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Book Buzz

Our Book Buzz Blog features the latest picks for kids selected by library staff and volunteers.
If you like Trouble Is My Beeswax by Bruce Hale
Kid Book Match, Pat Farr, Book Buzz Blog
12/09/2010 - 5:55pm

Here are some suggestions for books that are either mysteries or funny or both!

The book you like, Trouble Is My Beeswax, is number 8 in the Chet Gecko Mystery series by Bruce Hale. There are many more titles you might like to read in this humorous detective series, including the first two, which are The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse and The Mystery of Mr. Nice.

Other books you might enjoy include the following:

Little Wolf : forest detective / Ian Whybrow

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If you like Animorphs...
Kid Book Match, Book Buzz Blog
12/07/2010 - 2:23pm

If you like the Animorphs series, you may like:

Switchers, by Kate Thompson,
When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster
through their ability to switch into animal forms.

Wild Blood, by Kate Thompson,

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If you like biographies...
Kid Book Match, Book Buzz Blog
12/13/2010 - 12:46pm

If you enjoy a good biography, here are some other titles you may like:

Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna by Joseph Lekutan and Herman J. Viola
This autobiography celebrates Lekuton's life in the Maasai culture of
Kenya into which he was born and describes his adjustment as a student
and now teacher in the United States. On the way, he encounters lions
and airplanes, village elders and national leaders.

Spellbinder : The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki

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If you like a classic like "Robinson Crusoe"...
Kid Book Match, Rhonda Belyea, Book Buzz Blog
05/27/2009 - 11:11am

So glad you asked for a Book Match about a great classic!
Here are 3 titles I'd like to recommend.

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
A young boy is sold by his wicked uncle as a slave and is helped by an outlaw.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
When an innkeeper and her son go through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, they find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.

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If you like Bud Not Buddy...
Kid Book Match, Rhonda Belyea, Book Buzz Blog
09/04/2009 - 10:47am

I'm so glad you liked Bud Not Buddy! It's one of my favorite books, too! Here are three titles I'd like to suggest.

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys and treated
cruelly there, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music-
and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

The Black Canary by Jane Louise Curry

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If you like The Count of Monte Cristo...
Kid Book Match, Rhonda Belyea, Book Buzz Blog
09/04/2009 - 10:47am

I'm so glad to know you enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo!
Although it's been a long time since I read it, I agree it's very
exciting reading. So, here are three titles I'd like to recommend.

Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson.
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

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