Looking for good MG books, and Bloggers.

Oli's Uncommon Cents is coming out next month in paperback, ebook in May.  I'm looking for books with similar themes: adventure, inspiring, warm-hearted and funny.  Not books that are dark, vampirish, ghostly, or mystic... I know, that's a tough one.  I'm also looking for book bloggers who would be interested in receiving a book and giving a review on their blogs.  Let me know if you have some book suggestions and/or are an interested book blogger. Thanks!!

Life Lessons

The shooting at Chardon High School reminded me why I write for kids.  There are those gifted writers who purpose to entertain children and help them escape reality, hats off to them!  I hope my books entertain, but I want  more.  If I can craft a fiction novel that imparts a valuable life lesson, AND entertain, then I have slipped in a gold nugget without broadcasting the attempt.  Wouldn't it be a bonus if the content of a novel provoked a child to ask their parent a question about life-even better, a question about their life. Could someone have reached T.J. Lane through a book, a book that spoke to him about his worth, and the worth of others?