Wait till Helen Comes

by Mary Downing Hahn

This author, as I have told you before, specializes in kid friendly ghost stories. She is also one of my favorite authors.

This book is about a girl named Molly and her mother recently got remarried. Her new younger stepsister is a spiteful, mean little brat. When Molly and her family go out to a church that their parent's bought for the summer weird thing start going on. Heather keeps threatening Molly and Molly's brother Michel by saying "wait till Helen comes". When bad things start happening Molly is sure Helen is responsible. But who is Helen? Why is she friends with heather? And what are her initals doing on a tombstone in the backyard?

This is another great book! I really like the last 2 chapters. I like this book and I hope you do to.

The Old Willis Place

by Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn writes ghost stories that are okay for kids. They're still scary but with no bad words or stuff like that. I like her writing. It is flowing and descriptive.

This book is about two kids Diana and Georgie. Diana and Georgie haven't had friends in a long time,o when the new caretaker for the old Willis place has a daughter named Lissa, who is Diana's age, Diana wants to become friends. When she and Diana become friends something terrible happens. The ghost of Mrs.Lillian, the late owner of the Willis place is set loose, Diana and Georgie have to run because Mrs.Lillian is loose, and she has a deadly secret.

This is one of my favorite ghost stories. It has just the right amount of mystery in all the right places. It has a huge twist at the end. I love Mary Downing Hahn's writing. This book is probably good for ages 9-12 it is a super cool book.

-KidLitNut

All the Lovely Bad Ones

by Mary Downing Hahn

This author is known for writing ghost stories for children who are a little bit older. I like this author's style of writing. It flows well and is very descriptive.

This book is about two kids named Corey and Travis, who get kicked out of summer camp because of the pranks they do. So when they get sent to their grandmother's inn and learn it used to be supposedly haunted, they decided to do a little haunting of their own. They dress in white and flit around the grounds, they scream, and they make everyone think that the inn is haunted.

But when people start seeing things, and Corey and Travis's room is destroyed, they know that they didn't do it. Then when they see the ghosts they find out they are just kids who have been murdered. To help the ghosts on to the next life, they have to defeat the murderer's ghost. Will they succeed, or will the murderer claim two more victims from beyond the grave?

I really liked this book. It is by one of my favorite authors Mary Downing Hahn. This book is good for a quick read.

Beast Quest 1 - Ferno the Fire Dragon

by Adam Blade

Hey people! I'm kidLitNut's younger brother, BillyBobBoxer (shown here with my buddy, Tiger).



This is my first post. I hope you like it. This book is about a boy named Tom. Weird things are going on. First the horses were attacked. Then the river dried up. Then the crops got mysteriously burned. Everyone is scared, but not Tom. He goes on a quest to find out who or what is doing the destruction and stop them. On the way he meets a girl named Elenna and she decides to help him. Will they find who is doing this? Will they save the village? Will they make it out alive?

I thought this was a good book. The writer is very good at descriptive writing. I would recommend this book to ages 7- 9. On a scale from 1 to 10, I give it an 8. I love this entire series, but this is the one that got me started.

-BillyBobBoxer

Magyk

by Angie Sage

This book starts with the murder of a young queen right after she gave birth to a little girl. At about that time, the Heap family's youngest child (A Newborn named Septimus) is pronounced dead, so the new Extra-Ordinary Wizard (as the last one was killed protecting the queen) takes the new queen and gives her to the Heap family and tells them to pretend she's their own child. They name the child Jenna.

Many years later the Extra-Ordinary Wizard comes the Heap's house and takes Jenna away, saying she is the Queen and needs to be protected. The entire family must bond together to protect Jenna but will it be enough? Who is trying to kill them? Will they all make it out alive? And what actually happened to Septimus Heap (after all, his name is on the cover)? Find out in this totally great great GREAT read.

I loved this book. The author has a great style of writing that makes you feel like you're actually there. The story is great and I love the series. There is danger at every turn and I couldn't put it down!!! I recomend this book to ages 8 and up. and on a scale from 1-10 it scores 9.9 (my highest score yet).

Here's a link.

-KidLitNut

The Seeing Stone

by Kevin Crossley-Holland

This book is about a boy named Arthur who lives on a manor and desperately wants to become a knight. One day his dad's friend Merlin gives him a black seeing stone. The stone shows him visions of his namesake, King Arthur. He sees dragons, and the battles and sword fighting of King Arthur. He is told not to tell anyone about the stone. While fighting with his siblings and doing other daily chores, he wonders why Merlin gave the stone to him. Why does he sees the battles? What is going on?

I liked this book but it was hard to follow. Also, there are so many people, but I can't remember who they all are. Arthur is a very interesting character but at some places it just dragged a little bit, and I wondered what he was going to do to pick up the story.

It was an okay book. On a scale from 1 to 5, I would give it a 3.

-kidLitNut

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

Sorry I haven't been on in awhile. Back to the books. A Wrinkle in time is a about a girl named Meg. Meg is very unpopular and she faces a lot of difficulty. Her father is missing and rumors are flying. Everyone says her brother is an idiot, and she hates school. That all changes when she meets three very strange old ladies called Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who.

The three ladies say her father is being held, and they can wrinkle to another dimension to save him. (Wrinkling is hard to explain but I will try. If there is an ant on a long piece of string and needs to get to the other side it has to walk all that way. But if you put the two ends of the string together the ant only has to take like one step. Then you straighten the piece of string and presto! the ant is at its destination! It's harder to explain it then it actually sounds!) So she sets off with her younger brother Charles and Calvin, a popular basketball player at her school.

They find out her father is being held by IT. In the attempt to rescue her dad IT takes over her younger brother Charles mind. Meg barely escapes with her life. Will she go back and rescue Charles? Will they ever defeat It? Will she and her friends ever escape back to earth? Find out in this amazing, cool book.

I would recommend this book but only to people above 9 years old, because in some places it is a little hard to follow. I love this book and so does my mom. With lots of suspense, it makes for a very exciting read.

Here's an Amazon link.

The next book I'll be reviewing is The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland.