Saturday, May 3, 2008

LILY'S PESKY PLANT

Disney Fairies
by Kirsten Larsen (2nd+)

Lily, a garden-talent fairy, has one of the most wonderful and most used gardens in all of Pixie Hollow. Her plants and flowers are used for healing as well as food. Many fairies will just stop by to admire or enjoy her garden. After Lily finds and plants a new seed that she is not sure what it is things begin going wrong. Even though the plant that sprouts from the seed is not pretty and it is causing all sorts of problems, Lily still feels like it is a good plant. However, it is causing problems among all of the talent fairies in Pixie Hollow. Will she have to cut it down? Lily doesn’t think she will be able to do so. Find out what happens with Lily and her Pesky Plant by reading this story written by Kirsten Larsen.

FIRA AND THE FULL MOON

Disney Fairies
by Gail Herman (2nd+)

Fira is a light-talent fairy who at the moment is very busy. They have so much going on that needs lighting around Pixie Hollow. But when a light-talent fairy gets too tired and worn out she cannot glow. Fira has been feeling a lot like this lately. Then she receives another task, to train the new light-talent fairies. These new fairies though are making quite a mess of Pixie Hollow. But will they be able to fix it all and help Fira with the work so she does not lose her light-talent. Read Fira and the Full Moon by Gail Herman to find out.

BECK BEYOND THE SEA

Disney Fairies
by Kimberly Morris (2nd+)

Animal-talent fairy Beck loves living in Pixie Hollow but she also wishes to go out and explore. After trying everything she can think of to fly faster and keep up with the birds so she can join them on their journey she ends up trusting someone she shouldn’t-Vidia. Vidia tricks her and is trying to keep her away from Pixie Hollow so she can steal from Mother Dove. Can Beck stop Vidia and convince everyone that she is not to be trusted? Read Beck Beyond the Sea by Kimberly Morris to find out.

BECK AND THE GREAT BERRY BATTLE

Disney Fairies
by Laura Driscoll (2nd+)

Beck is an animal-talent fairy. She can communicate with all animals. When things get out of hands between the chipmunks and the hummingbirds she finds that the other animals and all of the fairies are being drug into the fight also. As she and the other animal-talent fairies try to settle the fight between the animals they soon find that it might take a real emergency for them to work together and stop the argument. Find out what happens when the animals begin fighting and if Beck and the other animal-talent fairies can get them to be friends again. Read Beck and the Great Berry Battle, a Disney Fairy book, by Laura Driscoll.

SPIKED SNOW

Xtreme Mysteries # 7
by Laban Hill (4th+)

Nat, Kevin, Wall, and Jamil find themselves at the the Winter X Games this time. There are all kinds of competitions going on including snowboarding, snow mountain biking, and skiboarding. They soon find themselves in another mystery though. Someone has a problem with the town or the X games competitions and is showing it by plowing snow up to all the stores. There first suspect is a top competitor in the snow mountain biking? Could they be wrong though? Find out who is causing all the trouble for the X crew when you read Spiked Snow by Laban Hill.

LOST WAKE

Xtreme Mysteries # 5
by Laban Hill (4th+)

Nat, Kevin, Wall, and Jamil are friends from middle school who love to spend their time outside and solving mysteries. This year they have been asked to stage a mystery for a wakeboarding group at a nearby resort. But when their staged mystery is followed by an actual mystery they find themselves very busy. The plans for a new design of a wakeboard have been stolen from a room at the resort. The group takes on the task of solving the case while keeping everyone informed of clues to the other staged mystery. Can they pull off the staged mystery, solve the mystery of the missing wakeboard plans, and still have some time to wakeboard and have fun? Read Lost Wake, an Xtreme Mystery, by Laban Hill to find out.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

RETURN OF SKELETON MAN, THE

by Joseph Bruchac (4th+)

Molly and her family have just begun to get over their terrible ordeal with the man they call the Skeleton Man. He had come into their house and kidnapped both Molly and her parents. He pretended to be Molly’sgrandfather that she had never met. Molly was able to escape and rescue her parents but the “Skeleton Man” was never found. Now they are on a vacation to a secluded resort and Molly can shake the feeling that she is being watched. Has the Skeleton Man found her family once again and if so will he succeed in killing them this time or can they escape a second time. Read The Return of the Skeleton Man.