Bookaholic for Kids

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Quizatron to go up Last day of January!

Well, the title really says it all, but there will be a new quiz tomorrow.
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Where the Red Fern Grows

This story about a boy named Billy in the hills and his two hunting dogs will reach out to you, and you will be touched by this book. He saves money to try to get his dogs, and then there they are, the inseparable three. Until the mountain lion. Will Billy choose to save his life, or his dogs?
Erin
208 pages
For ages 9-12

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The Lightning Thief

The book is about a boy named Percy Jackson, an ordinary 6th grader. Or so he thought. He gets thrown into a world of myths, monsters, and Greek gods, and gets sent on an adventure, to stop a war. This book is full of adventure, monsters, prophecies, and fighting. Soon to be out in theaters.
Erin
400 pages
Ages 9-12

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Friday, December 25, 2009

Happy Holidays!

Hello everybody! Sorry I haven't put up a new quiz, that will be up ASAP. Also, Happy (Belated) Hannukah!

Merry Christmas!
and

Happy Kwanzaa!

If there are more holidays that I don't know about, sorry for not including them. Have an awesome break!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Inkheart

Meggie is a twelve year old girl who has never known her mother and has never heard her father read out loud. Meggie and her father are happy, until one fateful night when a man named Dustfinger is out in the yard. From then on, her world is turned upside down, with things from books leaping of the page, and men with knives who also light fires. Her father can read things off pages, nicknamed Silvertongue, and gets captured. Can Meggie save him? Is she another Silvertongue?
Erin
535 pages
For ages 9+

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone has been a normal boy all his life, when everything changes. He hears people talking in a picture, and then gets whisked away to Bloor's, a school for geniuses or endowed children. He finds out about a child exchanged for something in a box that is given to Charlie. The child was named Emma Tolly, but is now named something else. Can Charlie find out who she is, and survive an awful game?
Erin
416 pages
For ages 9-12

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Walk Two Moons

This book is about a Native American girl telling a story to her grandparents on a six day drive to Idaho. In Idaho, she hopes to see her mother who left. Salamanca (or Sal for short) wants to arrive on her mothers birthday. Unfortunately, her grandmother is bitten by a snake while they are on the road, and then has a stroke. Sal must drive by herself to Idaho to get there on her mother's birthday. Will she be able to make it on time? This award-winning Newberry book has a story that will show you the real meaning of love.
Erin
288 pages

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Golden Compass

This adventure filled book will whisk you away to another world to run with Lyra Belacqua and her friends in the streets of Jordan Colledge, with her demon(damon) by her side. Then when talk about Dust and the Gobblers reach her ears, she's off for danger in the North. This book is filled with characters and places that will draw you into Lyra's world...
Erin
368 pages
For Young Adults

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Monday, November 9, 2009

November Monthly Winner!

Kieran is the new monthly winner with 7 correct answers!
Congratulations to Julia C, Madeline, and Bryn for participating.
To see the new quiz site, click here!

SERIES I'VE READ

American Girl Mysteries (Felicity by Elizabeth McDavid Jones). These books are based the American Girl Dolls. Each mystery has a separate problem that needs to be solved. The main character provides clues out of her suspicions.
For ages 9-12

Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin. This was one of the first series that I ever read. There are over a hundred books. The characters range from 11 to 13 in the beginning of the series. The books are about problems that happen with the girls and their clients.
For ages 9-12

Circle of Magic, Circle Opens, Circle Reforged all by Tamora Pierce. The books are about four young mages growing up, getting students, and learning to control their power.
For ages 9-12

The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, the Diamond of Darkhold all by Jeanne DuPrau. Books about people under the surface of the Earth for over two hundred years. They come out and have to learn and discover the surface world.
For ages 9-12

Dear America, a Scholastic Series. These books are like a biography but they are really historical fiction.
For ages 9-12

The Doll People, The Meanest Doll in the World, The Runaway Dolls all by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin. The characters are living dolls who face adventures. There are two families of dolls. One family is plastic and the other is china. They must solve their problems without being detected by humans.
For ages 4-8

Guardians of GA'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky. Owls are the main characters. There are no humans in this series.
For ages 9-12

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (all 7) You should all know about him! A boy wizard and his friends try to overcome evil in the wizard world. Great new words like "muggles" and "Quiditch" along with fabulous spells. I LOVE these books!!!
For ages 9-12

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pulman. The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spy Glass. A short time ago, a girl and her demon (a shape shifting part of herself) face obstacles and eventually work together with a boy to go through worlds. I highly recommend these books but I find it difficult to explain in a short summary.
For Young Adults

The Immortals by Tamora Pierce. This quartet is about a girl who has a knack for animals. She discovers that she has magical powers and can talk to animals. They help her.
For Young Adults

The Protecter of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce. A girl wants to become a knight but she must be on probation for a year. It's really cool because it has knights, squires, and pages. Check it out!
For Young Adults

The Inheritance Series. Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr by Christoper Paolini. A boy becomes a dragon rider when the egg hatches out of a stone/egg that appears in front of him. Filled with action, suspense, and magic. Loved it! (A high school boy wrote the series.)
For Young Adults

Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke. About a girl whose father can read things out of books. I can't say much because I will give it all away...
For ages 9-12

Little House on the Prarie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura writes about her adventures growing up in the late 1800s.
For ages 9-12

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene. A girl detective solves crimes.
I liked "The Mystery at Lilac Inn" the best.
For ages 9-12

The New Prophecy by Erin Hunter. The same great characters in Warriors, have a new prophecy to worry about. Six young cats must go on a journey longer than any cat has travelled before...
For ages 9-12

Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian all by Rick Riordan
For ages 9-12

The Power of 3 by Erin Hunter
For ages 9-12

The Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott
For ages 4-8

Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. This book is about 3 children who have a series of bad things happening to them. There are thirteen books. They are really good, so don't let the back cover scare you away!
For ages 9-12

Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
For ages 9-12

Redwall by Brian Jacques
For ages 9-12

39 Clues by Jude Watson. This book is about a boy and a girl who have a chance to go on a hunt that could change the world when their grandmother dies. Or, they could have 1 million dollars. If you are them, you go on the hunt...
For ages 9-12

Trixie Belden by Julie Campbell. A thirteen year old girl detective solves mysteries with her friends. I recommend book 2 "The Red Trailer".
For ages 9-12

The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep, Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist all by Liz Kessler
For ages 9-12

Warriors by Erin Hunter. This series is about a forest of cats, treachery, desturction, prophecies, and much, much more!
For ages 9-12