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I'm joining a ton of new challenges this year! I only have two books left for the Four-legged Friends and two for the Book Awards Challe...

I can not believe how many books I got for Christmas! These are the ones I got from Santa (aka Mom and Dad): These are the ones I got from M...

I read this book for both the Newbery and Four-legged Friends challenges. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH , by Roberta C. O'Brien, is t...

I read this book for the Newbery Challenge. Julie of the Wolves , by Jean Craighead George, is the story of 13-year-old Miyax (Julie, as her...

(I read this book for the Four-Legged Friends Reading Challenge.) The Cat Who Went Bananas, by Lillian Jackson Braun, is the story of Qwille...

Wolf, by Gillian Cross, is the story of Cassie, a young girl who has always lived with her Nan. That is, until she hears mysterious footstep...

The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw, is the story of Saaski. She is half Moorfolk and half human, and she threatens the safety of her Moorfolk c...

(Scroll down for more recent posts.) UPDATE: I decided to set up a separate blog for the challenge. Head over to What's in a name?...

I'm so excited that I finished NaNoWriMo! I'm so glad I decided to try. There were times when I was worried that I wouldn't make...

This book was for both the Book Awards Challenge and the Four-legged Friends challenge. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, by Ter...

This book is from my Four-legged Friends Challenge list. Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book Eight: The Outcast, by Kathryn Lasky, is the story o...

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, is the story of a black family living in Mississippi in the 1930's. Nine-year- old C...

The Best of Poe, by Edgar Allen Poe, is a collection of short stories and poems including The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The...

Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury, is the story of two boys who discover an amazing carnival with a calliope that plays by it...

Here's my list for the "What's in a name" challenge: 1. Black Beauty by Anne Sewell (a book with a color in its title) 2....

The Kingdom Keepers, by Ridley Pearson, is the story of five teenagers who find themselves transported to Disney World at night whenever the...

The Shadow Thieves, by Ann Ursu, is the story of 13-year-old Charlotte, an ordinary girl who lives an ordinary life. But her life transforms...

(This book was on both my RIP challenge list and my Four-Legged Friends challenge list.) The Sight, by David Clement-Davies, is the story of...

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury, is a book about eight boys who, with help from a sinister man, embark on a fantastical journey through ...

Midnighters: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfield, is the story of a group of teenagers who live in a town called Bixby, Oklahoma. In Bixby...