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 As you finish a book, write a short summary and give your opinion (why others should read this book). Remember, your summary should be at least 3-7 sentences and not give away the ending to the book You can use my example as the format for your review. Title: Freak the Mighty Author: Rodman Philbrick Genre: realistic fiction Short Summary: Max lives with his grandparents and has not had a positive experience in school. Kevin (Freak) has an enormous brain and imaginative spirit crammed into a small body. Alone they are weak, together they are mighty. Inspired by the tales of King Arthur, these two go on "quests" to slay dragons and save damsels in distress. This is a story of acceptance, perseverance, and true friendship. This is a one of a kind MUST READ! Reviewed by: Mrs. Chavers

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Types of Genre: Adventure - Undergoing unusual events, or hazardous action Fantasy  - Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality Fiction - story with made up characters and events Historical Fiction  - Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. Horror - Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader. Mystery - Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. Nonfiction - informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject. Realistic Fiction - Story that can actually happen and is true to life. Science Fiction - Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.

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Title: __The Hunger Games__ <span style="color: #290082; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Author: Suzanne Collins <span style="color: #290082; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Genre: Adventure <span style="color: #290082; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Short Summary: At the beginning, of this story, Katniss Everdeen is a normal sixteen year old teenager, But then the Hunger games came, which is an annual event in Panem. The Hunger Games is a game of survival. That year Katniss’s younger sister was chosen from the reaping ( an event that takes place where one boy and one girl are chosen from every district to go to the Hunger games.) Katniss is scared for her little sister so she immediately jumps in to take her place. As the hunger games go on, things start <span style="color: #290082; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">to turn in so many directions. I recommend this book for anyone who likes adventure, romance, and action. WARNING: This book is definitely a page turner! On a scale from 1 to 10 I would rate this book a 9 1/2. <span style="color: #290082; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Reviewed by: Riley Hood

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Title: Mocking Jay <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Author: Suzanne Collins <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Genre: Adventure <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Short Summary: Katniss is a true surviver. She has made it through both the hunger games, and survived the annual quarter quell. Now she must lead the underground district 13 to rebell against the capitol, and President Snow. Katniss doesn't know if she wants to do this at first, but when she gets her simple list of commands, she decides to take on one of her worst challanges yet. In a life or death situation, how will Katniss act? Will they take over President snow? I would reccomend this book to all youth readers, because it has of action, adventure, and mystery. This book will make you think and image things in your mind. On a scale from 1-10 this is an 8.5 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reviewed by: Kiley D.

Title:The Hunger Games Author:Susanne Collins Genre:Adventure Short Summery:Th book "The Hunger Games" is an outstanding tale of action ,adventure and mystery.It will sherly leave you in qustions. I would also reccamend this to every one who likes books.But over all this book will teach people new words andleave you wanting more but when you want to read more just get the next book in the series witch is called "Catching Fire". <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">﻿ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">﻿Reviewed by:Sierra L.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ Title:Hunger Game Author:Susanne Collins Genre:Adventure Short Summary:The Hunger Games is a action packed book.The story is about this 15 year old girl who lives in district 12.The Hunger Games is a fight to the death.Two competetors are picked from each district,a boy and a girl.When Katnisse's sister is chosen in the reaping, Katniss tackes her place to compete in the Hunger Games.Katniss will have to choose between love and wining. I would recomend this book to people who like action and adventure books. Reviewed By:Evan w

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//** Short Summary: Katniss has survived and endured The Hunger Gamesand the Quarter Quell.Now has been taken to the (what she thought was a destroyed) district thirteen.Is suddenly a " Mocking Jay" for the thirteen "mascot" and will go to war !!!! Will she overcome President Snow forever or make it interesting? Want to learn more read the book ( after hunger games and catching fire ).I would recomend this book to anyone that loves adventure,romance, and action.This book is a page turner so don't stay up to late. **//=====

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Title: What the night knows Author: Dean Koontz Genre: Adventure Short Summary: In the late summer of a long ago year, a killer arrived in a small city. His name was Alton Turner Blackwood, and in the space of a few months he brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy. The boy goes on a adventure to find out who this guy is. At the end of the book this a fourteen-year-old boy find something amazing about this guy. I recomend who like really good adventures and people who really just can't reading. Reviewed by: Nour Awad

Title:The Lake House Author:James Patterson Genre:Adventure Short Summary:This book is manly about the custody of a few of some kids who have wings. They end up flying away from there parents who they had to be with rather then Frannie the lady who originally was who took care of them. Also along the way they being chased by a scientist who wants to kill manly one of the children.Max. Reviewed by:Anisha B.

Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Adventure Short Summary: In the book The Hunger Games, the districts have an annual reaping where the capitol ( the people who control everything) pick one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death in a controlled arena from the age 12 to 18. There are 24 contestants. Katniss is 16 and her little sister is only 12 and her little sister ends up getting picked. Immediately Katniss volunteers for her little sister. She goes into the Arena with another 16 year old boy she barely knew. She thinks she knows who to trust, but it all flips on her. Read The Hunger Games Trilogy to find out everything that happens. Reviewed by: Ray B.

Title: Hunger Games Author: Susanne Collins Genre: Adventure Short Summary: The Hunger Games is an action, romance, and adventure book. The main character is Katniss, a 15 year old girl whose name gets picked from a bowl to go into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a big game where 24 kids from the age of 12 to 18 fight to the death. Katniss faces a lot of problems. I would recommend this book to anyone because I don't like that many books and I loved this one. This is a fiction book. Reviewer (user name only):61kyles

Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Adventure Short Summary: Katniss a 15 year old girl lives with her family in district 12. When her sister's name is chosen for the reaping, Katniss fills in for her sister in the Games. Katniss faces 11 other districts to fight for survival. I would recommend this book, it is full of action and romance! Reviewed by: 61tyahj

Title: Specials Author: Scott Westerfield Genre: Adventure Short Summary:In the book "Specials" a world where you can become pretty when you're 16.A 16 year old girl named Tally had been taken agienst her will, she becomes a high tech "thing" called a "special" mainly made for killing. Her brain has also been programed to think the way people want her to. She has to find her old friend who she thinks is bad and stop him from spreding a sivilization she thinks is eligal. I would reccomed this book to people who like romance, adventure and action. Reviewed by:Dani Norton

Title:The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Adventure Short summary: The Hunger Games is a book about a 15 year old girl that has to go to the Hunger Games. She is great at hunting so she uses that to help her with the competition. It's life or death in the competition and it comes head to head with one other district. Read this book to have a fantastic thrill of excitement. It's very hard to put down. I highly recommend this book for anyone. Reviewed by: Macy Ziegler

Title: Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Adventure Short Summary: Katniss Everdeen is a 15 year old girl keeping her depressed mother and her younger sister alive by her amazing hunting skills. When her gentle sister gets chosen to be in the Hunger Games (a violent competition where you have to survive longer than 23 other competitors) she bravely steps in to take her sister’s place in the games. Katniss “has” to win or else her family will have to survive off of her best friend Gale. I would recommend this book to people who love an action packed book full of adventure. I would give this book an 8 out of 10. Reviewed by: Griffin Van Anne

Title: 39 Clues The Sword Thief Author: Peter Leranges Genre: Adventure Short summary:In the third book in this series Amy and Dan Cahill go to Tokyo to find the next clue.They know the next clue is somehow related to the two swords they found in Italy. They form an alliance with their uncle Allistere and there two cousins Ian and Natalie Kabra. They break there alliance when Ian and Natalie shut them in a cave with Allistere. Luckily they had given Ian and Natalie a false clue right before they where betrayed. Amy and Dan are headed to Egypt to seek there next clue. I would recommend this book to boys and girls around 11 or 12. Reviewed by Arthur Derksen.

Title:Catching Fire Author:Suzanne Collins Genre:Adventure Short Summary:Katniss and Peeta have survived the Hunger Games,yet nothing feels like it should for a victor.Then a surprise visitor comes to her house,her life is turned into a disaster.On the victory tour,the stakes are higher then ever for Katniss.The consequences are harsh.And all Katniss can think about now is surviving.I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action and adventure. Reviewed by Evan White

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Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society Author: Trenton Lee Stewart Genre: Fantasy Short Summary: Reynie Muldoon finds a newpaper ad that is adressed to the children not the parents. It is and ad for a test at the Monk Buliding. There are three stages that he must finish. But he is not alone there is Sticky Washington and Kate Wetherall. Sticky is a kid who is always on the alert. Kate is a kid who is always willing to go on a adventure. Reynie is the on who is always asking questions. The three of them go on a dangerious mission to stop messages from being sent. Mr.Benedict is the one who takes these kids in to safe the world. The danger these three kids are facing is more than you think. It is heart pounding and very interesting. Reviewed by: Eryca Hamblen

