Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief By; Rick Riordian

 Percy Jackson is a 12 year old boy who lives in NYC. He is dyslexic and has ADHD and gets thrown out of at least one school a year for things that usually weren't his fault. If they weren't, they were usually because of his blood. his mother getting desperate, sends him to Camp Half-Blood getting captured in the process. At camp Half-Blood, Percy is home. He discovers he is the child of one of the Greek Gods but to know which one his father has to accept him first. His Dyslexia and ADHD is just the Greek blood instincts which are common with Half-Bloods. He made friends with Annabeth Chase, one of the daughters of Athena and Grover whom he was best friends at his last school. The trio is sent on a quest to retrieve a stolen item for the Gods. I loved Percy Jackson and I hope that if you decide to read it you do too! Have you already read it? What did you think?

Caroline

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is an amazing book. I know you've probably read it, but i'm going to do a short synopsis. Harry is a 10 year old boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. On his eleventh birthday in the middle of the night, a huge man comes into the house and says he is a wizard and he is to go to the finest wizard school there is, to learn magic. On the magical train ride to Hogwarts, he meets Ron Weasley, they decide to be friends, Hermione granger, of whom their opinions change constantly but she ends up their friend, Neville Longbottom, a forgetful boy who always is losing his toad Trevor, And Draco Malfoy, a nasty little boy. He treats Harry’s newfound friend Ron as trash, and whom Harry and Ron decide to ignore.
Honestly, I don’t really want to go further with that. Because, either, you’ve read the book and know the story, or you don’t and I don’t want to spoil it. But this book is just awesome. It’s also really nostalgic to go back and read my favorite parts. I honestly think that reading this book at eleven is the perfect time to get introduced to the wizarding world. Your the same age as Harry and his friends, it’s not too intense, but for the younger group it is a little, and 11 is a magic number. 😉
What is your favorite chapter of the beginning of one of the best children’s series ever written?
-Caroline

Book Recommendations by Age

Alrighty yall, i've decided to make a post of my favorite book recommendations by age. I've attached links to the books i've already made reviews on. My goal is to eventually have reviews on all of them and I will update this post if I do.

8+
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
A Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

9+
Wonder R.J. Palacio
A Little Princess
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osbourne

10+
Hatchet Gary Paulson
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  Roald Dahl

11+
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (1-4)
Artemis fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
I Funny by James Patterson
Treasure island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Yankees on the Doorstep by Debra Smith
The Yearling by Marjorie K. Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

12+
The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Son by Lois Lowry
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin
The Purple Mantle by Aliki Kafetzopoulou
Between the Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Mister Max Finder of lost things by Cynthia Voight
Mister Max the books of secrets by Cynthia Voight
Mister max and the book of Kings by Cynthia Voight

13+
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke
Macbeth by Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Odyssey by Homer
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
War, Women, and the News by Catherine Gourley

Of Mice and Men by John Steinback

A Hobbit a Wardrobe and a Great War by Joseph Loconte

The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Murder On the Nile by Agatha Christie 

Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin 

ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis 

The Mysterious Benedict Society by; Trenton lee Stewart (Books 1-4)

the Mysterious Benedict Society is about a group of kids gathered by a man named Mr Benedict originally to defeat Mr Benedict's twin brother Mr Curtain. Books 1-3 (I'll go over four later) are about the children and their adventures as a team, going against Mr. Curtain and his infamous Ten Men. The four children learn about teamwork, trusting each other, and blocking their deepest thoughts from the telepath Constance.
I loved this series so much, and it is defiantly a favorite of mine! and I was very pleased when I found out there is a fourth book.
The fourth book is a little later. The children are high school age-ish and are reunited after a while. Constance is battling a telepath who is constantly in her mind trying to discover the location of the children and tai a telepath that constance found and led to the house of Mr Benedict. The Ten men are trying to save Mr Curtain from the safe house/prison on an island in the first book. But the MBS knows their plan and is trying to stop it.
I know I was a bit vague about the first three books, I'm sorry, but its been a while. But I discovered/read the fourth book recently and discovered that I hadn't done a review of these amazing books! so despite my vague review, I would say that these books are for 11/12+. they are long, and a little bit tough, especially the first couple chapters of the first book (lots of names of unfamiliar countries and things), But such a fun and interesting read! I defiantly  recommend you read them no matter what age. let me know if you've read these books and your opinions of them!
Caroline!

Spy School by: Stuart Gibbs

Spy school is a book about a young boy named Ben Ripley, who gets accepted into the CIA spy school in Washington DC. He isn't allowed to tell anybody that is is a spy school, but that it's a science school. Ben is a little suspicious because it's January, but he is told that there was an opening and he was next on the list. On his first night, he is attacked by an assassin which he wards off with a tennis racket, but by the time help arrives the assassin is gone.
This book was great in my opinion. I can't wait to read the next one! there are 5 or 6 bookish this series. I really enjoyed it.  It's a longer book, but Ben is twelve, so about that age would be who I would suggest it too.  There is a lot of excitement and spy school is interesting, but it's also about trust and how some friends will be there for you and some friends will not. Its like that saying, you'll have lots of friends when you're rich and famous, but if you lose it all, the ones who stick around are your true friends; or something like that. so overall this is a great book, would defiantly recommend, let me know if you've read this book and what you think!
Caroline!

The A.B.C. Murders by: Agatha Christie

The A.B.C. murders is about a series of murders each murder in alphabetical order. The murderer was sending Hercule Poirot notes taunting him and telling him what town the murder would be in and what day to expect it, but there was always something in the way; the letter miss-addressed, the races in the town, and no connection between the murdered people. Hercule was truly stumped, but he'll make it through, he always does.
the A.B.C. murders was a very interesting mystery. It was different than the usual mystery, but I guess that you could say that about every mystery. It was a good one, but not easy to crack. Absolutely worth a check out from y'all! ;) 12+ definitely, just because Agatha Christie doesn't make her books gooey and stuff doesn't justify that its still murder so def. needs to be a little older.
Caroline

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

 Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors . It is said that this is her best published book, to which I agree.  This book, if it is your first to read, may be sort of creepy.  This is not the first one I read so it wasn't bad, but even I got a bit scared.  Overall, this is a longer book for the author, but such a good one.  Honestly, the ending was so unexpected, but I'll leave that for you to discover. This book does not have a detective, but is basically every man for themselves.

Synopsis
Ten innocent men and women are invited to Soldier Island by a "forgotten friend."  Two of the said people are servants who are enlisted for the weekend visitors and their host.  When everyone arrives the host has still not joined them.  After dinner, a strange recording is placed on the gramophone, by order of the host, accusing them all of murder.  Everyone noticed a certain poem hanging on the wall of their rooms. And mysteriously, they all begin to die one by one.

Ten little soldier boys went out to dine,
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little soldier boys sat up very late,
one overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little soldier boys traveling in Devon,
One said they would stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little soldier boys chopping up sticks,
One chopped himself in halves, and then there were six.
Six little soldier boys playing with a hive,
A bumble bee stung one and then there were five.
Five little soldier boys going in for law,
One got into chancery and then were four.
Four little soldier boys going out to sea ,
A red herring swallowed one, and then there were three.
Three little soldier boys walking in the zoo,
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little soldier boys sitting in the sun,
One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little soldier boy left all alone,
He went and hung himself
And then there were none.
Frank Green 1869