Kids Books - Science Fiction
Swordbird
By Nancy Yi Fan
To be honest, although this book was sweet and original, I would not call myself a great fan. It is inspiring that a twelve year old or eleven year old girl would be able to write at the level that she does, and publish a book. However, I noticed many flaws in the writing. I myself am a writer, and am currently editing a book- not that I expect that to ever be very successful, as there I should never any guarantee of that- and am noticing flaws in my own writing as well as hers. The story is rather simple- which is just fine. However, the characters never seemed to differ from each other. Aska’s supposedly courageous character was sort of ruined for me because of her occasional “damsel in distress” episodes. They all speak with the same voice- using broad vocabulary, preaching peace. Their characters are just so similar, but perhaps that wouldn’t be the case if the author was writing in the point of view of so many different characters. Of course, this applies to all but Turnatt’s, because he is the malicious and evil hawk villain. As for Miltin’s death, it was sweet and somber, but I guess I didn’t understand how he died. I picked up on the detail that he broke his wing, but one of the reason she stated in the story was that “after all of his years as a slave, he couldn’t live any longer” or something along those lines. That didn’t make a lot of sense to me. It would had the character been elderly, but Miltin was a young robin, by my understanding. I was sitting there thinking for a moment, “Okay, so, he died because he was beat up before?” It would have made more sense if the injury had been more fatal...or perhaps the broken wing had been fatal enough, regardless of his past beatings. Another thing that I noticed was that the author dragged out details to the point where it just wasn’t necessary. She could turn a single piece of dialogue into a small paragraph. Overall, this book was nice. I liked it, but I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite. However, it is also helping me learn how to edit my story, and inspires me to keep on writing. Huge props to you, Nancy Yi Fan.
The Menagerie #3: Krakens and Lies
By Tui T. Sutherland, Kari H. Sutherland
This was the best book ever! I'm in 6 grade and I believe in mermaids, dragons, and other mythical creatures!!! :) :) ;) ;) #Believe in Mythical creatures
Deserter (Wings of Fire: Winglets #3)
By Tui T. Sutherland
This was my fav of all the winglets and it makes me HATE Burn even more
The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions
By Tracey Hecht
I just read something about this new series - looks cool. I love animal adventure books!
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
By Georgia Byng
I HIGHLY reccomend this book to anyone looking for a funny, adventurous, and suspenseful book! I love it! Molly Moon is an orphan who lives at a horrible orphanage. One day she goes to the library and finds a "no-read on hold" book about hypnotism. It leads her to NYC! Will she use her possible hypnotic powers to help? Or to con?? Amazing book! I've read it over and over again!
Here Comes the Shaggedy (Goosebumps: Most Wanted #9)
By R.L. Stine
can you make more series i read all of them
The Royal Ranger (Ranger's Apprentice )
By John A. Flanagan
this is an owesome book, stop reading if you want no hints at spoilers it is cool, especially the introduction of a new girl ranger apprentice i like how instead of the mentor being halt, now it is will. the swap is cool almost teared up when i heard alyss died, very good!!! maybe the 2nd or 3rd book in this seriers i will miss the books since this is the last one
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet (CitizenKid)
By Elizabeth Suneby
With amazing illustrations by Rebecca Green, Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea by Elizabeth Suneby is a great picture book about a little boy who enters a science fair in his school. This is a wonderful book and I really enjoyed reading it!
You Can't Hide (Shadow House, Book 2)
By Dan Poblocki
Yeah it looks creepy but if you haven't read it yet then you know nothing at all. Read the first book first then you'll fall in love with the series. I promise.
Gamer Army
By Trent Reedy
I think gamer army is a good book because there is so much description and it makes you see a movie in your head. I would recommend this book to a kid around the age 10-13. I would also narrow that down to if you are into reading about future realistic books.I think you should try reading the book and get hooked in.









