Undead Ed – book review

Undead Ed Book #1 by Rotterly Ghoulstone Funny Supernatural * * * * Stars (Great!) Thirteen year old Ed is pretty unlucky. After being hit by a semi, he comes back as a zombie and his left arm immediately detaches from the rest of him, crawls away, and vows to kill Ed if it ever sees him again. Uh-oh. Ed’s whirlwind introduction to “life” as one of the newly undead is fraught with dangers and … Read more

Wanted: A Guinea Pig Called Henry – book review

Wanted: A Guinea Pig Called Henry Rainbow Street Shelter #3 by Wendy Orr Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Sam really wants a pet for her birthday, but because her family lives in an apartment, her choices are limited. She and her family visit the Rainbow Street Shelter and meet some of the small pets there – including the guinea pigs – and Sam later returns to adopt “Henry,” an adult guinea pig … Read more

Lord Sunday – Read It and Rate It

Lord Sunday Keys to the Kingdom #7 by Garth Nix Adventure Fantasy * * * * Stars (Great!) A boy named Arthur is stuck in an alternate world that is in a four-way war. He, who is destined to rule it, works with his friends to bring down the last of the enemy and stop the world, and ours, too, from ending. I liked the book because the author took the time to lay out … Read more

Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Read It and Rate It

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 by Jeff Kinney Funny Illustrated Fiction Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) The author did a pretty good job describing the plot by describing the mood and scenery. I like how the author gave every character their own attitude and way of acting. The author’s art work helped me to visualize what happened in the story. I … Read more

Ark Angel – Read It and Rate It

Ark Angel Alex Rider #6 by Anthony Horowitz Adventure Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Alex is staying with the Drevins – a rich Russian family. It turns out that a space hotel, Ark Angel, is going to be blown up and will fall down to the Pentagon. Alex is sent to space to move the bomb so that the hotel blows up away from the Pentagon. Meanwhile, he is … Read more

Save the Cupcake – Read It and Rate It

Save the Cupcake Confectionately, Yours #1 by Lisa Papademetriou Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) I like this book because it talks about her cupcake chop. I like books about food, so this was a perfect book for me. Also, because the main girl Haley is just like me because she likes trying and baking new things. Another thing is that this is great for kids my age. This series is great and … Read more

Love, Aubrey – Read It and Rate It

Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) In the book Love Aubrey an 11 year old girl named Aubrey is abandoned by her mother after a car accident that killed her dad and little sister Sahvanna. Her grandmother comes, finds Aubrey alone, and takes her to live at her house. Aubrey’s grandmother tries to find her mom. Aubrey struggles along the way, sick to her stomach … Read more

Drama – Read It and Rate It

Drama by Raina Telgemeier Graphic Novel LGBTQ Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) A girl named Callie likes a boy named Greg and a boy named Jesse. Callie knows that Greg has a girlfriend, but when they break up Callie gets super excited. Then she meets Jesse and his brother Justin. Now Callie doesn’t know who she likes. Justin tries out for the play at school and Callie is part … Read more

Garfield Keeps His Chins Up – Read It and Rate It

Garfield Keeps His Chins Up by Jim Davis Comics Funny Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) I liked this book because I thought it was funny and cute. It was funny and it showed the way a fat lazy cat would react as a human. He hates Mondays, John, Odie, and going to the vet. He loves eating, sleeping, kicking Odie, waking up John in the morning, ruining John’s dates, and performing on … Read more

Crocodile Tears – Read It and Rate It

Crocodile Tears Alex Rider #8 by Anthony Horowitz Adventure Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book is about Alex, a teenage spy for M16. He gets sent to Greenfield where they genetically enhance plants and animals. In the end he is captured and taken to Kenya where a rich man who started First Aid is planning to poison wheat crops and kill millions. Alex stops him and is injured. … Read more

The Huntley Area Public Library will be closed Thursday, November 28, 2024, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Additionally, we will be closing early Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Our exterior book drop will be closing on Wednesday, November 27, at 5:00 p.m. as well. All online resources will be available during this time. The library and exterior book drop will reopen Friday, November 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.