The House on Falling Star Hill

Author	Anna Dale
ISBN	0747569096

A short holiday with his mother turns out very differently for Joe than he could have imagined when he left home. Soon he is embroiled in a world of witchcraft, a world where the kind and innocent witches of Britain are facing a wicked foe. Can Joe and his young friend Twiggy put an end to the cunning plot,...

Author	David Ward
ISBN	0810997142

When Yeats and his parents visit his grandmother's creepy old house, Yeats reunites a pair of pirate bookends and uncovers the amazing truth: Years ago, Yeats's father traveled into The Arabian Nights with a friend, and the friend, Shari, is still stuck in the tales. Assisted by the not-always-trustworthy...

Author	John Vornholt
ISBN	0743424123

THE TROLLS OF BONESPITTLE AREN'T PRETTY, and centuries of bad press have given them a rep for meanness. But the truth is that they are merely poor serfs -- underlings to the ogres, ghouls, and sorcerers who wield power.Once upon a time, the trolls were great warriors, respected throughout the land. But...

Author	Betsy Byars
ISBN	0140314512

Three years after The Summer of the Swans earned Betsy Byars the 1971 Newbery Medal, The 18th Emergency was published, a much less famous novel that also features quirky characters and a subtle story you have to work to get your arms around. Sixth-grader Benjie "Mouse" Fawley faces impending doom when...

Author	Chris Rettstatt
ISBN	0763635243

From a village made of hot-air balloons to a subterranean battle arena, two young people struggle to discover who and what they are — and how to use the astonishing powers they share.

High over China, twelve-year-old Mei arrives at the Sky Village, an intricate web of hot-air balloons floating...

Author	Marcus Sedgwick
ISBN	1842556924

Meet the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. Edgar is alarmed when he sees a nasty looking black tail slinking under the castle walls. But his warnings to the inhabitants of the castle go unheeded: Lord...

Author

Colin Thompson

Lihatlah melalui jendela melengkung yang berkaca buram di kedalaman Patagonia, dan inilah yang akan kalian lihat …

Setiap hari, kelima anak Keluarga Flood menempuh jarak separuh bumi untuk pergi ke Quicklime College, sekolah sihir terbaik. Dan di sekolah tersebut, tidak ada kegiatan...

Author	John Fardell
ISBN	0571221556

This gripping adventure story is packed with eccentric characters, thrilling secrets, amazing inventions and breathtaking surprises.

Sam's holiday with his friends Zara and Ben is interrupted when a bedraggled traveller blows in on a storm, reawakening a mystery from their Great Uncle...

Author	Michael Pryor
ISBN	1741663105

Aubrey Fitzwilliam, renegade and traitor. Instead of clearing his name in Albion, Aubrey has chosen to pursue his enemy, Dr. Mordecai Tremaine, deep into the heart of enemy territory. What he uncovers in Dr. Tremaine's stronghold promises to change the course of the war and the future of humanity itself....

Author	David Almond
ISBN	0440418267

David Almond’s extraordinary novels have established him as an author of unique insight and skill. These stories encapsulate his endless sense of mystery and wonderment, as they weave a tangible tapestry of growing up in a large, loving family. Here are the kernels of his novels—joy and fear,...

Author	Will Peterson
ISBN	1406319686

This is the third and final instalment in the paranormal adventure trilogy. Having narrowly escaped the clutches of the Hope Project, Rachel and Adam begin a new life in Australia. Their tranquillity is shattered, however, by the reappearance of Gabriel - and the terrifying adventure that they had...

Author	D.M. Cornish
ISBN	1742990258

Bunting Faukes has a debt and no way to repay it—times are tough for grave robbers. But a way out is presented in the person of Atticus Wells, a sleuth with strange eyes that see into everything.

Virtue Bland is alone in the world. Packed off to Brandenbrass to serve the household of her late father’s...

Author

N.E. Bode

There is a city beneath New York City, one made by and for Anybodies. There you can find Bing Chubb's Ballpark, Willy Fattler's ever–changing Underground Hotel, and a castle whose spire sticks up into the dirt–filled sky...dangerously close to the rear ends of unsuspecting picnic–goers in...

Author	Damien Graves
ISBN	0439893917

Welcome to the Midnight Library, featuring 3 scary stories researched by its collector, Damien Graves.

In "The Cat Lady", Chloe has heard some ghastly rumors about the neighborhood Cat Lady--ghastly rumors that could prove to be true. The only story within this collection that has the potential...

Author	Tim Waggoner
ISBN	0857663682

When Shadow Watch officers Audra Hawthorne and Mr. Jinx botch an arrest, they're taken off the case. But how can a psychotic nightmare clown and his creator stay away from a case that has both Earth and Nod hanging in the balance?

I got this from Netgalley and the chaps at Angry Robot.

The...

Author	Tommy Donbavand
ISBN	1406314277

" ... ناگهان دوباره دستی در کنار او از زیر زمین بیرون آمد.کلو از ترس جیغ کشید.
ریسوس خندید: «دیگر چه گم کرده‌ای دوگ؟»
این بار یک سر خاکستری رنگ از زیر خاک بیرون...

Author	Peter Abrahams
ISBN	0399255028

Stephen King's "Favorite American Suspense Novelist" is launching a new series for middle graders

Robbie Forester always knew life wasn't fair, but she never thought she could do anything about it. Until one day a powerful charm comes into her possession, a charm that guides her, her three...

Author	Kevin Emerson
ISBN	0545058058

A compelling, contemporary fantasy with a vampire hero, torn between two worlds, and an outsider in both, who seeks to discover the truth about his origins and find out where he truly belongs.

The Festival of Waning Sun has arrived, and it's time for Oliver to meet his demon, open the Gate, and...

Author	Mike Mason
ISBN	1434765261

The life of ten-year-old Zac Sparks changes overnight when his mother is killed by lightning. He’s sent to live in Five Corners with his Aunties, two cruel old hags who seem determined to make his life miserable. Before long Zac realizes something really strange is going on: Five Corners is populated...

Author	Mick Jackson
ISBN	0571225497

From the pen of Mick Jackson, author of The Underground Man and Five Boys, come these ten acclaimed tales. Featuring undertakers, dark forests, resurrected butterflies and a singularly mean-spirited horse, the stories are nevertheless rooted in the realistic and all too recognisable world of retirement,...

Author

Holly Webb

*NOTE:This is a review of the entire series*

Typically, I don't read a lot of middle grade novels. I used to love them when I was younger. As an adult, I feel that I am so beyond the intended audience that the magic and wonder is lost on me. However, I've been on this kick lately where all I want to read...