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The Search for Vile Things
By Jane Hammerslough
New York: Scholastic Inc., 2008. Informational. 80 pages.

Ephemra Churlyshe, her nephew Maldred, wee niece Nettle, creepily quiet cousin Rune, & accident-prone Tode take you on quest to the East Indies in this "encyclopedia" filled with exotic and fascinating "curiosities," including animals, plants, insects, strange customs, odd history, geology, climate, diseases, and ancient artifacts. --Editor

Haunted Objects Around the World
By Megan Cooley Peterson
North Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2017. Informational. 32 pages.

Sometimes ghosts stay behind to haunt the places they once lived. Other times, they take up residence in an object. Prepare to be scared as you read about demon-possessed dolls, cursed boxes, and enchanted works of art. --Editor

Coolest Collections
By Kaitlyn Duling
United States: Rourke Educational Media, 2022. Informational. 48 pages.

Collections connect us - to the past, within the present, and even into the future. Open this book for an all-access pass to the world's most fascinating collections, from priceless art and historical artifacts to creepy collectibles and downright silly stuff. You'll travel around the globe to discover true stories of famous museums, local oddities, and everything in between. --Editor

Lost Tombs and Treasure
By Linda Barghoorn
New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2022. Informational. 32 pages.

People have long searched for the resting places of great leaders and tried to make sense of puzzling unidentified burial sites. From deadly tombs to treasure deep at sea, follow along and gather evidence to answer questions about lost tombs and treasure around the world. -- Publisher

Bone Collection: Animals
By Rob Colson
New York: Scholastic Inc., 2013. Informational. 96 pages.

Prepare to be amazed by this collection of incredible bones from some of the world's most fascinating beings. Each skeleton will show you what lies beneath the skin and teach you how these creatures live and survive. --Publisher

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If You Like...KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters has been one of the most talked-about movies of the summer. If you loved this movie as much as I did, you don't want the magic (or the music) to stop. Try reading these books that touch on some of the same topics and themes as the animated hit! Brick Dust and Bones By M. R. Fournet New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2023. Fiction. 247 pages. Orphaned Marius works in the family business--as their cemetery's ghost caretaker. However, Marius also moonlights as a monster hunter in order to earn the costly Mystic currency he needs to bring his mother back from the dead. As the window to bring his mother back begins to close, Marius's exploits get more and more dangerous, and he may have set his sights on a monster too big to handle on his own. Like Mira, Marius longs for familial connection, and his work as a monster hunter will satisfy the thrill of demon hunting for fans the movie. Where's Halmoni? By Julie J. Kim Seattle, WA: Little Bigfoot, 2017. Comics. W...

Review: The Memory Spinner

The Memory Spinner Written by C.M. Cornwell New York : Delacorte Press, 2025. Fiction. 281 pages. Fantasy is a genre that I don't often read. When I finish a good fantasy book, I always ask myself why I don't read more of them! This book made me ask myself that exact question. Lavender is a young girl who is struggling after the death of her mother. Her father doesn't like talking about the family's loss, and Lavender feels very alone in knowing how to grieve and cope with her feelings. Making the grieving process even harder for Lavender is the fact that she is struggling to hold on to memories of her mother. The family runs an apothecary shop where Lavender is an apprentice. She has dreamed of her apprenticeship for a long time, putting in a lot of work to show her father she is a valuable asset. Unfortunately, while working side by side with her father, Lavender starts to notice that memories of her mother aren't the only thing she is having a hard time recallin...

Review: Kareem Between

Kareem Between By Shifa Saltagi Safadi New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. Fiction. 324 pages. Kareem loves football and as he gets ready to start seventh grade he dreams of someday becoming the first Syrian American NFL player. Seventh grade is not off to a great start for Kareem, after football tryouts don't go as he had planned, his best friend moves away, and his mom returns to Syria to help bring his sick grandfather to the US for treatment. So when Austin, the quarterback and coach's son, offers to talk to his dad and get Kareem on the football team in the spring, if he will cheat and do his homework for him, Kareem agrees. Kareem really wants to fit in at school and he is desperate to find a friend, but deep down he knows that doing Austin's homework isn't the right thing to do. And to make things harder, Kareem's mom asks him to be a friend to Fadi, a Syrian Christian refugee. He knows he should stand up for Fadi and help him adjust to the new school,...

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