The Animorphs Series, by Katherine Alice Applegate
I see these all the time at the thrift store and every single time I have to pick them up and flip through the pages… mostly because they have the little “flipbook” thing by the page numbers that show the main character turning into whatever animal they were turning [...]
The Book: Mister Monday: The Keys to the Kingdom #1, by Garth Nix
The Story: The main character of this book, Arthur, suffers a should-be fatal asthma attack and is visited by some creepy dudes who babble off some crazy stuff and then give him a book and a “key” that looks like the minute hand [...]
The Books: The Jessica Darling Series, by Megan McCaferty
The Story: Jessica Darling is a snarky, brainy, opinionated high school junior when we meet her in the first book. She is devastated and lonely because her best friend, Hope has just moved away and she’s flying solo. She is a virgin and, while she plans to [...]