**** Excellent. The main character is a boy, but a strong girl character is his partner throughout most of the book. Abou 200 pages. Jack Dervish, Super Spy JC Andrijeski In short: After Jack’s superspy parents go missing, he hides in their secret lair for years…learning how to be the perfect spy. Now he has […]
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Liz Barone has a lovely review of Tales Told Under the Covers up: Tales Told Under the Covers features ten short stories for middle graders, but they definitely entertained me on an adult level. I liked that almost every main character had some sort of problem that all kids have, and that they resolved those problems after
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*** Not my favorite but it might be yours. The main character is a boy throughout the book, but Echo, a girl, has just as strong a part. About 190 pages. Echo McCool: Outlaw Through Time by Roger K. Driscoll In short: a magical girl from the distant past, trapped in a tree throughout centuries,
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The Magic Carpet by Jodie Brownlee **** Recommended. I read it all the way through in one evening. About 140 pages. In short: Harry Potter meets the Arabian Nights. The main character is a girl, but boys play a strong role in this adventure as well. The story starts out with Ruby, whose mother wants
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