Down The Rabbit Hole

Author: Peter Abrahams

Ingrid leaves her soccer cleats at someone's house but she can't get them back because it is now the site of a murder. Slowly she starts to become involved in a mystery that she thought only happened to people like her idol Sherlock Holmes. Ingrid is already in over her head with everything that she is doing Alice in Echo Falls version of Alice in Wonderland, soccer and school. Suddenly, strange things start happening. Her director has a very serious strange accident on stage and the police seem very interested in everything about her. What can Ingrid do? How can she solve a mystery that just seems to be getting thicker by the minute? I loved this book. I do have a soft spot for a good mystery ever since I was young and started reading the Nancy Drew books. For this book I really just could not figure out "who dun it" till Peter Abrahams, the author, gave me the answer.

For Parents: 13+

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Wrapped

Author: Jennifer Bradbury

Agnes Wilkens is a seventeen-year-old girl living in London in 1815. She dreams of having adventures that take her out of the country and all around the world. Then she is thrown headfirst into an adventure that she didn't expect. One that starts with having the first cut into the wrappings of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Why is everyone paranoid about everything being returned that they found in the mummy? Why does she keep the little trinket that she found without anyone noticing? What is so special about it? I liked this book very much. It was interesting and throws you into a world where secrets lie in museums and things go bump in the night.

For Parents: 11+

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Author: J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter is an odd boy. He lives with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. They told him that his parents died in a car crash when he was a baby and that's how he got the lightning shape scar on his forehead. He had no reason to disbelieve them until he starts getting letters that he's not allowed to read and a giant comes and tells him that he is no ordinary boy; he is a wizard. Harry then goes to Hogwarts School of Wichcraft and Wizardry where he meets new friends and learns extrodinary things. He also finds out what really happened to his parents; how they were killed by the dark wizard Voldemort. Harry must face things that will threaten his life and will make several enemies. Will he make it out of his first year at Hogwarts? In this magical book, there are extordinary creatures and magical spells. You will be transported to a different world that you have only dreamed of that exists right under England's nose. I love this book so much. I grew up with the Harry Potter series and am sad that it is over. I have read this book at least fifty times and it still suprises me every time.

For Parents: For the whole family

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