Tag: Adventure

The Magic Misfits

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Hello, and happy summer break! I haven’t had much of a chance to write, but now that I’ve gotten out the issue of Best Friends Essential that I was working on, I should have more time to blog regularly. This post will be about The Magic Misfits, Neil Patrick Harris’s middle grade debut. It’s filled with adventure, friendship, and some hidden codes and secrets that make you pay attention.

Carter Locke is running away. Away from his Uncle Sly, who took him in when his parents disappeared, and who has never given Carter a real home. When you trick people out of their money and valuables, you can’t really settle down. Away from his old life as a vagabond, this could be a new chance for him. A chance to live a normal life. However, when he gets to the small town of Mineral Wells, he doesn’t find normalcy. What he does find is secrets, mysteries, and new friends. Can this band of magical misfits outwit an evil villain who may have more in common with them than they think?

I hope that you enjoyed this blog post, and that you decide to try out The Magic Misfits. In addition to being a successful comedian and actor, Neil Patrick Harris has proven himself a talented author. The Magic Misfits in the first book in the Magic Misfits series. There are four books, with a wonderful cast of characters. I have read them all, but am still in the process of uncovering their secrets. Until next time, keep reading!

The Magic Misfits (The Magic Misfits Series #1) by Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin, Kyle Hilton, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

Wildwood

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Hi! I’m back. I’ve been busy with schoolwork and Best Friends Essential (we now have a website!), so I haven’t had as much time to post on my blog. I’m going to be talking about Wildwood today, a great book by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. It’s nice and long, with an interesting plot with twists and turns.

Prue is worried. Her baby brother, Mac, was just carried off by crows while she was watching him. Even worse, the crows carried him into the Impassable Wilderness (the I.W.). No one knows what’s in there. And no one who’s gone in has come back out. Prue decides to go in anyway. She just has to find her little brother. Her classmate, Curtis, also goes into the I.W. to help Prue. Once they get in, they see things that can’t be real. In the Woods, animals can talk. Not only talk – in the Woods, animals are equal to humans. When coyote soldiers capture Curtis, Prue must go through a series of adventures to find Mac and get back her friend.

I hope that you decide to read Wildwood based on the description above. Like I said, it’s a great book, and there are more too! The Wildwood Chronicles has three books. I’ve read two so far, and liked both immensely. I’m looking forward to reading the third.

Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, 1): Meloy, Colin, Ellis, Carson: 9780062024701: Amazon.com: Books

Fortunately, the Milk

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Hi! It’s been a while. Today, I have a funny book by award-winning author Neil Gaiman. I just read one of his books, The Graveyard Book, for Halloween, and really enjoyed it. He has some great books for adults and kids alike. The one I’ll be blogging about today is a short, silly book told in first person point of view.

In Fortunately, the Milk, a boy and his sister are home with their father. Their mother has gone off to a conference (presenting a paper about lizards). The next morning, there is no milk in the fridge. All out. You can’t have cereal without milk. Not the same. The father goes to the corner store. The brother and sister wait. And wait. And wait some more, for what seems like ages. When the father finally comes home, he has a story. A story that explains why he took so long. No, he didn’t talk to one of his friends and lose track of time. He got lost in time. When aliens beam him up into their ship, he opens a door in an attempt to escape–a door that is clearly labeled “Do Not Open For Any Reason.” This rips a hole in the space-time continuum. Fortunately, he meets Professor Steg (who happens to be a stegosaurus) and travels through time to bring milk to his children. Will he survive the many near-death experiences? Likely, as he came back and is telling the story. Will he keep hold of the milk? How crazy will this get? You’ll have to read the book to find out.

I hope that, if you decide to try this book, you enjoy reading it as much as I did. Have you read any other Neil Gaiman books? Do you have a favorite? Have a recommendation for a book to post about? Make sure to comment below, and I’ll see you next time!

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

Grandpa’s Great Escape

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Hello again! I’m really excited about this post. I loved this book when I read it. An interesting and funny story, exciting characters, suspense, and one of my favorite parts was that there were great illustrations, and the words were even in different fonts and sizes, depending on and emphasizing what they said. I hope that, if you decide to try it, you like this book as much as I did.

In Grandpa’s Great Escape, by David Walliams, Jack loves his grandfather. In fact, Jack feels closer to him than to his own parents! Grandpa always tells wonderful stories about his glory days when he flew his fighter plane, the amazing Spitfire, in the Royal Air Force in World War II. However, at the time our story begins, Grandpa is getting old, and beginning to forget things. Small things at first, like making a cup of tea and forgetting to drink it, but then larger things. What year it is. Whether his long-gone wife is alive. If the war is over. For him, the past is more real than the present. Only his grandson, Jack, understands. Jack realizes that to get through to his grandfather, you have to enter his world. The only problem is, when Grandpa starts running away from home, Jack’s parents think it’s best to put him in the old folk’s home, Twilight Towers. There, you can only visit once a week, for 15 minutes. Jack uncovers a plot, and has to get his grandfather out of Twilight Towers. Can he do it in time, and what secrets will he discover along the way?

I hope that based on the description above, you decide to give it a try. Let me know how you liked it in the comments! If you have any other suggestions for books you think I would like, or for me to review, tell me in the comments as well, or go to the “contact” page on the website. Thanks for reading!

Grandpa's Great Escape: Walliams, David, Ross, Tony: 9780062560896: Amazon.com: Books