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Path of Beasts

Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner This is the third book in the Keepers trilogy. Book 1:Museum of Thieves Book 2: City of Lies Back in Jewel after their time in Spoke, the children find the Fugleman is once again … Continue reading

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City of Lies

City of Lies by Lian Tanner This is the second book in the Keepers trilogy. Book 1: Museum of Thieves Book 3: Path of Beasts Life is very different in Jewel after the end of Museum of Thieves.  Goldie struggles … Continue reading

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Museum of Thieves

Museum of Thieves (The Keepers) by Lian Tanner This is the first book in The Keepers trilogy. Book 2: City of Lies Book 3: Path of Beasts Jewel is a city beset by dangers.  Dangers that threaten the very lives … Continue reading

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The Dragons of Blueland

The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett This is the third book in the My Father’s Dragon Trilogy. Book 1: My Father’s Dragon Book 2: Elmer and the Dragon Gannet is very kind to readers.  At the start of … Continue reading

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In a Glass Grimmly

In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz This is the sequel to A Tale Dark and Grimm.  Ah yes, a follow up to one of the darkest most violently disturbing children’s fairy tales I’ve ever read. Well.  While I can’t … Continue reading

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Elmer and the Dragon

Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett This is the second book in the My Father’s Dragon trilogy. Book 1: My Father’s Dragon Book 2: Elmer and the Dragon Book 3: The Dragons of Blueland Elmer and the Dragon picks up … Continue reading

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The Knight at Dawn

The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne This is the second book in the Magic Tree House series.  The first is Dinosaurs Before Dark. After their adventure with the dinosaurs, Jack and Annie are consumed with curiosity about the … Continue reading

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Enna Burning

Enna Burning by Shannon Hale This is the second book in the Books of Bayern series, which begins with The Goose Girl. There is talk that people can speak many languages: that of the wind, of the animals, that of … Continue reading

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My Father’s Dragon

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett This is a Guided Reading Level N, DRA equivalent 30.  It is on level for the beginning to middle of third grade.  It is the first book in the My Father’s Dragon trilogy. … Continue reading

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The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon

The Snow Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler This is #11 in the Black Lagoon series. According to online sources this series ranges in difficulty from Guided Reading level N-P .  I’m shocked.  I consider this to be … Continue reading

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