry Holt), and most important, a “Book Gobbler!”

By the way, no one pays me to review their book. So, I might not recommend a best seller. I just applaud good writing.