Just Ella (Margaret Peterson Haddix)

Author Biography

Margaret Peterson Haddix is a prolific, award-winning author of children’s and young adult literature, best known for the two series Shadow Children and The Missing. She lives in Columbus, Ohio

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Year: 1999

ISBN: 978-0-7614-5536-3

Reading Level: Grades 6 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

What if the story of Cinderella wasn’t really the fairy tale we’ve been told? And what if Ella’s “happily ever after” wasn’t so happy?

Sandry’s Book/The Magic in the Weaving (Tamora Pierce)

Author Biography

Tamora Pierce has written numerous renowned fantasy novels, set in either the “Tortall” universe or the “Circle” universe. In  2013 she received the Margaret A. Edwards award for her body of work.

Published By: Scholastic Inc.

Year: 1998

ISBN: 978-0-590-55408-4

Reading Level: Grades 6 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

At the Winding Circle Temple in the land of Emelan, four wildly different students are brought together by their shared status as outcasts with strange abilities. With wise teaching and teamwork, will they come into their own as mages… and as friends?