Dreamland Social Club

When Jane, her brother Marcus and her dad inherited a house, Jane thought the house would be “boring.”  In fact, the house was anything but boring.  It was older and and scarier than the other houses, and when they went inside, the shelves were all crammed with pictures and statues, including a carousel pony chained…

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

This book is about a boy named Doug Swieteck.  Doug and his family  moved to Marysville, known as “The Dump.”  Everything is bad to Doug.  The library is owned by a crabby old lady with glasses that loop around her neck, and she detests him.  A girl named Lillian Spicer constantly embarrasses Doug.  To top…