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How to become a legend
How has your summer been, bookwyrms? Have you had any exciting adventures? Are any of you moving to a new school? If you are, are you excited or nervous…or down right mad? One of my favorite reading adventures this summer was a story that was just about that: starting over in a new town and…
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Call me Alastair: The Simple Act of Flying
I’ve read some pretty good books in my time, but this last one takes the cherry crumble. I usually am ready to pick up the next book the next day, but after reading The Simple Art of Flying by Cory Leonardo, I needed some extra time just to digest it all.
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Ogre Enchanted: A magical return to a favorite realm
What would do if a faerie cursed you just because she didn’t like how you answered a friend’s question? I’d probably tackle her and pin her to the ground until she changed me back. But then, we dragons are known to have a bit of a temper. Fortunately for Lucinda, that’s not the path Evie…
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Training your human: What every dragon should know
Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder must have a dragon or two among their friends, because this is the first dragon story I’ve read in a long time where the dragon looks and acts the way real dragons look and act. Miss Drake is smart and caring and willing to learn from her mistakes, just like…
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Beating the Odds: The curious life of Morrigan Crow
Nevermoor, The Trials of Morrigan Crow comes in at a whopping 461 pulse-pounding pages, making this an ideal book for advanced young readers or bookwyrms who are transitioning from the middle grade to young adult fiction section of the library.
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Hop aboard The Train to Impossible Places!
Hi, fellow bookwyrms! Phew. My head is spinning. Who knew a writer could pack so many different twists and turns and improbable things into one story that still makes sense from beginning to end? Well, so long as you’re willing to accept the impossible is possible, that is. The impossible becoming possible is exactly what you’ll…
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Time Castaways invites readers on a journey of a lifetime!
Hey, friends! If you’ve been following my Instagram posts the past two weeks, you know I’ve been reading the first Time Castaways book by Liesl Shurtliff. If you aren’t already following me there, you’re missing out! What exactly is a time castaway? Well, Matteo and his younger siblings, Cory and Ruby, find out first-hand after breaking…
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Serafina and the Splintered Heart wraps up one journey with an imaginative twist!
Dear friends, We just had a visit with Miss Lindsay over the weekend and I overheard her telling Jen that she’s getting ready to meet her new third grade class. It feels like summer just started! But then we bookwyrms have never been all that good with keeping track of time. Especially when we’ve got…
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Serafina and the Black Cloak sets the perfect tone for a spooktacular summer
Hey friends! Summer is coming, and you know what that means? Campfires and marshmallows and stories of things that shuffle through dark halls in the night! And I’ve got the perfect story to start your summer adventures off right. Serafina and the Black Cloak Serfina is proud of her job. As the C.R.C. (Chief Rat…
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Hi, I’m Wambi!
My name is Wambi. Wambi Bookwyrm. I have two big brothers who are kind of grumpy and a big sister who is super shy. She almost never talks. My mom says I like to talk—a lot. I also like books. Books are by far my favorite thing in the world! Since I’m a dragon, I…
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Would you dare to jump through a window to the past?
Hey bookwyrms! How do you feel about going on a trip through time with me? If you choose to go, you have to be ready for danger around every corner. And I can’t guarantee that we’ll make it back in one piece. You ready? Good! The first stop on our tour is present-day Scotland, where…