Lemuria Bookstore Blog

You know those childhood vacations, the ones where in hindsight, everything seems perfect and wonderful? The epitome of all good in the world? For Alice, the main character in Kevin Henkes’ new book Junonia, those vacations with her family are the highlight of her year. Everything is exactly as she left it the year before [...]

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A few months ago, I found myself (thanks to Emily) in possession of an advanced reader copy of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente.  Little did I know that it was soon to be become one of my favorite children’s books—and there are a great [...]

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For those of y’all who missed the news, John Grisham has begun a young adult series entitled Theodore Boone. The first book, Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, was released last June and the second book in the series, Theodore Boone, The Abduction, comes out today! As we do with all of Mr. Grisham’s books, we have [...]

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Kate, Michael, and Emma P. have lived in an orphanage for as long as they can remember. They don’t even know what their last initial, P., stands for. These siblings stick together through every orphanage, and every failed adoption attempt. In fact, they work very hard not to get adopted. They believe that their parents [...]

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I’m new to the Lesley M. M. Blume fan club, and I have Emily and Ellen to thank for it.  In December, knowing of my love for all things relating to magic and fairy kingdoms, Emily placed a copy of Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins & Other Nasties in my hands and shortly after Ellen introduced [...]

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Matched by Ally Condie is just one of those books that you want to give to everyone you know. This dystopian novel has really struck a cord with me and with Maggie and even my 6th/7th book club. We can’t get enough! Part Hunger Games, part Fahrenheit 451, and completely amazing! It is set in [...]

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A high school student named Elizabeth takes a job at the New York Circulating Materials Repository in hopes of making a little money and perhaps new friends. This is no ordinary library, it lends out objects rather than books. The basement of the Repository houses a very magical collection—the Grimm Collection. Not long after Elizabeth [...]

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Ever since I became the “Oz lady” a year and a half ago, one of my goals has been to have Lemuria book clubs for kids. This time last year, I was all pumped up about a book club for 5th graders, wrote a blog about it and everything, and no one ever contacted me. [...]

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Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M. M. Blume (Yearling Books/Random House, 2006) I rarely re-read books but this book definitely warrants reading again and again. The book of which I speak is Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters. Cornelia is a girl who lives in Greenwich [...]

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One of the first young adult books I read after becoming manager of Oz was Fallen by Lauren Kate. It was one of Sarah’s (my Random House rep) favorite books, so I just dove right in and devoured it. Fallen had everything I was looking for: romance, mystery, intrigue  and good characters. The main characters [...]

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