Featured Kids and Middle Grade Book Reviews

 Advanced search
 
218 results - showing 127 - 144 « 1 ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 11 13 »
Details Ratings
The Princess Twins Play in the Garden
On a lovely day, two princess twins play with their friends in the castle garden. Princess Emma is concerned about looking pretty and stays out of the fun. When her concern about her looks hurts a friend, Emma must decide what is more important, looking good on the outside...
Editor rating
 
4.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Candymakers
The Candymakers Featured
In the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew? Logan, the candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate...
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
4.0 (1)
Home of the Brave
A man I helped to settle heretaught me a saying from Africa.I’ll bet you would like it:A cow is God with a wet nose. Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived....
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Vive Le Paris
Vive Le Paris Featured
Paris has come for piano lessons, not chopped-liver sandwiches or French lessons or free advice. But when old Mrs. Rosen gives her a little bit more than she can handle, it might be just what Paris needs to understand the bully in her brother’s life…and the bullies of...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Nerd Camp
Nerd Camp Featured
Ten-year-old Gabe has just been accepted to the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment. That means he’ll be spending six weeks at sleepaway camp, writing poetry and perfecting logic proofs. SCGE has been a summer home of some legendary middle-school smarty-pants (and future Jeopardy! contestants), but it also has a...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs Featured
A stunning modern-day fairy tale from acclaimed author Anne Ursu Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to...
Editor rating
 
4.5
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Ogre of Oglefort
Publisher's Summary: For excitement-hungry orphan Ivo, a mission to save Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort is a dream come true. Together with a hag, a wizard, and a troll, Ivo sets out, ready for adventure. But when they get to the ogre's castle, the...
Editor rating
 
4.5
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
May B.
May B. Featured
I've known it since last night:It's been too long to expect them to return. Something's happened. May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead—just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Icefall
Icefall Featured
Publisher's Description: Matthew J. Kirby, author of THE CLOCKWORK THREE, deftly weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness and subtle suspense that will leave readers racing breathlessly to the end.Trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen sea, Solveig,...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Little Lion's Bible
Little Lion's Bible is a soft, cuddly Bible that children ages 2 to 5 can call their own. Throughout this plush-covered book, Little Lion learns that he is loved and cared for by God as he hears about God's faithfulness in stories from the Old and New Testaments of...
Editor rating
 
5.0 (2)
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Little Lamb's Bible
Little Lamb's Bible is a soft, cuddly Bible that children ages 2 to 5 can call their own. Throughout this plush-covered book Little Lamb learns that he is loved and cared for by God as he hears about God's faithfulness in stories from the Old and New Testaments of...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Darth Paper Strikes Back
The hilarious, clever, and much-anticipated follow-up to the breakout hit, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda!It is a dark time at Ralph McQuarrie Middle School. After suffering several Origami Yoda–related humiliations, Harvey manages to get Dwight suspended from school for being a “troublemaker.” Origami Yoda pleads with Tommy and...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren’t strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Wake Up, Sun!
Wake Up, Sun! Featured
Illus. in full color. "A comedy about a menagerie of barnyard animals who mistakenly think the sun has forgotten to rise. Designed for children just beginning to read, the story's vocabulary is simple, yet is smoothly written. A good choice."--Booklist.
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Mitten
The Mitten Featured
"Grandmother knits snow-white mittens that Nikki takes on an adventure. Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and sprawl in the snow after the big sneeze." -The Horn Book
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving
In The Berenstain Bears and The Joy of Giving Brother and Sister Bear can't wait for Christmas and all the presents they'll open. But during the Christmas Eve pageant, something special happens! The Bear cubs learn a very valuable lesson about the joy of giving to others. ...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
5.0 (1)
DC Super Friends: Flying High
SOMETHING STRANGE HAS happened to the birds of GOTHAM CITY. Pigeons are causing traffic jams, seagulls are making trouble at a nearby beach, and ostriches have escaped from the zoo! THE PENGUIN has enlisted his fine feathered friends to distract the DC SUPER FRIENDS while he swoops in and...
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Wheels!
Wheels! Featured
Train wheels.  Plane wheels.  Gear wheels.  Rear wheels.  What if there were NO wheels?  How would people go?
Editor rating
 
