One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

I think it would be cool if the author wrote another book from the view of another character in the book. The main character has two younger sisters and I think it would be cool to learn more about what they're thinking. I always find it interesting to find out more about a character's backstory.
I really liked this book and think others should read it.

--Avery, 6th grade, Cambridge Friends School

You Can't see the Elephants

You can't see the elephants, is a book written by a German, translated into English. I read it (conveniently) in Germany. it is a book about a girl that is sent to the town were her grandparents live. Her father sends her there because he is depressed after her mother dies. All she does when she is there is go to the playground and listen to music. One day a girl comes and asks her if she can listen to with her. The girls brother at the same time is shaking for no apparent reason. She soon finds out that their father is abusing them. She tries to tell her grandparents, but they don't listen, they don't want to listen. So she trys to help them herself. And gets into trouble. And then somer good stuff happens that you will need to read about.


--Selma, 7th grade, Cambridge Street Upper School

Some Assembly Required, Arin Andrews

This book was amazing!! It's nonfiction and the Author wrote it about himself. This book addresses issues such as a a child's realization that they are transgender and it tells the amazing true story of "Emerald" or Arin Andrews, a boy born as a girl to christian parents. Arin struggles to confront his parents and community about his real gender.


--Shira, 8th grade, Vassal Lane Middle School

Listen, Slowly by: Thanhhà Lại

What character(s) in this book would you most and least like to be friends with, and why?
I'd most likely want to be friends with Bà, Mai's grandmother. She has a lot of stories to tell her granddaughter, and she knows almost everyone in the small village.
I'd least likely want to be friends with Montana. Mai is only her friend for the popularity and to be able to have a friend. Montana chooses to get closer to HIM while Mai is gone, which is cruel, HIM being Mai's crush.
But overall, I love all the characters in this book!

--Lucy, 7th grade, Vassal Lane Upper School

How Not to Babysit Your Brother

Will lives with the family and his pet. His mom went shopping . Steve likes to copy everything he does. His mom left, and Will went back to his game. Steve tugs Wills arm and said can he play Will said go away. The game is over and Will goes back to his game in a minute. He looked over at Steve and he stared back. Steve said I'm board he said you have to babysit me. Steve wants to play hide and seek. Will goes to find him. He looks under the stairs in in the hall closet. steve wasn't there or in the beds and kitchen. He ran to see and it was a big mess Steve put all the dog food on the floor. Will cleans up the mess. Will takes Steve to take a bath, steve puts in a lot of water. Steve makes a mess in the bathroom. Will cleans up, and Steve makes a mess in the kitchen with making a sandwich. This is gross, he cried, clean it up. Mom came home.
--Jamesson

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REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

Rebecca narrated this book. This book is a first-person narration. The narrator was a reliable source of information, considering this book was about her own life. This book takes place around the late 1800s to the early 1900s in Riverboro. The message of this book is that you don’t have to feel trapped in an imaginary life and dream about what your life could become but live it with freedom and then you will realize you will enjoy it better. The genre of literature is a classic.
This book is about a ten year old girl named Rebecca Randall. Rebecca gets sent to live with her aunts when she is ten years old because, her mother cared about Rebecca’s education. Her aunt Miranda did not want her, she wanted Rebecca’s older sister, Hannah instead. However, her aunt Jane was a loving, kind person and she loved that Rebecca could stay with them. Rebecca felt all alone in Riverboro, until she meets the Cobbs and her best friend. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb love how sweet Rebecca is and soon treat her like a granddaughter. Emma Jane is her best friend in the whole world.
I really enjoyed this book, because she listens to her heart and becomes a young lady. I would really love to read more by this author. I would encourage others to read this book because, it is fascinating and I think a lot of people will love this book.

