During the recent March school holiday, the children had some time to relax after completing their school homework. One of their favourite activities is reading, and it was timely that the kind folks from Scholastic sent us some interesting books!
Before we share our current reads, let us share with you a good news! All PeiPei.HaoHao readers can enjoy 20% off discount for Scholastic books on Reader's House website (http://www.readershouse.com.sg)! Just key in PEIHAO20 and click "Apply Coupon" in the Cart to enjoy the discount! (Note: the discount is NOT applicable to the shipping fee).
Let us share with you our current reads of Scholastic books:
Let us share with you our current reads of Scholastic books:
The LEGO Movie 2 - Keeping it Awesomer with Emmet
Author: Meredith Rusu
Age: 7 - 10
Emmet Brickowski is back in this all-new guide to keeping it awesome that comes with a LEGO Emmet minifigure! Narrated by Emmet himself, this guide is full of laughs and images from The LEGO Movie 2 starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, and more.
The LEGO Movie 2 - Junior Novel
Author: Kate Howard
Age: 7 - 10
Things have changed in Bricksburg since the DUPLO aliens attacked. The city is in ruins. The Justice League is missing. Unikitty has become Ultrakatty. Lucy spends her idle time brooding. But among them remains one ever-cheerful, awesome hero: Emmet Brickowski. For Emmet, Bricksburg becoming Apocalypseburg isn't the worst thing in the world, so long as he has his best buddies by his side and a coffee (with twenty-five sugars) in his hand. But when Emmet's friends are taken by a mysterious helmeted figure and flown into space, it's time for this hero to get tough and bring them back, or else.
Foxcraft #1: The Taken
Age: 10 - 12
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Isla and her brother are two young foxes living just outside the lands of the furless -- humans. The life of a fox is filled with dangers, but Isla has begun to learn mysterious skills meant to help her survive. Then the unthinkable happens. Returning to her den, Isla finds it set ablaze and surrounded by strange foxes, and her family is nowhere in sight. Forced to flee, she escapes into the cold, gray world of the furless. Now Isla must navigate this bewildering and deadly terrain, all while being hunted by a ruthless enemy. In order to survive, she will need to master the ancient arts of her kind -- magical gifts of cunning known only to foxes. She must unravel the secrets of foxcraft.
The first book in a thrilling fantasy trilogy starring one of the animal kingdom's most hunted heroes. Foxcraft is full of excitement and heart, and a touch of magic. The author, Inbali Iserles, is one of the team of authors behind the New York Times bestselling Survivors series, writing under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter. Her first book, The Tygrine Cat, won the 2008 Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year Award.
Dragonhearted
Author: Xie Shi Min
Age: 10 - 12
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Xin Long is like any ordinary ten-year-old girl. She prefers Wushu to studying, likes hanging out with her friends, and loves listening to her Ah Ma's stories. But when these stories tell of an ancient mythical beast that threatens to destroy the world, Xin Long realises that she is the only one who can stop it. As time flies by, Xin Long and her friends – Shu Ping, Four Eyes, and dragon guardian Xiao Lan – must unlock the secrets of ancient Chinese mythology to find a way to stop the end of the world.
The author, Xie Shi Min, is an award-winning writer who lives in a book fort. Her fiction has appeared in journals like Rambutan Literary and Cha. Her first book, Dragonhearted, was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award in 2014 and published in 2016. It was also shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards in 2017 and won the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book in 2018.
Drita My Homegirl
Author: Jenny Lombard
Age: 10 - 12
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A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn't speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.
A writer and a teache, Jenny Lombard has had numerous plays produced off-off-Broadway, developed an original series for Nickelodeon, and published a humorous dating book How To Stay Single Forever in 1997.
Superspecial Outbreak
Author: C. Alexander London
Age: 10 - 12
The Cahills are the most powerful family history has ever known. For the past five centuries, they have secretly served as guardians of the world. The Cahills command presidents, take down corrupt governments, and are currently led by a fourteen-year-old boy with a superhero complex. Dan Cahill may be young, but he's nobody's fool. So he knows he must act fast when he learns that Sinead Starling, a former friend who betrayed the family, is up to her eyeballs in a plot to control a deadly virus. But is Sinead behind the plot, or is she a hero trying to stop the virus from getting out? The search for Sinead will take Dan and his friends from Cuba to the Bermuda Triangle, where the fate of the world may just depend on whether the Cahills can trust a traitor
C. Alexander London is an author of over 25 books for children, teens, and adults, with over 2 million copies sold. For middle grade readers, he’s the author of the Dog Tags, Tides of War, Wild Ones, and Accidental Adventures series, as well as two titles in the 39 Clues series. For young adults, he’s the author of the cyberpunk duology Proxy and the epic fantasy Black Wings Beating.
Discount Code for Scholastic Books at Reader's House
All PeiPei.HaoHao readers can enjoy 20% off discount for Scholastic books on Reader's House website!
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Disclaimer: We received the books for review purpose. No monetary compensation was received. All opinions and photos are mine.
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