Erin's Book'd Lists

Whatcha Readin' ?

Created by Erin - Updated on February 14^th 2023

As my boys have grown, many things have changed, including the books they read. I often like to pick up the book they are reading in class and read along on my own. It's given me a broader reading list, as well as an opportunity to engage my kiddos in conversation. Here are a few of our recent reads.

The Candymakers Wendy Mass.

Mass, Wendy.

From the Publisher

ALA Schneider Family Book Award-winning author Wendy Mass offers this tasty treat of a tale sure to appeal to any listener's sweet tooth. The Candymakers follows 12-year-olds Logan, Philip, Daisy, and Miles as each tries to invent a candy even better than the Oozing Crunchorama. But with these contestants?who can detect chocolate by touch and lift 50 lbs. of taffy as if it weighed no more than a loaf of bread?it's going to be a close race.

Tuck everlasting

Babbitt, Natalie.

From the Publisher

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older.

The giver

Lowry, Lois.

From the Publisher

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Make your bed : little things that can change your life...and maybe the world

McRaven, William H. (William Harry), 1955- author.

From the Publisher

On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the...

A night divided

Nielsen, Jennifer A., author.

From the Publisher

When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz are trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.