The Slow March of Light by Heather B. Moore

The Slow March of Light by Heather B. Moore (only 5.99 right non Kindle!) is based on the true story of Bob Inama, an American soldierand Luisa Voigt, a West German woman who work to help people escape across the Berlin Wall.

Bob is glad to speak fluent German, and to use his skills to help people. But what happens when Bob is caught and sent to an East German prison? Read this exciting book to find out!

Heather Moore is a great writer who creates exciting, suspenseful stories with believable, interesting characters who are as real to me as if I knew them in real life. If you enjoy historical fiction with a gripping, fast paced plot, you will enjoy The Slow March of Light!

Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold by M.L. Foreman

When 15 year old Alex sees a sign in the window of a cluttered bookshop advertising for adventurers to apply within, he doesn't think much of it until he looks away, looks back, and the sign has changed! Wanting to find out

what sort of mechanism changes the sign, he goes inside to ask the shop owner about it. Before he knows it, he's whisked off on an unexpected adventure, making friends with elves, dwarves, and others, and on his way to battle a dragon who's been terrorizing the countryside! While I found the story a bit predictable, and the characters somewhat one-dimentional, it is overall an enjoyable story that middle grade to YA readers would enjoy. Slathbog's Gold by M.L. Foreman was first published in 2009.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling follows the adventures of 12 year old Harry Potter and his friends during his second year at Hogwarts. Someone or something is attacking muggleborn witches and wizards and petrifying them! Even Nearly Headless Nick, a ghost, has been petrified! Who or what could do that to someone who's already dead? As Harry and his friends work to solve this mystery before someone is killed, they find themselves deeper and deeper in danger!

Will they be able to solve the mystery and defeat the heir of Slytherin before someone is killed? Read this exciting middle grade novel and find out! Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was first published in 1999.