Story Thieves by James Riley

 Story Thieves by James Riley was published in 2015 and is the first in a five book series. I listened to the audio version and it was well narrated by Kirby Heyborne. Kayana read this book and enjoyed it, so it it has the teen seal of approval. This book reminds me of Inkheart by Cornelia Funke because its it about book characters that have entered our world. 

Owen, the main character is bored and wishes he could have an exciting life like characters in books. When he sees his classmate, Bethany, climb out of a book, he is determined to find out how to get inside a book. Bethany is half fictional and is looking for her father who is somewhere inside a book. 

Owen agrees to keep Bethany's secret, but only if she'll take him inside his favorite series. Unfortunately, Owen may not be able to make it out of the book alive. 

This story has a lot of fun adventure. The pages have a lot of white space, which if you've read this blog before, you know I love that in books written for young readers as it helps them track better. 

Read to a child today even if that child is you. 

Link to our NICU book registry to donate books to babies in the newborn intensive care unit so their parents can read to them while they grow. You can also donate gently used books to our project by sending them to me or to Angie. Email me for a mailing address. We can use both English and Spanish books. If you have a graduate of the NICU, or if you have a baby whose life you would like to honor by donating books to this project, let me know, and I can make a book plate with their name for the books you donate.