5.0 (2)
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
 
218 results - showing 127 - 144 « 1 ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 11 13 »
Powered by JReviews

May's Giveaways

New Teen Reviews

 
4.3
 
5.0
 
5.0
 
4.0
 
5.0
 
5.0
 
5.0
 
4.3
 
5.0
 
5.0
 
5.0
 
3.3
 
3.7
 
5.0
 
3.0
 
4.3
 
5.0
 
4.7

New Kids Reviews

 
5.0
 
5.0
 
4.0
 
3.0
 
4.0
 
4.0
 
3.0
 
3.0
 
4.0
 
3.0
 
3.0
 
3.0
 
3.0
 
2.5
 
3.0
 
3.0
 
3.5
 
3.0

Top Community Members

What do the POINTS mean?!
How do I earn more? What do I win?
Click here to find out!

Latest Books Added

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (The Steampunk Chronicles, Book 2)
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Dark Frost (Mythos Academy #3)
Editor rating
 
5.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Princess for Hire: The Royal Treatment
Editor rating
 
4.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Do Super Heroes Have Teddy Bears?
Editor rating
 
3.5
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Sleuth or Dare #1: Partners in Crime
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Dogs of the Drowned City #2: The Pack
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Fated (Soul Seekers)
Editor rating
 
4.3
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Metaphysical Double Life of Eri Lane
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Twice Upon a Time #3: Beauty and the Beast, the Only One Who Didn't Run Away
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Unbreak My Heart
Editor rating
 
4.7 (2)
User rating
 
4.3 (1)
Of Poseidon
Editor rating
 
3.7 (2)
User rating
 
3.7 (2)
Breaking Lauren
Editor rating
 
4.7
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers #1)
Editor rating
 
1.7
User rating
 
1.7 (1)
Bad Girls Don't Die: As Dead As It Gets
Editor rating
 
4.7
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator
Editor rating
 
4.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Cheesie Mack is Cool in a Duel
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Story of the Olympics in Ancient and Early Modern Times
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Editor rating
 
4.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Tokyo Heist
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Nothing Special
Editor rating
 
3.3
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Stickman Odyssey, Book 2: The Wrath of Zozimos
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Dogs of the Drowned City #3: The Return
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Sisters Grimm: Book Nine: The Council of Mirrors
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Sir Seth Thistlethwaite Seeks the Truth of Betty the Yeti (#3)
Editor rating
 
2.5
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook 6
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Riley Mack and Other Known Troublemakers
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
The Last Apprentice: Grimalkin the Witch Assassin (Book 9)
Editor rating
 
4.3
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Beswitched
Editor rating
 
3.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Weaving Magic
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
Tears to Dancing
Editor rating
 
0.0
User rating
 
0.0 (0)
What is YABooksCentral.com?
YABC is, first and foremost, a place for people who love books. Founded in 1998 by (now author) Kimberly Pauley as a basic stopover for people looking for information on young adult books, YABC has since evolved into one of the largest sites targeted towards tween and teen readers. You can find book reviews by readers and staff reviewers, author interviews & bios, chapter excerpts, exciting giveaways, and much more on both children's and YA books. The site is constantly evolving and being added to, so stop by frequently. If you ever have any questions, just e-mail MG Buehrlen at any time.
Check Us Out!
Twitter
Our Facebook Page
The YABC Blog
RSS Feed


Copyright © 2011 Young Adult Books Central, All Rights Reserved.
Disclosure Regarding Review Books | Privacy Policy | Submit a Book/Author | FAQs | Advertise on YABC | Giveaways | Create an Account | Log In/My Profile
YABooksCentral.com | KidsBooksCentral.com
Sign up for our monthly newsletter!