Tag: #scholastic

• My Sister the Vampire

  Yes, I return to the world of early 2000s nostalgia with this series-My Sister the Vampire. This time I read all eighteen books. Here’s the initial premise. When Olivia Abbott moves to town, she’s excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 23, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #fangsforthememories, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #mysisterthevampire, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #siennamercer, #spooktacular, #supernatural, #vampires

• Sarah Masters Buckey Interview

  Sarah Masters Buckey is the author of several mysteries in the American Girl historical line, and the stand-alone History Mystery series. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about the historic fiction genre, working with the American Girl brand and what’s coming next. Enjoy! 1. What first drew you to writing? More specifically,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 24, 2025

  Interview

  #americangirl, #enemyinthefort, #historicalfiction, #historymystery, #mariegraceandcecile, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #samanthaseries, #sarahmastersbuckey, #scholastic, #smuggler’streasure

• Top 5 I Am Canada

  I finally got my hands on this Scholastic series for our Northern neighbors. Much like the My Name is America books, this male-focused line tackles the journals of young men at important historical junctures in Canadian history. It seemed to be short-lived as there were only thirteen novels, but they were a rollicking ride. Unlike…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 13, 2025

  Top 5

  #acalltobattle, #behindenemylines, #brothersinarms, #canadianhistory, #carolmatas, #defendordie, #donaker, #gillianchan, #historicalfiction, #IamCanada, #johnwilson, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #seigeofhongkong, #seigeoflouisbourg, #shotatdawn, #warof1812, #worldwar1, #worldwar2

• Series Highlight: I Survived

  Funny story. Even though I have seen this series around for years (it was first published around 2009), it was placed next to the “Choose your own adventure” series and like an idiot, I judged it by the cover and thought it was another one of thsoe with cooler covers. Fast forward to last month,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 2, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #historicalfiction, #Isurvived, #laurentarshis, #lowergrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic

• History Mystery P2

  The second half of the series gets a little bit darker. The mysteries involve dangerous individuals whose actions are not explained away as a misunderstanding or bitterness. Often there is real hate or greed motivating them, and they have the weapons to back them up if others get in their way. There is more exploration…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 20, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #alisonhart, #americangirl, #barbarasteiner, #betrayalatcrosscreek, #circleoffire, #dangeratthewildwestshow, #dangstersatthegrandatlantic, #elizabethmcdavidjones, #enemyinthefort, #evelyncoleman, #ghostlightongraveyardshoal, #historicalfiction, #historymystery, #kathleenernst, #kathrynreiss, #middlegrade, #mysteryatchilkootpass, #mysteryonskullisland, #pleasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #riddleoftheprariebride, #sarahmastersbuckey, #scholastic, #thestrangecaseofbabyh, #whistlerinthedark

• History Mystery P1

  I have discussed this a little bit in my historical fiction pages but as I’m rereading this for the first time in years, I thought I’d go a little more in-depth with my thoughts. For those that are not in the know, History Mystery was a 1997 spin-off of Pleasant Company’s very popular American Girl…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 12, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #eleanorae.tate, #elizabethmcdavidjones, #evelyncoleman, #historymystery, #hollyhughes, #hoofbeatsofdanger, #katherineayers, #kathleenernst, #meganmcdonald, #middlegrade, #mysteryatthedarktower, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahmastersbuckey, #scholastic, #secretsof26thstreet, #shadowsintheglasshouse, #smuggler’streasure, #theminstrel’smelody, #thenightflyers, #troubleatfortlapointe, #undercopp’shill, #voicesatwhisperbend, #watcherinpineywoods

• Reading Goals 2025

  I’m beginning this year with my feel-good favorite by Steve Kluger, My Most Excellent Year. This is the tenth year in a row I’ve read it and just the sort of comfort-reading one needs when faced with so much uncertainty in the world. This year I truly mean it when I say I want to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 1, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #contemporaryromance, #disneyhyperion, #fairytales, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #retelling, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #YA

• Fall Comics

  Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia. Illustrated by Gabriel Picolo. After the less than steller preceding books, Garcia gets the plot momentum moving with a good dose of character development. Much like the others, Kori thinks she is a normal teenage, albeit a bit more introverted due to her Ehlers-danlos syndrome making socialization a literal pain…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 14, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #autobiographical, #awkward, #berrybrookmiddleschool, #brave, #candlewickpress, #cheetara, #christinasoontornvat, #comingfoage, #crush, #dccomics, #domenicocarbone, #dynamitecomics, #elliotkahn, #enemies, #gabrielpicolo, #georgekambadais, #grace'stwist, #graphicmemoir, #graphicnovel, #graphicnovels, #hudafahmy, #hudafcares?, #joannacacao, #josiecampbell, #kamigarcia, #lostsoulbeatpeace, #maggiethrash, #middlegrade, #miniseries, #myadventureswithsuperman, #pablomcollar, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #soolee, #starfire, #svetlanachmakova, #teentitans, #thesquad, #volumetwo, #yenpress

• Book Hightlight: Tales From A Not-So-Bratty Little Sister

  I know, I know. I admitted in my last post that I have too aged out of the series to enjoy it. But I still keep coming back because I have to know how it ends. . . I have a feeling it might be coming soon, but Russell is certainly stretching it out.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 13, 2024

  Book/Author Highlight

  #dorkdiaries, #rachelreads&reviews, #rachelreneerussell, #scholastic, #talesfromanotsobrattylittlesister

• Author Highlight: Suzanne Nelson

  I may have briefly mentioned Suzanne Nelson’s works before as her Heart and Salsa novel was the book that got me into the global coming of age series, S.A.S.S. Today I’m going to focus on her Foodie series which is just as the title implies- A collection of stand-alone novel focusing on how sweet and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 1, 2024

  Book/Author Highlight

  #abatchmadeinheaven, #cakepopcrush, #donutgobreakingmyheart, #foodie, #foodiebooks, #foodieseries, #hotcocoahearts, #ionlypiesforyou, #macronsatmidnight, #middlegrade, #pumpkinspiceupyourlife, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #shakeitoff, #sundaemyprincewillcome, #suzannenelson, #you’rebaconmecrazy