Medusa Jones
10 best books like Medusa Jones (Ross Collins): How It Feels to Float, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep, Merci Suárez Changes Gears, The Nameless City, The Great God Pan, Melonhead, Lights on the Nile, Demon Dentist, Katt vs. Dogg
| Author | Helena Fox |
| ISBN | 0525554297 |
Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace...
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
| Author | Liz Kessler |
| ISBN | 0763628115 |
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity,...
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
| Author | Liz Kessler |
| ISBN | 0763625043 |
5/5 stars
Between the thunders of the upper deep
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth
-Alfred Lord Tennison
There are some books that fill your heart with brightness and exploding suns. There are some stories...
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.
Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has...
| Author | Faith Erin Hicks |
| ISBN | 1626721564 |
The City has many names... and no name.
Built on an ancient mountain pass, the City is forever being invaded by one nation or another, and every new master gives it a new name. But for the natives, their home is the Nameless City, and those who try to name it are forever outsiders.
Dreamy,...
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN | 0440229251 |
Pan, both goat and god, is a curious being who roams nature searching, wondering, and frolicking with maenads and satyrs. He plays melodies on his reed flute, wooing animals to listen. He is a creature of mystery and delight. One day in his travels, Pan meets Iphigenia, a human raised as the daughter of...
| Author | Katy Kelly |
| ISBN | 0385734093 |
Adam Melon's friend Lucy Rose gave him a nickname—Melonhead—and it caught on fast. Melonhead is a self-proclaimed inventor. All his life, which is ten years and counting, great ideas have been popping in and out of his melon head. And sometimes they work! This year Melonhead's class is entering...
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN | 0061667935 |
Kepi is a young girl in ancient Egypt, content to stay home with her family, helping her father, who was wounded in the construction of a pyramid for the cruel pharaoh Khufu. But that was before she and her pet baboon, Babu, were kidnapped and held captive on a boat bound for the capital city, Ineb Hedj. And...
| Author | David Walliams |
| ISBN | 0007453566 |
David Walliams wants to be Roald Dahl so badly it hurts and illustrator Tony Ross has obviously been told to rip-off Quentin Blake's drawing style as shamelessly as humanly possible...
... but, despite this twofold style swiping, I can't help but love these books. There is such evident glee...
For anyone who loves cats, dogs (or both!), James Patterson's most pawsome story ever is set in a society defined by the oldest rivalry in the world: katts versus doggs!
Oscar is a happy dogg---a rambunctious kid who loves being a Dogg Scout. Thanks to his family, he knows that snobby katts are good...
