Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits
Nina Munafo, 10, Valley Stream
April 9, 2019
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“Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits” by Anna Meriano, is about a young girl named Leonora [Leo for short] who was born into a family of brujas. One morning her friend Caroline comes to her family's bakery, but Leo’s four older sisters tried to hide their family magic from he...
How To Train Your Dragon 3, The Hidden World
Zoë Weiner, 9, Valley Stream
April 9, 2019
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How To Train Your Dragon 3, The Hidden World is an awesome movie. It has lots of action, comedy, a bit of romance, and of course, dragons! In the beginning, Berk is a colorful village where Vikings and dragons alike thrive in harmony. But not everyone feels that way. When new and more dangerous foes...
Margot and Mateo Save the World
Nina Munafo, 10, Valley Stream
April 2, 2019
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“Margot and Mateo Save the World” by Darcy Miller is about two young middle school students named Margot and Mateo. Margot discovers a weird alien creature on Mateo’s back. Margot and Mateo soon find out that the alien is able to control the minds of its victims when it feels th...
A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting Beasts and Geeks
Gabriela Gonzalez, 9, Valley Stream
March 28, 2019
Filed under Books, Long Island, Showcase
In the second book of “A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting Beasts and Geeks,” which was written by Joe Ballarini, a girl named Kelly Ferguson joins a babysitting club. At first she thought that it was just a perfectly normal club where teenagers like to babysit kids. But she was definitely wr...
The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond
Chris Dang, 11, Valley Stream
March 19, 2019
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The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond by Max Brallier is about a few kids surviving the Monster Apocalypse that struck a few months ago. In the last book (this book is the fourth in the series), Monster Apocalypse survivor Jack Sullivan and his friends discover they are not the last kids on Earth af...
The Turning
Giada Simone, 10, Valley Stream
March 12, 2019
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The book, “The Turning” by Emily Whitman is a fantasy and adventure book. I really enjoyed the book because I think it’s very fun and interesting. I would recommend this book for someone who likes a story that is kind of an adventure and a fun story mixed together. I like the story because I ...
Mutant Bunny Island 2, Bad Hare Day
Ryan Cheng, 10, Valley Stream
February 19, 2019
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“Mutant Bunny Island 2, Bad Hare Day,” by Obert Skye is a great book that could stress you out with suspense, while it can also make you roll around with uncontrollable laughter. When Perry is invited back to Bunny Island for the first-ever Carrot Con, he is excited to see his uncle, Zeke, and h...
Funny Kid, Prank Wars by Matt Stanton
Gwen Smith, 10, Valley Stream
February 19, 2019
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“Funny Kid, Prank Wars,” by Matt Stanton is about a boy, Max who gets into a prank war with his crush, Pips’s twin. Her twin’s name is Tyson. The prank war happens during their school camping trip. Abby is Max’s enemy. Pip and Abby are friends, and they are afraid that Gunk...
Finding Esme
Chris Dang, 10, Valley Stream
February 19, 2019
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Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley is about a girl named Esme who is poor and is living with her brother, grandma, and mom. Ever since her grandpa Paps died, Esme has been lying under his tractor as if she would find him there but instead found a toad she named Bump. Bee, her grandma, keeps yelling ...
Time Castaways
Nathalie Rojas, 9, Valley Stream
February 12, 2019
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In “Time Castaways” written by Liesl Shurtliff, the three Hudson children Matt, Corey, and Ruby go on a wild time traveling adventure! They accidentally got on a time traveling ship called the Vermillion which can turn into any transportation vehicle in the world. On the ship, they meet...
The Nutcracker Ballet
Zoë Weiner, 9, Valley Stream
January 29, 2019
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Last month, I went to see the Nutcracker ballet at the Hofstra University theater. The story is about a girl named Clara who received a Nutcracker doll at her parents’ Christmas party. Her pesky brother breaks the Nutcracker’s jaw and kicks it across the floor, so her uncle bandages it. Later, C...
Lock and Key: The Final Step
Arvind Gajraj, 9, Valley Stream
January 22, 2019
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In “Lock and Key: The Final Step”, Moria Moriarty tells the story of the solving of a string of deaths including the deaths of her father, coachman and butler. James Moriarty also sets out to find the killer, behind his sister’s back, with a secret organization called the Scowers. They both kn...
Gabriela Gonzalez, 9, Valley Stream
March 28, 2019 • No Comments
In the second book of “A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting Beasts and Geeks,” which was written by Joe Ballarini, a girl named Kelly Ferguson joins a babysitting club....
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