If your middle-graders and preteens love mysteries with some magic, ghosts, haunted house and friendship thrown in check out this fun adventures series for girls, Abby & Holly Series Books 1-6 this week featured on BMGN. Thank you, BMGN!
This is an award-winning series that your kids will love and you won’t have to convince them to read them once they begin the series. Adults love them too!
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This is Book 1 of a series of Abby & Holly books. These two girls were first introduced in Book 5 of the Davey & Derek Junior Detectives Series.
The girls are first cousins on their mothers’ side. They moved to the quiet town of Lindon, New Hampshire and live in a grand old Victorian which is haunted.
The cousins are excited about attending the 6th grade dance. When their friend, Justine, is bullied, Abby and Holly, along with the help of a ghost and Davey & Derek, work together to formalize a plan to put a stop to the bullying.
Here are some reviews from Amazon:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Visit Back to Middle School with MysteryReviewed in the United States on December 24, 2021
Abby & Holly, School Dance was a fun read taking one back to middle school dance days and the awkwardness of that age for both boys and girls. Janice creates interesting characters such as mystery-solving twins who have their own form of mental telepathy communication, a young girl whose parents are overseas helping others instead of being at home with her, and an aunt with supernatural powers. The author weaves in lessons of friendship and doing the right thing while keeping the story fun and mysterious. Highly recommend this book for young readers, especially those who enjoy mysteries.
5.0 out of 5 stars ENTHUSIASTIC 5 STARSReviewed in the United States on December 24, 2019
Abby & Holly School Dance is part of a series, but it stands completely on its own. I didn’t read the other books in the series and that had no effect on the story, so don’t shy away because you haven’t read the other books. That said, I am now looking forward to finding Abby & Holly in Spina’s other books.
It’s is an award winning work written by author Janice Spina that has all the components of the quintessential YA novel. It deals with middle school issues such as bullying, friendship, standing up against one’s peers, and ghosts! Well, there are no ghosts in reality, but it’s certainly a cool topic for people of all ages.
I got the book based on a friend’s recommendation because I have a 4th grade granddaughter and wanted to read it before giving it to her. I loved it and she loved it as well! Janice Spina is able to jump right into the mindset of a sixth grader and that’s one of the reasons why the book is exceptional! An enthusiastic 5 Stars!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars Granddaughter loved it!Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2020
She’s in second grade but it kept her attention and she was able to sound out a few words that were difficult. Captivating story!
5.0 out of 5 stars Say hello to the Abby and Holly series!Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2018
Move over, Davey and Derek? Or maybe not… The duo is back, and the girls and boys are taking the world by the horns with another thrilling adventure! The haunted house! The mysterious ghost! The undying friendship! Good life lessons! And no more bullying!
Abby and Holly are cousins. The girls were first introduced in Book 5 of the Davey and Derek Junior Detectives series.
Janice Spina has beautifully blended two separate series in her new book, which is meant to entertain and educate middle grade readers. This time she sent two girls to solve a mystery that was quite intriguing. While trying to be just normal students, team members are dealing with serious issues so common for sixth graders: jealousy, intolerance, and bullying. The story is fun and adventurous, but the author smartly implants very important seeds that touch on problems so familiar for a middle school audience.
In this new book, Abby and Holly team up with their friends Davey and Derek, two shy but very experienced young detectives. The team needs to find out who is sabotaging one of their classmates, Justine, who plans her sixth grade school dance. Fearing that the girl is being bullied, the team members work closely with each other and their friends.
The story is sweet. It flows smoothly, just like other books from this wonderful author, which manages to surprise the young readers with perfectly developed characters and a wise plot. Even if the readers haven’t had the chance to get familiar with the Davey and Derek series, they won’t feel lost or have a hard time connecting the new story to Davey and Derek. And just like me, I hope the girls and boys will jump into the new adventures with a touch of fantasy, mystery, and some stronger feelings like love, forgiveness, and being kind to each other.
“Abby and Holly: School Dance” is one of those books that will make children feel good about themselves. The lessons of friendship and kindness are nicely incorporated into a fun story, which will put a smile on children’s faces. Trouble. Solution. Sweet first love. Friendship. And kindness. All of these qualities are in one book for young readers to enjoy. Yes, Justine is bullied, but she has a strong group of friends behind her, which helps her to overcome the fear of bullies. And with the help of her friends, the bullies may change their attitude too.
I am delighted that this book carries strong messages about the importance of being compassionate, kind, loving and accepting. It teaches teens to remember how they would feel if their places were reversed. Another entertaining and teaching series for middle schoolers by Janice Spina!
* I received this book as a gift from the author and chose to review it without compensation.
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the anti-bullying message.Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018
I have long been a fan of Janice Spina’s young children’s books and her middle-grade Davey and Derek Junior Detectives series. I was excited to read the first book in her Abby and Holly series for middle-grade girls, and I was not disappointed.
Abby and Holly are the cousins we met in The Case of the Sad Mischievous Ghost (Davey & Derek Junior Detectives Series Book 5) who helped Davey and Derek solve a case involving a ghost that was residing in Abby’s house. Now they are back seeking the help of their friends Davey and Derek in solving a case of a girl jealously sabotaging another classmate’s chance to go to the 6th-grade dance and plans to do even worse.
The story flows well, and the characters are developed nicely so anyone who hasn’t read any of the Davey and Derek series will have no trouble jumping in with book one of this series. Girls are going to love this series — a touch of puppy love, fantasy, and a mystery to solve all in one book. The lessons of forgiving and forgetting and being kind are well documented in the story, an important reminder for everyone. This is another 5-star book from Janice Spina
MG/PT/YA books are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Abby & Holly Series provides more fun and ghostly adventures with cousins, Abby & Holly, as they discover things in their old Victorian and go back to the past to solve mysteries. There are ghosts, a haunted house, time travel, mysteries, and magic. Life lessons will also be learned about friendship, family, respect, love and caring for one another, and bullying will never be accepted or tolerated! MG/PT/YA will be hooked and parents will feel good about the quality of books their children are reading! Adults are reading and enjoying them also!
Thank you so much for stopping by to read this post. I hope you will check out this series soon for your MG/PT to help them to increase their reading levels and become lovers of reading. Once they begin the series they will be hooked.
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