Series: Daniel X by James Patterson - Ages 10+

The Dangeous Days of Daniel X

Book 1

What's the Story?

Yes, it's true: Daniel X is special. X-traordinarily special.


He may be just a kid, but Daniel is strong enough to fight anything in the world. And it's a good thing, because not many guys you meet have a host of deadly criminals hunting them to the ends of the Earth. And none of them are extraterrestrials. 


Daniel is the only one who might be able to eliminate every last intergalactic evil on the List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma. Because the greatest superpower isn't to be part spider and part man, or to cast magic spells - the ultimate gift is the power to create. - Publishers Summary

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Blog Critics
Book Bloggers Diary
Armchair Interviews

REVIEWS BOOK 2 WATCH THE SKIES
A Book Bloggers Diary
My Reading Room
Books 4 Hearts

REVIEWS BOOK 3 DEMONS & DRUIDS
Teen Reads
Story Snoops

REVIEWS BOOK 4 GAME OVER
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Bettina's Book Club


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OFFICIAL SERIES SITE/ AUTHOR SITE
Max-Dan-Wiz - This is the official site for all three of James Patterson's kids series.  The other two series are Maximum Ride and Witch & Wizards.  Both Max & Wiz are series for older readers (12+), but the site is for kids of all ages.


Besides the Official Daniel X site, Patterson also has another great site dedicated to kids and reading.  If you're looking for more great books to read, go check out Read Kiddo Read.


BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
Besides the 4 books in the Daniel X series, there's also 3 graphic novels.  Daniel X Alien Hunter & Daniel X the manga vol. 1 are both retellings of the first book in the series "Dangerous Days" while vol 2 of the manga is a graphic novel version of Book 2 "Watch the Skies".

Trilogy - Danger Zone - David Gilman - Ages 12+

The Devil's Breath

Danger Zone Trilogy Book 1 

What's the Story?

When an assassin bursts from the shadows to try to kill him on the dark, windswept grounds of his boarding school in England, Max Gordon realizes his life is about to change forever.


After learning that his explorer father is missing, Max is determined to find him, no matter what dangers may lay in his path. A secret clue his father left behind leads Max to the inhospitable wilderness of Namibia, where he soon discovers a potentially massive ecological disaster masterminded by Shaka Chang, a very powerful and completely ruthless man—a man Max fears may have put his father in mortal danger. Max needs all the help he can get. Because whoever is behind his father’s disappearance is determined to get rid of Max, too. For good. - Publisher's Summary


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YA Book Reviews
The Heart of Dreams

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Publishers Weekly
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BLOOD SUN REVIEW
Times Online U.K.

AUTHOR SITE
David Gilman

Cal Ripken's Jr's All Stars Cal Ripken Jr. & Kevin Cowherd - Ages 9+

ABOUT THE SERIES
You can be sure that author Cal Ripken knows a little about the game of baseball, after all, he played third baseman/ shortstop for  The Baltimore Orioles for 21 years.  In fact he played 17 years straight without missing a single game!  Now retired, he and his brother Bill have created Ripken Baseball, a company that runs baseball clinics and tournaments for kids (and pros) who love the game.

Hothead

What's the Story?

Connor Sullivan is an All-Star shortstop on his Babe Ruth League team, the Orioles. He can hit and field with the best of them, but he's got one big problem: his temper. When he strikes out or makes an error, he's a walking Mt. Vesuvius, slamming batting helmets and throwing gloves. His teammates are starting to avoid him, even his best friend Jordy. His coach is ready to kick him off the team.

To make matters worse, things aren't much better at home. His dad is having trouble finding a new job after being laid off. Money is tight. Connor's dream of attending the prestigious Brooks Robinson Baseball Camp this summer seems like just that now - a dream.

When the sports editor of the school paper threatens to do a big story on his tantrums - complete with embarassing photos - Connor realizes he has to clean up his act. But can he do it in time to regain his teammates' trust and help the Orioles win the championship against the best team in the league? - Publishers summary

REVIEW
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OFFICIAL BOOK SERIES SITE
Ripken @ Disney

VIDEOS
Let the "Ironman" give you a few pointers about playing baseball.

Series: Accidental Adventures by C. Alexander London - Ages 9+

We Are Not Eaten by Yaks

Accidental Adventures Book 1

What's the Story?

Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel live on the 4-1/2th floor of the Explorers Club with their father, Dr. Navel. Their mother, Dr. Navel, has been missing for years. So when an explorer shows up with a clue as to where his wife could be, Dr. Navel drags Oliver and Celia to Tibet to find her. Once there, the twins fall out of airplanes, encounter Yetis, travel through waterfalls, and end up in the Demon Fortress of the Warrior King where they - just possibly - might find their mother and save their father from the Poison Witches. Thing is, they would much rather be watching television. And if their trip doesn't work out as planned, the twins could end up as slaves to Sir Edmund Thitheltorpe III, an evil explorer with breath that smells like boiled carrots, who has it in for the whole Navel family.

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Portsmouth Teen Book Review

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Miss Print

 We Dine With Cannibals

Accidental Adventures Book 2 

What's the Story?

When we last saw Oliver and Celia Navel, they had fallen into the clutches of Sir Edmund S. Titheltorpe-Schmidt III and were doomed to spend their entire summer vacation doing his deadly bidding.


In their second unwanted adventure, We Dine with Cannibals, Oliver and Celia will travel from the ruins of ancient temples to the shadowy forests of the Amazon. They'll need all their reality TV survival skills when they ride a llama, race the rapids, and even fly an airplane! If that's not enough excitement for you (it is decidedly too much excitement for Oliver and Celia Navel), they'll be forced to learn the proper etiquette for a cannibal feast and confront the strangest and most brutal rite of passage ever devised by human imagination: dodgeball.

The second installment of the Accidental Adventures series is just as funny, just as exciting, and just as kid-friendly as the first.

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BookDads
Kirkus Review
Boys & Literacy


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Official Author Site

C. Alexander London

Interview with the author & a video as he reads from Book 2

Series - 13 Treasures - Michelle Harrison - Ages 9+

13 Treasures 

What's the Story?
Tanya is no ordinary girl. She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. Tanya sees evil fairies.  They cast spells on her in her sleep and throw her out of bed. To those that can't see fairies, she just seems moody, jumpy and more than a little crazy.

At wit's end with her daughter's behavior, Tanya's mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor, a secluded countryside mansion on the outskirts of a peculiar English town.

There is plenty to explore, as long as Tanya stays away from Hangman's Wood- a vast stretch of forest, full of catacombs. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods, a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. As Tanya learns more about this girl, she finds herself dangerously close to vanishing into the fairy realm forever.

Debut author Michelle Harrison weaves an intricate mystery into a beautiful and haunting fantasy that captures a rich and hazardous world of fairy lore where only a single color offers any kind of protection.

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Book 1 - 13 Treasures
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Feeling Fictional

Book 2 - 13 Curses
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Young & Unbound

Book 3 - 13 Secrets
Wondrous Reads
Chicklish
Clover Hills Book Reviews

Official Author Site
Michelle Harrison

Video
Interview with Michelle Harrison about 13 treasures

Book Trailer for Book 3 -13 Secrets

Series - The 13th Reality by James Dashner - Ages 10+

 The Journal of Curious Letters

Book 1

What's the Story?

What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created? And what if your life continued in each of those alternate realities using your other choices? What if those realities were in danger and it fell to you to save them all ?

Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day a strange letter arrives in his mailbox. Postmarked from Alaska and cryptically signed with the initials "M.G.," the letter informs Tick that dangerous--perhaps even deadly--actions have been set in motion that could result in the destruction of all realities. M.G. promises to send Tick twelve riddles that will reveal on a certain day, at a certain time, at a certain place, an extraordinary event. Will Tick have the courage to follow the twelve clues M.G. sends to him? Will he be able to solve the riddles in time?

The first volume of an outstanding new children's trilogy, The Journal of Curious Letters is filled with adventure, humor, riddles and danger... As M.G. warns Tick, "Very frightening things are coming your way."

Will you join Tick and his friends on an amazing journey through his Realities? What choice will you make?

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Book 1 The Journal of Curious Letters
Squeaky Clean Reads
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Book 2  The Hunt for Dark Infinity
Fabulous Reads
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Squeaky Clean Reads
Embarrassed Zebra

Book 3 The Blade of Shattered Hope
Gamila Review
Fabulous Reads

Official Book Series Site
13th Reality

Official Author Site
James Dashner

Official Book Trailer