Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger Jon Scieszka 4 Stars In this second edition of the “Frank Einstein” books, Frank and Watson are learning about energy. While inventing an environmentally safe for of energy (the electro-finger) that can be used thanks to the magnetism of the world, evil scientist T. Edison is trying to destroy energy…
Smek for President! Adam Rex 3.5 Stars Tip and J.Lo are in for even more adventures in this sequel to “The True Meaning of Smekday.” J.Lo wants to head to New Boovworld, the Boov’s new planet located on one of Saturn’s moons, in order to clear his name from all wrong-doings that happened with the…
Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm 4 Stars Ellie’s babysitter stays late and orders pizza one night when Ellie’s mom is late getting back. Only Ellie’s mom comes back with a teenage boy…who turns out to be Ellie’s 77-year-old Grandpa Melvin who has finally scientifically discovered the fountain of youth. Ellie’s world is now turned up-side-down…
Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn Greg Leitich Smith pictures by Andrew Arnold 3 Stars Aidan lives in a hotel that his parents own. It is not your typical Holiday Inn. No, Aidan’s hotel is the Mercury Inn and they are located on the Space Coast in Florida. Which means that they can watch…
Stitching Snow R.C. Lewis 5 Stars Essie keeps her own secrets. She is living on the planet Thanda and fights and fixes drones (stitching computer codes) to survive. Only everything changes once Dane comes and crashes near where she lives in Forty-Two. Suddenly Essie has to figure out how to either stand up and face…
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl Ben Hatke 4 Stars In this third adventure of Zita the Spacegirl Zita is a captured prisoner who is sentenced to hard labor for the rest of her life. Of course there is hope. There is a skeleton and a pile of rags and some other creatures who have…
Cress Marissa Meyer 4.5 Stars ***Caution. Contains Spoilers!*** Cress (short for Crescent Moon) is stuck in a satellite. Thaumaturge Mira has trapped her there ever since she figured out how to manipulate a netscreen…and forces her to work non-stip for the Lunar crown. But Cress wants a prince to save her…or at least someone like…
The True Meaning of Smekday Adam Rex Read by Bahni Turpin 4 stars This is the story of Gratuity “Tip” Tucci who writes a report on “The True Meaning of Smekday” (what used to be known as Christmas but the alien Boov changed to Smekday in honor of their leader). Gratuity tells all about when…
Scarlet Marissa Meyer Macmillan Audiobook, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4272-2964-9 FORMAT: Audio Book AGES: Young Adult 4 Stars This picks up where Cinder left off (obviously since it is a sequel). But, there is also the bit about Scarlet, a girl from France who is concerned about her grandmother who is missing. The grandmother’s ID chip was…
Book 1 of the Hypnotists: Hypnotize Me Gordon Korman Scholastic Press, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-545-50322-8 FORMAT: Sci-Fi/Adventure AGES: Elementary School, Middle School 3.5 Stars Publication Date: August, 2013 Jax Opus has a gift…although for a long while he has no clue as to what he can do. He can hypnotize people to do what he wants.…