Product Type: Books
Age: Late Elementary School Years
Categories: Fantasies
2006 Award
(by Christopher Paolini, Knopf $21 Score:
) The much-anticipated Book Two in The Inheritance Trilogy. Eragon and his dragon are off to pursue Eragon’s skills as a Dragon Rider and meet new adventures at every turn. Meanwhile, at home, Eragon’s cousin Roran is battling the Ra’zac, and fighting for his life. For fans of fantasy, created by a teenager, this is a page turner. 10 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Cornelia Funke, Scholastic $19.99 Score:
) “Even better than Ink-heart!” was the report from our 11-year old reader. A year has passed since Meggie first encountered the book, Inkheart, where the characters came to life. Now Dustfinger seeks a way back to the tale. Meggie and Farid find a way to get into the book themselves. Also wonderful, The Thief Lord. 9 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Michael Buckley, Abrams Books $14.95 Score:
) Two sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, are sent to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm. They discover that Grimm’s fairy tales are really a work of history, not fiction, as they quickly meet an assortment of villains and heroes from the fairy tales (Jack, Puck, Prince Charming, the Three Little Pigs). Buckley, a television writer, has imagined a fast-moving tale—you can already see where the special effects will go! 9 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic $16.95 Score:
) Collins has created an entire world of creatures (giant cockroaches, bats) and violet-eyed humans that inhabit the “underland” beneath New York City. Book Three continues with the story of the threat of a plague to the underworld that only Gregor can prevent. 10 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Joshua Mowll, Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) Pull-out pages of imaginative art add to the incredible mystery adventure told in the form of a diary with sidebars, codes, and made-up photographs. Our readers found the story of two young people in search of their parents grisly at times and suspenseful at every turn, and the graphic quality of the book itself, a treasure of visual surprises. 10 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2007 Award
(by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Hyperion $18.99 Score:
) Sometimes sequels can be disappointing, but Barry and Pearson deliver another fast-paced adventure that continues to tell the prequel adventures of Peter Pan. Here, Peter leaves Mollusk Island with Tinker Bell to help his friend Molly rescue her mother from the evil hands of Lord Ombra. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2007.
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