--Brianna

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Nazi Germany, 1939 Liesel's brother dies on a train heading for Liesel's new home on Himmel Street, Molching near Munich. She finds a book "the grave diggers handbook" and her life changes. But times are hard and when a visitor comes to her home life becomes even harder.
--George

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Bearable Days Book One: The Orphanege By: Kelly Lee Smith

This is a great book. A boy named Jamie and his teddy bear Simon are sent to an orphanage while people look for Jamie's parents who seem to have disappeared right under thin air. The headmistress of the orphanage though, is cold-hearted and mean. The moment Jamie comes she takes Simon away and doesn't give him back. Some how, during a storm though, lightning hits Simon and he becomes alive. This is an awesome, amazing book. I would recommend it readers of all ages and especially those who like teddy bears.  --Madeleine

Judy Moody And the Big Bad Blackout By Megan Mconald

This story is about a girl who survived Hurricane Elmer in Virgina and found ways to have fun with her family by telling stories eating smores and playing board games.  --Lenah

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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Lily runs away from home with her nanny Rosaleen to Tiburon. There they are taken in by three sisters that all have names from months. It is set around when the Civil Rights Movement was happening. The plot is unpredictable, which makes it a good book.  --Sophia

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Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

It's a kind of funny book about a girl whose mother works as housekeeper for rich families during The Great Depression. Her mother's new mistress doesn't like children, so Turtle is sent to live with her aunt. Her aunt has a lot of boys, so Turtle has to learn how to get on with them, because even though she's played with boys before, they were always the children of her mother's mistress. One day she discovers that the cranky old woman that Turtle's aunt has her take food to, was, in fact, her grandma! And, Turtle discovers in her grandma's piano, a cigar box with instructions to find a buried pirate's treasure! Will they find it, or will the treasure be lost forever?  --Anita

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Shadows by Robin McKinley

It's really, really, really good book about friendship and trust. Maggie, the narrator, lives in Newworld with her mom and her brother, Ran. Her dad died in a car crash 2 years ago, I think. Newworld is all about science; magic is banned and they gene-chopped everyone who is born with a magic gene. Unlike Oldworld, Farworld, Midworld, and Southworld, They have a scientific explanation for everything. Maggie is going into her senior year at high school. She's seventeen, and right around when her dad died, Pepperoni & Pineapple opened. Since then, it was a family tradition to eat there. But then her mom brings a new boyfriend home, Val, and she wants to share her custom with him. Only now, because Maggie doesn't like Val, she suddenly doesn't want to eat pizza anymore. Of course, she goes out with her friends there, which is how one day she meets Casimir. Casimir was not born in Newworld, so he knows other things, customs and phrases. Well, the book takes a big turn after that, and Maggie's mom marrying Val. Read the book for more! --Anita

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Crunch by Leslie Connor

It's a book about a family of five kids whose parents gets stranded far away. A new policeman comes in, and a little while after, bike parts start to go missing, little-by-little. The narrator, Dewey, is the oldest boy in the family. He suspects that the Spive, his neighbor is stealing them, because he always took a little at a time. Is the Spive the thief, or is someone else committing the crime? --Anita

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changes for Josefina by Valerie Tripp

since her moms death Josefina has lived with her aunt. unexpectedly her aunt decideds the family doesnt need her any more. Josefina and her sisters are really sad. Then Josefina hatches a plan to keep her aunt longer, maybe even forever. --Madeleine

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Josefina saves the day by Valerie Tripp

Josefina and her sisters are each allowed to get something from the traders (people that trade things)
that come to trade sell and buy near her grandpas farm. Josefina and her sisters decide to put there money together and buy something for there dad. Then, there trader has to leave suddenly.has there trader become a traitor? --Madeleine

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because of winn-dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-dixie by Kate Dicamillo. The main character is Miss Franny Block. She is a librarian. She is a friend of India Opal. The author characterizes important people through the character words and action. The three character trait are friendly, helpful and kind.

I think that is a nice story. And some people that read it may get the lesson of the story. --France

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Meet Rebecca An American Girl

This book is about Rebecca Rubin a Jew who's parents immigranted from Russia to New York before she was born.She is the second youngest in a family of five children.Her cousin Ana and her family are in danger in Russia. She is growing up in 1910s. --Lenah

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Wonder by R.J Palicio

This book is about August Pullman a home shcooled kid that has a faical problem with his face. And is going to fifth grade at a private school in the falll.August doesn't want to go to school. --Lenah

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book theif by Mark Zusak

well the book theif is a book is a bokk in deaths perspective. The book is a bout a girl who her brother dies on a train in Germany during the war between America and Germany. while her brother dies on the train and gets buried she stole this book and read it then her mother put her up for adoption and then evrerything goes downhill
enjoy u should read it:)--Jeremyah

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Crash by Jerry Spinelli

ITS JUST a really sad book about bullying--Isabella

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