My Favorites: by a teenager


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Book cover for "Nightbird"
Star rating for Nightbird
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
The book starts and you think this is just going to be an ordinary book about a girl in a small town but this is NOT the case!
Description:
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
Book cover for "The girl who drank the moon"
Star rating for The girl who drank the moon
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
An epic fantasy about Luna, a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her to protect her family.
Book cover for "Lost in the sun"
Star rating for Lost in the sun
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"As Trent Zimmerman struggles to move past a traumatic event that took place several months earlier, he befriends class outcast Fallon Little, who helps him understand that he can move on"--
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Book cover for "Serafina and the Black Cloak"
Star rating for Serafina and the Black Cloak
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Book cover for "The dastardly deed"
Star rating for The dastardly deed
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Anastasia has barely managed to escape the nefarious clutches of C.R.U.D. when they are brought to the undergrown Cavelands, where she finds out she is Caveland royalty and her family figures into a centuries old scandal that began with the disappearance of her grandfather.
Book cover for "The Blackthorn key"
Star rating for The Blackthorn key
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Series:
Blackthorn key volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Notes:
The blackthorn key is one of the best well written books I've ever read! Usually I don't like books set in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds, but theis book was a big exeption. There is a little bit of blood and violence, but i think that makes for a good story.
Description:
In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the powerto tear the world apart.

11. Matilda

Book cover for "Matilda"
Star rating for Matilda
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
This book was really funny and not quite believable. Matilda is and extraordinarily smart child for her age, but most people ignore her. But when she goes to school for the first time, she finds herself in trouble with an evil headmistress.
Description:
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.