Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe D. Clements

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade is about a new girl who comes to Jenny's fifth grade class and is bullied by all her classmates. When Jenny learns about Elsie's life her anger and disgust changes to kindness. Elsie is about to be kicked out of the school and Jenny and her classmates are doing everything they can to save her from being moved to a boarding school.
-Sabrina

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Dreamsleeves by Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Dreamsleeves is about a girl who has a drunk father. Aislinn, A, is like a slave. She is stuck inside her house taking care of her siblings. Her father has made up a rule that she can't go anywhere and that she can't talk or go out with boys until she is seventeen. Aislinn wants to bend those rules she wants to go to parties, she doesn't want to be treated like a slave. -Sabrina

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Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel

I think this is a really good book for 5th and 6th graders, maybe up, but the reason i like Darkwing is that it's really full of adventure. This book is about a mythical creature which is called a chiropter (its like a bat), and in this book they glide not fly. But theres a chiropter who can fly and the community doesn't like it. Meanwhile there are these other animals that made a treaty not to eat meat from other mythical creatures. But a few of those animals break the treaty and come their area to eat them. Read to find out what happens next!
There are also other books by Kenneth Oppel and i think you should try them!
-Fabbiha

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No Passengers Beyond This Point

This book is about a strange and futuristic town called Falling Bird. Siblings India, Finn, and Mouse are sent to live with their uncle Red in Colorado when their plane hits turbulance. They land alone in Falling Bird airport where a 12 year-old kid named Chuck drives them to the town in a pink taxi covered in feathers. They encounter many other strange things in Falling Bird and they are forced to choose; live their dream lives alone, or go through hard work to return to their family, friends, and home. -Laura

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kit kittredge by valerie tripp

its a nine year old girl who wants to be a reporter but she has to go through hard times of depression and his dad losses his business. -safiyya

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you cant eat your chicken pox amber brown by paula danziger

its about a little girl and both of her parents are divorced and she is going to visit aunt pam in london she is excited to go until she gets the chicken pox. -safiyya

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the karate mouse by Geronimo Stilton

its about a mouse named geromino stilton and his friend bruce hyena entered him into a karate world championship. -safiyya

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