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Rye is too young to fight against the Enemy who is sending winged creatures to raid his city. But his brothers are lost...and he must find them.

After 11 Years, Jimmy Gownley Releases the Last in His Amelia Rules! Series.

Find out Amelia’s humble beginnings, how her character has grown throughout the series and how Gownley knew when to throw in the towel.

Foster Kid Harrison Finds a Family and Football…But How Long Can It Last?

Tim Green writes about what it takes to be a winner, even when it seems like fate has dealt an impossible hand.

For Drew Robinson, There is Nothing Truer Than His Talent on the Court

When a basketball phenom lets his hype get to his head, it takes a washed-up playground hero to bring him back to Earth.

Read the Book. Follow the Guide. Play the Game.

Three best friends use a device known as the Infinity Ring to time travel and get swept up in war, secret societies, and sailing adventures.

Lunch Lady Makes Her Glorious Returns in the Eighth Book of the Series!

It’s picture day and there is a freak acne break-out at school. Could the photographer be to blame?

Features and Contests


    2012 Halloween Books Roundup

With the temperatures cooling down and leaves starting to fall, there is no doubt that Halloween is right around the corner. We at Kidsreads.com are excited to bring you a list of some of this year’s most bone-chilling Halloween reads.  With everything from little brothers who are more monstrous than normal, to vampires with dental issues, to witches with a talent for baking, there is something here to appeal to every little ghost or goblin.


Special Contest: SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS by Laura Amy Schlitz

To celebrate the release of SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS, a Victorian gothic thriller from Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz, Kidsreads.com is giving 15 readers the chance to win a copy of the book. The deadline for entries is Monday, October 15th at noon ET.


New Series Feature: Infinity Ring

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste discover the key to time travel --- the Infinity Ring --- they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course — and it's up to them to fix it, with the help of teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq.

Each book in the series comes packaged with a full-color, two-sided, collectible Hystorian's Guide, a player's strategy guide to the online adventure at www.infinityring.com.

Follow the map, study the Guide, and save history!


Series Feature Update: THEA STILTON AND THE PRINCE'S EMERALD by Thea Stilton

When the Thea Sisters' friend Ashvin is in trouble, they rush to his aid . . . in India! Ashvin has been bringing the monkeys that live in the big city back to their natural jungle environment. But the monkeys have suddenly started stealing jewels! Someone must be behind this terrible theft. Can the Thea Sisters solve the mystery?
 

Cool & New Books

September's roundup includes Mike Lupica's basketball novel, TRUE LEGEND  and Tim Green's UNSTOPPABLE, about a brave football player who learns what it means to be unstoppable. LUNCH LADY AND THE PICTURE DAY PERIL marks Lunch Lady's return to your bookshelf, and in 3 BELOW, the sequel to Patrick Carman's FLOORS, Leo discovers that there's more beneath the wacky, amazing Whippet Hotel than he ever realized.

New in Paperback

Our latest roundup includes THE OUTCASTS, the first installment in John Flanagan’s Brotherband Chronicles, about a group of outcast boys battling at sea; WILDWOOD, which kicks off the Wildwood Chronicles fantasy series, written by Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis (who happens to be Colin’s wife!); and ZOMBIE MOMMY, a continuation of M. T. Anderson’s Pals in Peril series.

Latest Reviews

Jonah and Katherine are accustomed to traveling through time, but when learn they next have to return Albert Einstein’s daughter to history, they think it’s a joke --- they’ve only heard of his sons.Lieserl was presumed to have died of scarlet fever as an infant. But when Jonah and Katherine return to the early 1900s to fix history, one of Lieserl’s parents seems to understand entirely too much about time travel and what Jonah and Katherine are doing. It’s not Lieserl’s father, either --- it’s her mother, Mileva. And Mileva has no intention of letting her daughter disappear.

In the little town of Blackbird tree live two little orphan girls: Naomi and Lizzie. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. But when one day, a boy drops out of a tree, curious suprises are revealed. Soon, the girls find themselves zooming toward a future neither could ever have imagined...

Ever since Prue McKeel returned home from the Impassable Wilderness after rescuing her brother from the malevolent Dowager Governess, life has been pretty dull. Her mind is constantly returning to the verdant groves and sky-tall trees of Wildwood, where her friend Curtis still remains as a bandit-in-training. In what will be their greatest challenge yet, Prue and Curtis are thrown together again to save themselves and the lives of their friends, and to bring unity to a divided country.

Can average be amazing? A girl challenges herself to become extraordinary in the latest from bestselling author Andrew Clements.

Time is short for Mack MacAvoy and the Magnifica! Mack hates doing homework (that's what golems are for), but it seems that the only way to defeat the Pale Queen and her evil daughter, Risky, is to learn the magical language of Vargran. If only ancient, magical languages came with cheat sheets...

The Quilt Walk by Sandra Dallas - Historical Fiction

It is 1863 and Emily Blue Hatchett and her family will leave their farm, family and friends in Quincy Illinois and travel the Overland Trail to a new home in Golden, Colorado. Emmy and her mom have mixed feelings about the trip and are saddened by all they must leave behind.When Emmy s grandmother comes to say goodbye, she gives Emmy a special gift, something to occupy her time along the trail.The journey by wagon train is long and full of hardships and Emmy s experiences along the way bring the period of westward expansion, as well as issues facing women, to life for young readers.

Ungifted by Gordon Korman - Fiction/Humor

The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble after a major prank, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction (ASD), a special program for gifted and talented students. It wasn't exactly what Donovan had intended, but there couldn't be a more perfect hideout for someone like him. That is, if he can manage to fool people whose IQs are above genius level.

Chickadee by Louise Erdrich - Historical Fiction

Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have spent every day side by side and have done everything together since they were born --- until the day the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated. Desperate to reunite, Chickadee and his family must travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness.

Lucky has always been a Lone Dog. Other dogs have Packs, but he stands alone. A huge earthquake now leaves Lucky trapped in a strange and desolate new world with no food, foul water, and enemies at every turn. Relying on other dogs brings new dangers that Lucky isn't prepared for, but he may not be able to survive on his own. Can Lucky ever be a true Pack Dog?

Sammy thought she'd seen all the weirdness her town had to offer --- and then she met Justice Jack, Santa Martina's very own superhero. He's really just a guy in spandex and a mask who rides around town on a dirt bike, hoping to find some crime to fight. The old folks in town have asked him to track down Sammy's neighbor Mrs. Wedgewood, who seems to have disappeared --- along with a lot of other people's cash.

Some terrifying things have happened to Olive in the old stone house, but none as scary as starting junior high. Or so she thinks. When she plummets through a hole in her backyard, though, she realizes two things that may change her mind. First, the wicked Annabelle McMartin is back. Second, there's a secret underground that unlocks not one but two of Elsewhere's biggest, most powerful, most dangerous forces yet.

Dyamonde loves eating her mom's pancakes. Free loves eating...period. But lately Damaris just pushes her food around her plate, and Dyamonde suspects it has something to do with the mean things classmates have been saying about people's weight. She knows that Damaris doesn't have a weight problem and is perfect just the way she is --- so now it's time for her to make sure Damaris knows that, too.