Book Review: A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler

A Year Without Autumn is a novel by Liz Kessler about a girl named Jenni. Jenni always goes to stay in a condo for vacation every year, and her best friend Autumn always goes too. But when she’s on vacation, she goes in an old elevator up to Autumn’s floor that her condo is on,  and when she steps out, it is a year later and disaster has struck Autumn’s family! Jenni must find a way to get back to the present time to stop the disaster from happening. This is definitely one of my favorite books. It is sad in some parts, but in other parts it is really funny! I would give this book 5 out of 5 years! 

Readers' Drawing: Emmy & Rachel

This is 12-year-old McKenna's drawing of Emmy and Rachel:

Readers' Drawing: Amethyst

This is 12-year-old McKenna's drawing of Amethyst:

Book Review: The Wingfeather Saga

The Wingfeather Saga is a three, soon to be four, book set by Andrew Peterson. Set in the imaginary world of Aerwier, we meet the Igibys—Nia, the mother; Podo, the grandfather; and the children, Janner, Tink, and Leeli. They live in Glipwood, in the country of Skree, right off the Dark Sea of Darkness. Life is good—besides the cruel, evil Fangs of Dang patrolling around every corner. Besides the dreaded Black Carriage that comes and takes children away across the Dark Sea, never to be seen again. 

The Igibys thought their life was fairly normal. But when the Fangs come after them, demanding the Lost Jewels of Anneria (a legendary kingdom across the Dark Sea), suddenly their life is anything but normal. To save their lives, they have to attack and even kill some Fangs. And the other times, it is the mysterious Peet the Sock Man who saves them. But all that is happening is: more Fangs are coming for them. So the Igibys must flee; but to where? All the free countries of Skree have been conquered by Fangs. Maybe it’s Anneria where they need to go......

Spread throughout three action-paced, danger-filled books: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, North! Or Be Eaten, and The Monster in the Hollows, (which are to be read in that order, please) the Wingfeather Saga is a series you do not want to miss. Impossible-to-put-down adventures, with rich descriptions and lots of mystery, from the evil Fangs to mysterious Peet the Sock Man to sweet, crippled Leeli—full of dangerous animals, too, including toothy cows and horned hounds and the very annoying thwaps....I thoroughly enjoyed all three books in the Saga and I am very excited to see how it is concluded in book four, The Warden and the Wolf King, which should be out soon!!! I give the Wingfeather Saga 5, out of 5 whistleharps!  

Click Here for Andrew Peterson's website!