Book Reviews By & For Kids

Renegades (book 1 in the Renegades Trilogy) by Marissa Meyer (2017)

10/21/2019

By Contributing Reviewer Abby E, age 11

Renegades, by Marissa Meyer is a wonderful fantasy with romance, secret identities, crazy powers, revenge and justice. A girl, a boy, thrilling adventures, what more could you want? Although on different sides in this battle, the work together and become friends. In this spellbinding tale you enter Nova and Adrian's world of prodigies. With heroes and villains you won't want to put the book down. and when you're done reading it you'll be clawing for the next book.

Note from Super Kitty and Piranha T: We love this book (and series) too!

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The Illuminated Adventures of Flora & Ulysses - by Kate DiCamillo

9/5/2014

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- by Piranah T.

Flora & Ulysses is a great book about a girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses (after the all-terrain vacuum cleaner that sucked him up). Flora, who reads a lot of comic books, thinks Ulysses has superpowers after the vacuum cleaner incident. And he does! He is strong, he can fly, and he can type! One of my favorite parts is when Flora's mother captures Ulysses.

Note from Piranah T.'s mamma: This really is a fabulous read! DiCamillo does a wonderful job with using Big Words (gasp!) and treating readers to a great story (as always). Both the book and audiobook are wonderful: the book uses comic-strip sections to describe the "superhero" parts of the book, while the audio uses music & old-fashioned enthusiasm (think the original "Superman" narrator) to fabulous effect. Really wonderful for kids who already love reading, but also offers a great draw to more reluctant readers, by using the different mediums.

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Renegades (book 1 in the Renegades Trilogy) by Marissa Meyer (2017)

The Illuminated Adventures of Flora & Ulysses - by Kate DiCamillo