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Faerie Wars is the first in a series of fantasy books by Herbie Brennan. When the main character, Henry Atherton, helps his old neighbor Mr...

Wild Magic , by Tamora Pierce, is the first in the epic Immortals series. The heroine, Daine, has always had a knack with animals, but it is...

I am so excited that this challenge has started. I've been waiting for it forever! Thank you, thank you, thank you Carl , for hosting t...

Witch-Hunt , by Marc Aronson, is the true story of the Salem Witch Trials, which actually began in Boston with the possession of the Goodwin...

All the Cats of Cairo , by Inda Schaenen, is the story of a young American girl experiencing all the magic and wonder of the Egyptian city o...

Promise of the Wolves is the first in the epic Wolf Chronicles by Dorothy Hearst. The heroine of the story, Kaala, is a mixed-blood wolf wh...

The Killer Angels , by Michael Shaara, is perhaps the best historical novel that I have ever read. It told the story of the Battle of Gettys...

I am Regina , by Sally M. Keehn, is a fictional tale based on the true story of a young woman named Regina Leininger, who was kidnapped by t...

I am excited to start the Book Awards II Challenge , and I have my list of books all ready. Here it is: The Book of Lost Things by John Con...

All My Patients are Under the Bed , by Dr. Louis J. Camuti, is the tale of his career making house calls for pets in New York City. His job ...

Lucy and her Times , by Paseal Pieg and Nicole Verrechia, was the first book I read for the Nonfiction Five Challenge . It was about the evo...

The Princess and the Hound , by Mette Ivie Harrison, is the story two very different people who must marry one another despite all the barri...

Outfoxing Fear, edited by Kathleen Ragan, is a collection of folktales about (you guessed it) fear. Anything that people have feared over th...

Homecoming , by Cynthia Voigt, is the first book in the award-winning Tillerman saga. It tells the story of the four Tillerman children, aba...

In Finishing Becca , by renowned historical fiction author Ann Rinaldi, young Becca is chosen to leave the hard work on her farm behind and ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin , by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a story of cruelty, of escape, and of hope. It documents the fictional journeys of two ...

Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, is the first book in the Shadow Children sequence. The main character, Luke, is a forbidden t...

Uglies , by Scott Westerfeld, takes place after the human world as we know it has been destroyed. The main character, fifteen-year-old Tally...

Yes, I know, I shouldn't be joining another challenge, the What an Animal Reading Challenge . But I couldn't help it (especially sin...

So You Want to Be a Wizard , by Diane Duane, begins when twelve-year-old Nita runs into her local library to hide from a gang of local bulli...