I've been listening to The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove. I thought it had a slow start and it took me a little while to get into, but then it picked up and I didn't want to stop reading! It takes place in an alternate reality where the world is separated by different "ages." Sophie, who lives with her famed mapmaker uncle Shadrack, arrives home one day to find their house ransacked, her uncle kidnapped, and their secret map room—housing mystical maps containing memories—emptied of all of its treasures. Sophia sets out on an epic journey to find her uncle, with the help of a boy from the West. She meets pirates, raiders, princesses, and dangerous creatures along the way.
This is a hefty book - 528 pages, and reviews rate it 6th grade and up, but I purchased it for my K-5 library. There wasn't anything that I would consider inappropriate for an intense fantasy novel.
I also read The Life of Ty: Penguin Problems by Lauren Myracle. This is a fun early chapter book about a 7-year-old boy named Ty. There are some new and scary things going on in his life, including the arrival of a new baby
sister. Ty wants to love his little sister, and he does - but suddenly
his mom doesn't seem to love him anymore. Ty reminded me of Ramona a bit, or Clementine, he tries so hard to be good, but sometimes it's hard to control yourself. That's what happens when he manages to take a penguin from an aquarium during a class trip. I think first and second graders will love this story!
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