Books to read this week
Readersburg's experts have picked up some books for you to read this week. We are sure you'll love them!
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It's just an attempt to make you guys experts at picking the right books. There are good books and then there are good books.
You definitely got to know the difference before you can call yourself a good reader. So here you go...
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And psstt! look how happy our Storyann is! She's totally on top of the world! Hehe...
One Dog and His Boy
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Age: 8 – 12 years
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books
This one’s a cool dog story! So Hal gets to choose a puppy for his 10th birthday. That’s a pleasant surprise for him because his mother won’t allow him to get a puppy all this while.
He picks a terrier, Fleck. But the secret is that the puppy has been rented. So when he wakes up on Monday morning, the puppy is gone. Now the condition is that if the boy and the puppy have to live together, they must run away.
Circus Mirandus
Author: Cassie Beasley
Age: 10 – 16 years
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic
Micah’s grandfather had visited a mysterious circus years ago. It had fantastical elements like an invisible tiger that guards the gates and the man who bends light. The Lightbender had promised Micah’s grandpa a miracle.
Micah’s great-grand aunt does not approve of these stories. But Micah believes them to be true. So he sets out along with his friend on an adventurous journey to find the circus and the Lightbender to save his grandfather.
But the Lightbender refuses to keep his promise about the miracle.
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Author: Pablo Cartaya
Age: 13+ years
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Viking Books
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Arturo Zamora has a lot to figure out: save the restaurant, save the town, get the girl, make Abuela proud.
Can he do it? Or is it going to be an epic fail?
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Author: Pete Hautman
Age: 12 – 14 years
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Candlewick
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David has accidentally spent $2000 on his mother’s credit card. Now he totally needs to win the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world’s greatest pizza-eating contest.
He is anyway fast with his pizzas. He can finish an entire 16-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. But to win the contest, he must get better at it. So he is preparing.
But meanwhile, there is his brother Mal, who David must watch. And if that was not enough, his friends, Cyn and HeyMan have started being weird with each other.