Lies like poison

 Lies like poison

By: Chelsea Pitcher

*****

On sale November 10th 2020.

Raven lost his mother to a violent crime and the person responsible was never caught. His grieving father has remarried and now Ravens step mom and Lilly live in their estate. 

Belladonna and Raven seem like the perfect couple with Bella always looking out for and taking care of him. Bella and Poppy try going to the police for the abuse Ravens step mom is doing to him but there is not proof so they assume the girls are lying. Raven is being sent away and Bella has come up with a plan to murder his step mom. They will put flower petals in her tea. Belladonna, Poppy and Lilly. That way the murder can not be traced back to them. One of them chickens out and the whole plan falls apart. Raven gets sent away and 3 years later the step mom is actually murdered with the recipe for murder that Bella wrote all those years ago. 

Now Jack (formally Poppy) is trying to figure out who the real killer is and they dont have a lot of time. So many buried secrets are brought to life and the struggles of the friendships will keep you on your toes. I really enjoyed this book...

*Thank you NetGalley and Simon and Schuster children's publishing for the advanced e-copy for my honest review*

Scritch Scratch

 Scritch Scratch

By: Linday Currie

*****

On sale September 1st 2020

Children, middle grade, paranormal

This was an interesting read. I believe that 5th grade and up would be interested. It has a bit of haunting in it if they are ok with that. Or, an adult that wants a quick light read. 

Claire is a scientist. She doesn’t believe in things she can’t explain but she is still afraid of them. When she goes on one of her dads “ghost tours” she brings back more than she bargained for. She brought back a ghost. This ghost is now haunting her and wants her attention.  She needs to figure out what it wants before she can get rid of it. While trying to save a friendship, not go crazy and not tell her dad about it because he will use it in his bus tour.  There is actual Chicago history in this book which makes it even better. I had no idea those events even happened and I am glad I am now able to actually look into them. *Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks kids for the advanced e-copy to review for my honest opinion.*

The lost wonderland diaries

The lost Wonderland diaries

By: J. Scott Savage

****

On sale September 8th 20202

Children, YA, adventure

This is a spin off basically of the Alice books. I think if a child has a high enough reading interest and enjoys adventure they would like this book. I would say 5th grade and up would be suitable but you know your children better than I do ;)

We follow Celia and Tyrus. Celia is dyslexic and really struggles with reading which is the worst because her mom is a librarian. Tyrus is a book nerd which in my opinion is great. The meet at the library and soon discover a missing diary of Lewis Carroll AKA Charles Dodgeson. Celia is also a great descendent of Charles and Tyrus just thinks that's the greatest thing ever. Celia doesn't believe that its great however.

They stubble into Wonderland and need to figure out how to fix what is wrong. The queen doesn't seem as bad in person as she does in the Alice books and Tyrus is not willing to trust so easily. 

Will they fix what is wrong and restore Wonderland to all its glory or will the trust the wrong person and be stuck there forever. Join these two on the epic adventure. 

*I received this advanced e-copy for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley and Shadow Mountain Publishing*