Category Archives: Middle Grades

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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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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When Santa Fell to Earth

When Santa Fell To Earth by Cornelia Funke This is a completely adorable Christmas story.  Niklaus Goodfellow, the last of the real Santas, has crash landed when his invisible reindeer ran off in search of marzipan.  His caravan is now … Continue reading

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The Name of This Book is Secret

The Name of this Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch I’ve been wanting to read this since it first appeared on the shelves of our school library.  Although I never quite seemed to have the time, I handed it to … Continue reading

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Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen Sammy loves looking out her Gram’s window with binoculars, even if it is kind of boring most of the time. But one day, when she’s checking out the Heavenly Hotel, … Continue reading

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