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When Uncle Earl says “Stay in the van.” STAY in the van!

The Night Door (Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker book one) by Frank Cammuso

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The Night Door (Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker book one) has strong 7 to 10-year-old boy reader written all over this.  There is potty humor (the pun of humans wear underwear/and they go to the Underwhere world), funny monsters (a possessed by darkness giant cat that likes to chase the light of the flashlight), great (mostly great) hero and his sister (who is pretty spunky, has a cool pet hamster, and like her brother, not keen of the dark)! Girls will enjoy as well if they are into offbeat humor. Frank Cammuso most likely wrote this book for himself. He wanted […]

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6/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:240 |

Not so jolly giant and his Jack

Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke

Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke

Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

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The Might Jack series by Ben Hatke starts as a separate, but companion series to the Zita the Spacegirl graphic novels. Books One (Mighty Jack) and Book Two (Mighty Jack and the Goblin King) set up Jack’s, Maddy, and Lilly’s adventures. These adventures mirror another story that has a Jack, some magic seeds and a few giants in it. Only, these magic seeds are purchased by trading the family car (not cow) and what grows is not just a beanstalk, but all sorts of creatures and plants. Some of which would not mind snacking on Jack and friends! As we […]

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6/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:209 |

Friends! Adventure! Robots! All she needs now is a catch phrase.

Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

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The graphic novels featuring Zita the Spacegirl are back in two more adventures (from 2012 and 2014). The first (technically second) book is Legends of Zita the Spacegirl #2 and the second (technically third) book is The Return of Zita the Spacegirl. Ben Hatke published Zita in 2011 but had been working on her for years. Both stories flow well and are solid stories. Even though the first two books “wrap up” that books story, there are open endings to each of them. Therefore, it might be fun to get the three boxed set containing all of Zita’s adventures, as […]

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6/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:204 |

A Nibble of Hope can make you hungry for more

The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Dubb

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The Root of Magic is one of those books that the adult me has issues with (the mom “forgets” about her oldest child due to the illness of the younger one; her relationship with her ex-husband is stereotypical and the daughter takes on a “mother role” due to the fact it is all about her brother). The kid in me however thinks this is an awesome book. I started out with the negatives because, while I totally understand where Kathleen Benner Dubb is coming from (when a child is sick you tend to focus on them, perhaps unintentionally shutting out […]

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3/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:78 |

Avoid the man-eating walking dead that periodically drag themselves out of a fetid lake

Broxo by Zack Giallongo

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I will start with that this review is based on a one time reading. See end for a comment on this. Broxo by Zack Giallongo is a graphic novel that from page one always felt like it was missing something. Like this was book two and not a first book. Like it was starting in the middle of a story and had already fleshed out the characters in previous books. However, from what I can tell, this was a stand-alone book that should have had a series, but for some reason did not. Broxo is the last member of a […]

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2/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |

Your Roman holiday

Magic Tree House Vacation Under the Volcano #13 by Mary Pope Osborne

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The one thing I have noticed with The Magic Tree House series, you do have to read them in order. As an adult, I can pick up something, but in Vacation Under the Volcano #13, Jack and Annie have had so many adventures you need to know some of the pieces of information given before to help explain a few things. However, it is a standalone title if you and your child talk about it. The story is basic: Jack and Annie go to Ancient Rome to save a book. Easy, right? Well, no. You see they do not realize […]

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12/21/2018 's CBR10 Review No:469 |

She’s fought giants, clobbered dragons, now she’s gotta churn that butter?

Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre

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Monsters Beware! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre is the third in the series of Claudette and her friend’s adventures. There is Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware! as well. And while this is a mostly standalone story, find the first two and read them first. Of course, if I had done that I probably would not have read this one. First, let me say the writing is great. There is a lot going on, you are wondering how they will fight the monsters, churn that butter, plow the field, beat the Sea Queen and keep their hair styles neat. The […]

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12/13/2018 's CBR10 Review No:458 |

Transformers meet Voltron

Mech Cadet Yu by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa and Triona Farrell

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Transformers meet Voltron in Mech Cadet Yu Volume one by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa and Triona Farrell. I would like to point out when I say Transformer and Voltron I do not mean the modern-day versions but the awesome 1980s versions I grew up on. The story itself is totally today, but still the creators are paying honor to the classics. The story is every few years giant robots from outer space come to bond with cadets from the Sky Corps Academy.  Sixty-years ago, the first one bonded with a young boy scout out in the desert, to help Earth […]

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11/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:440 |


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