Now Kids’ Choice is on the blog. Each month we read your reviews and choose the top five. We tell everyone about them on our blog, and put Kids’ Choice stickers on them in our libraries so all the kids will know that it’s a cool read.
Remember that Kids’ Choice is YOUR choice. You can nominate any book that you think is COOL by filling in a Kids’ Choice review. You can get a paper copy to fill out at your local library or you can fill one out online here.
KIDS’ CHOICE for March
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Meggie’s father Mo has an interesting talent: when he reads aloud, things, and sometimes people, come out of their stories and into the real world! But now the evil Capricorn wants to use Mo’s talents to bring himself great wealth and power. Then Meggie discovers that maybe Mo isn’t the only one who can read things to life. This is an enchanting story full of adventure, suspense, and magic. The characters are vivid and delightful…
Inkheart will appeal to those who like adventure and fantasy, and to anyone who ever wished a story could come to life. (Amazon)
Spud by John van de Ruit.
It’s 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and thirteen-year-old Spud Milton is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a nutty granny and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. With only his wits and his diary, he takes readers on a rowdy boarding school romp full of illegal midnight swims, catastrophic cricket matches, ghostbusting escapades, girls and disastrous holidays. (Amazon). Read Andrew’s terrific review here
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
“Marvellously strange and scary” is how Philip Pullman describes this book. Coraline steps through a door in her new house into a mirror world, a twisted version of her own, complete with parents (though these ones have button eyes.) In the beginning she thinks that this other world is a better place to be, but it becomes ever more bizarre and spooky, and Coraline needs to be both brave and clever if she is ever to make it home.
The really cool thing is that this book comes in; the original novel, a graphic novel (drawn by P. Craig Russell), and a DVD . Check them all out!!
The 39 Clues #5: The Black Circle by Patrick Carman
Amy and Dan have been found. but perhaps not for long – the ruthless Irina Spasky is right on their tail. And WHAT are those crazy kids doing poking their noses into Lucian secrets?|? Are they TRYING to get themselves killed? The 39 Clues Book 5 takes Dan and Amy on their most dangerous quest yet, one that brings them face to face with the only force capable of scaring the vicious Lucians: the Madrigals (Amazon)
Max Flash: Mission Four: Grave Danger by Jonny Zucker
Max Flash, explosive escapologist and master magician, is back for his fourth top-secret mission! A museum in Egypt has been broken into, and an ancient parchment stolen. Legend has it that the hieroglyphics on the parchment reveal the secret of resurrection from the dead. The Department for Extraordinary Activity want Max to go undercover and visit the Undead! (Amazon)