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Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions by Sheila Grau

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Age Group: Middle Genre: Fantasy Publishing Date: March 17, 2015 by Harry N Abrams Summary : Runt Higgins is a werewolf at Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions(DCSM) a school for minions in training. Unlike most of the kids at the school, Runt has lived at the school since he was little, when his wolf pack dropped him off there. Now he is a third year, in the Junior Henchman Training Program, and feels like he is cursed. After a video went viral about how bad the school is, the school starts to go downhill. Most of the new monsters are not the brightest and one of the new students, Pismo, keeps on getting him in trouble. To make matters worse, the principal becomes delusional, there is an explosion, only 5 of the 27 students selected for the Junior Henchman training Program, and Runt keeps on getting in a lot of trouble, mostly because of Pismo. Now it is up to Runt to figure out who caused all the misfortune to the school, make it into the Program, and stop getting and trouble.

I NEED YOUR HELP

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Hello Internet World! So with school starting and whatnot (at least for me), I feel the need to make another attempt to get your opinion on things. Who knows why, but I always ask you guys for your input on what content should be made, but I get nothing. It's only during random points of the year when people are suddenly begging for something. So I made a  strawpoll  where you can vote as much as you want, and it'd help me get an ideal of what you guys like. Oh, and there's another video up, if you wanted to check it out

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to not Growing Up by Tommy Greenwald

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Genre: Realistic/Middle School Fiction Age Group: Middle Grade (8-12) Publishing Date: August 9th by Roaring Book Press: Summary:  The time has come for Charlie Joe to graduate middle school. On his birthday no less, which means that he calls the shots on any event that happens. You'd think it'd be the most fantastic day of his life right? Nope. Charlie Joe just doesn't want to grow up, and he gets this overwhelming sense of middle school sickness (kind of like homesickness but worse) where he just doesn't want to leave. As a result, he attempts to pull off as many different stunts and antics as he can. First at Jake's end of summer barbecue, then the WORLD (or at least all of Eastport). he defies rules, destroys books (and some feelings), and yet, everyone punishes him because a young MAN should not be acting like this, which angers Charlie Joe, for people treating him like the "man" he clearly isn't and doesn't want to be, and he will do wh

Crossover Fanfic: THE FINALE

Normally I don't go these sort of intros anymore to my fanfic, but since it's the final part, I'd like to mention some people I owe a huge debt to (which would make this sound like any normal book) Stuart Gibbs, for everything, creating these characters for me to play with in my head Bill Gates, for making Microsoft word 2007 for me to type this whole mini-book The duo at Google who founded the site and eventually blogger for me to post my work Anyone I've come in contact with, because they taught me to talk...I guess That last one refers to all you readers! Thanks for making what was supposed to be a small blog go a little viral! I owe it all to you guys! Hope you enjoy, and PS PLEASE FOLLOW THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: JUSTINTALKSBOOKS There's going to be some projects on there that will be BETTER than this fanfic, trust me. TEDDY: They were gone so fast, I almost laughed, but then I remembered I was in a life or death situation. I was just amazed. I

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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Genre: Realistic Fiction Age Group: MG Publishing Date: June 2, 2015 Quote: "Negativity has never been a friend to anyone." Summary: Emily is moving again: to San Francisco, the home of her idol Garrison Griswold. Griswold created Book Scavenger, a game online where books are hid and, using clues, found. Soon Emily learns that Griswold was attacked soon before an announcement about his next big game, which no one knows anything about. When she and her friend James find a book hidden at the same train station that Griswold was attacked, they think that it can be no coincidence. However, when people start to follow them and inquire about the book that they found, Emily and James have to speed up their sleuthing to solve the puzzles before the person who attacked Griswold catches up to them. What I Liked: I like how this book talked about books. This may sound odd, but it’s true. I learned more about Edgar Allan Poe and his books. I’ve never read Poe, so this was info

Booktube Videos, School Year, and More

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What's up everybody? So this is going to be an update-type post because I'm knee-deep into editing random videos I've compiled and blog posts will be coming up so this is an in-betweener post. First off: I've been just out of everything the past week because...I went to DC! I'm in the process of compiling this mini vlog thing that hopefully won't bore you guys. In the mean time, here's a video I posted just now, showing off the swag Ive gotten from the North Texas Teen Book Festival (NTTBF) (I Also added channel art and a profile pic, tell me what you think of it!) I promise, this blog won't turn into "Go subscribe to my YouTube Channel!" posts, but I feel like it needs to get off the ground on a good note. Book Reviews: I've got a book review coming out tomorrow on The North Hollywood Detective Club by Mike Mains And sometime in the future, The Kingdom of Oceana by Mitchell Charles I owe a huge debt to

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

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(Ok so this is just my Justin's- mini note. Anyways, the month of June has flown by! Daily Posts didn't quite happen, but I hope you enjoyed my content, new and old, and today is a feature on Fablehaven!) Summary: Kendra and Seth Soreson are sent to the house of their mysterious grandparents when their parents decide to go on a cruise by themselves.  Kendra and Seth are left with their mysterious grandparents, who they've never seen before.  But when they reach the house of their grandparents, they find the sight shocking: Butterflies fluttering over the large, vibrant and healthy flowers, birds singing in the  nearby forest, and a grand house, filled with antique and beautiful items.  But when Kendra finds a note saying "Drink the milk" she finds that her life is changed forever; expanded.  The milk opens Kendra and Seth's eyes to a world of mythical creatures.  They find out that their grandpa and grandma are caretakers of a secret preserve that holds ma