Category: Top 5

• Top 5 Disney Girls

  Released in the late 90s, this children’s series by Gabrielle Charbonnet (pen name of Cate Tiernan, author of the fantasy Sweeps series among others involving witches,w warlocks and wiccan for adults) follows the adventures of six girls living in Orlando, Florida who have a big secret. Not only do their lives echo their fav Disney…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 15, 2023

  Top 5

  #adventureatwaltdisneyworld, #andsleepymakesseven, #beauty'srevenge, #cinderella'scastle, #disneygirls, #disneyhyperion, #gabriellecharbonnet, #lowergrade, #onepettoomany, #rachelreads&reviews

• Top 5 My Name is America

  The male equivalent to the Dear America series, My Name is America offers some military and other action adventure through the biggest events in U.S. history.

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 15, 2023

  Top 5

  #ellenemersonwhite, #historicalfiction, #jimmurphy, #josephbruchac, #laurenceyep, #mynameisamerica, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #susancampbellbartoletti

• Top 5 Dear Canada

  Just as Dear America and American Girl exposed me to US history, Dear Canada gave me an entryway to

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 8, 2023

  Top 5

  #anoceanapart, #dearcanada, #gillianchan, #ifIdiebeforeIwake, #jeanlittle, #julielawson, #marshaforchukskrypuch, #nosafeharbour, #orphanatmydoor, #prisonersinthepromisedland, #scholastic

• Top 5 Dear America

  Originally I was going to do a full ranking but then there’s 35 books and I don’t hate myself. Also the last time I read all 35 was in 2020 where I read the 35 books in 17 days (I was under self-pressure okay. It was a stupid idea) and got eye strain for a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 7, 2023

  Top 5

  #acoalminer'sbride, #andreadavispinkney, #barrydenenberg, #colormedark, #dearamerica, #dreamsinthegoldencountry, #historicalfiction, #kathrynlasky, #middlegrade, #oneeyelaughingtheotherweeping, #patriciac.mckissack, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #susancampbellbatoletti, #withthemightofangels

• Top 5 Royal Diaries

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 6, 2023

  Top 5

  #anacaonagoldenflower, #catherinethegreatjourney, #edwidgedanticat, #historicalfiction, #jahanaraprincessofprincesses, #kathrynlasky, #kristianagregory, #maryqueenwithoutacountry, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #royaldiaries, #scholastic, #sheriholman, #sŏndŏkprincessofmoonandstars

• Top 5 Beacon Street Girls

  1. Scavenger Hunt: As a double length book, this one gets number one for the three plots it juggles as the class goes on a scavenger hunt using clues of enviromental and auatic nature befitting their Cape Cod location. However, two groups get diverted. Isabel and Maeve’s group accidentally stumble upon a movie set with…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 12, 2023

  Top 5

  #anniebryant, #beaconstreetgirls, #freakedout, #justkidding, #middlegrade, #outofbounds, #promisespromises, #rachelreads&reviews, #scavengerhunt

• Top 5 Canterwood Crest

  Chosen: This one probably gets first as it has at least 50-100 pages more than the other books in the series being a super special at all. That allows Burkhart to carve more time to get into Lauren’s internal struggle as a rider coming down from being a champion to getting over her fears. That…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 29, 2022

  Top 5

  #bestenemies, #canterwoodcrest, #chasingblue, #chosen, #initiation, #jessicaburkart, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #rumorssecretsandlies, #simon&schuster

• Top 5 Vet Volunteers

  Trapped: This one comes first for me because I love deer so the story of Brenna taking care of an injured fawn is just adorable. But what is also interesting is the focus on Brenna’s brother and his growing enviromental radicalism and how far he is willing to go to stop poachers. Anderson presents the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 28, 2022

  Top 5

  #fearoffalling, #fightforlife, #helpinghands, #lauriehalseanderson, #masks, #middlegrade, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #trapped, #vetvolunteers

• Top 5 Cupcake Diaries

  Mia’s Boiling Point: This takes a well-treaded upon subject. Mean girls. But there are different types of mean girls and Olivia Allen is lying, using drama queen. She’s the type whose charismatic so Mia is inadvertedly drawn to her web with their shared love of fashion and Mia understanding the perils of being a new…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 28, 2022

  Top 5

  #cocosimon, #emmaallstirredup, #emmalightscameracupcakes, #katieandthecupcakecure, #mia'sboilingpoint, #miameasuresup, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #thecupcakediaries

• Top 5 Magic School Bus

  Makes a Rainbow: Honestly this one was always my favorite was because I love rainbows. So man colors and Ms. Frizzle shares how the color spectrum interacts with the eye and how we perceive color. Which is a good thing too because they need to know their rainbow magic in order to help Ms. Frizzle…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 27, 2022

  Top 5

  #getscoldfeet, #goingbatty, #joannacole, #lowergrade, #makearainbow, #rachelreads&reviews, #takesadive, #themagicschoolbus, #wetallover