Title: Into the land of the Unicorns Author: Bruce Coville Genre: Fantasy Short Summary: The book, "Into the Land of the Unicorns" talks mainly about how a girl, named Girl, jumps off from a church roof to save herself from a mysterious man. When she jumps she is in this new world called Luster. Here she meets many creatures that she has never seen before. Creatures like unicorns and others. Out of the unicorns that she has met a unicorn named Lightfoot is the most magnificent one she had ever seen. She also runs into a money-like creature named Squijum and a hairy creature named Dimblethum. Together all of them set out to find the unicorn queen before the mysterious man following them does and to prevent the destruction of all the unicorns. This is the first book of the Unicorn Chronicles. There is also a second, third, and fourth book of the Unicorn Chronicles. I would recommend this book to girls because the main character in the story is a girl named Cara. But I would also recommend this book to boys because there is hunting in this book. Reviewed by: Kathy Le

Title: Eclipse Author: Stephenie Meyer Genre: Fantasy Short Summary: This is like the tenth time I have read this book. I love it! It’s about a girl named: Bella. She is in love with a vampire. Her best friend is a werewolf, who is mad at her. To Bella this will never end her life. She wants to be with the vampire (Edward) forever. She wants to be a vampire, but that never might never happen if she doesn’t marry Edward. Now how will her life changed??? Reviewed by: Alex Raburn

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Title: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Genre: Science Fiction Short Summary: The book takes place in a post apocalyptic North America. A father and his son are traveling to the coast but they don’t know what they will find there. There biggest struggles are to find food and to be warm. They also have to face hostile bands of cannibals that will do anything to survive. Along the way they pass ruins of cities and vacant homes. This book tells about two people and their will to survive. I rate this book 9 out of 10. I would only recommend this book to anybody who likes sad or depressing books. Reviewed by: Griffin V

Title: Star Wars Rogue Squadron Author: Michael A. Stackpole Genre: science fiction Short Summary: This book is about a squad formed by a man named Wedge. The squad formed after the Battle of Endor and now flies X-wings. The members of the squad are around the age of 18 and 30. The book really doesn’t focus on one character. It focuses on people in the squad itself even a person that is outside of the squad, in fact the he isn’t on the same side. The book is mainly about what the squad does on their missions. I would recommend this book to people that know Star Wars by heart because you if didn’t then you wouldn’t get the whole idea what an X-wing is. Reviewed by: Josh Pesik

<span style="color: #0600ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fiction Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Adventure Short Summary: Harry is going back to Hogwarts but every night when he goes to sleep he has dreams of Voldemort's plans or visions of torturing people that he knows. Meanwhile Hogwarts has a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that's from the ministry and takes over. As the school is in chaos he visions his godfather (his only family) being tortured and he goes to the ministry and has an epic battle with Voldemort and the deatheaters. I would recommend this to anyone who likes adventure or can have the patience to read an 864 page book, and of course has a good imagination! Reviewed by: Brian Street

Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain Author: Garth Stein Genre: Fiction Short Summary: This story takes place in Seattle. Denny, a professional race car driver, has not only his racing career to take care of but also a wife and a daughter to take care of. The book is written from the dog’s perspective… My name is Enzo, I am a dog and Denny is my master. Denny is married to Eve and has a daughter named Zoë. All of a sudden Denny is accused of doing something he didn’t even do and this is all while Eve suddenly gets brain cancer. This is a rating of a 9 to 10 book and a MUST read. Reviewed By: Justin Bleile

Title: The Miraculous Journeys of Edward Tulane Author: Kate Dicamillo Genre: Fiction Short Summary: Edward is just a normal china rabbit who lives with his owner in a small house on Jasmine Street but his owner Abeilin makes a decision that she will regret. Her family goes on a cruise and Edward is thrown over-board by bullies. Now he's life is changed forever when he goes from owner to owner having to deal with heart break every time he gets close to them. He is with a fisherman and his wife, a hobo and his dog and a little boy and his poor sick sister. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a book with twists and turns. Reviewed By: Gianna Stabile

Title: <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">// City of Ember // Author :<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Jeanne DuPrau Genre: Fiction Short Summary: This book is about two kids Lina and Doon. Lina and Doon got older and in school there is a day ware you get jobs Lina gets pipe works and Doon gets messenger. Pipe Works is a very dangerous job and Doon really wanted to save the town so he asked Lina to trade with him she says yes. One day Lina is in a blackout she comes home.... her grandma made a mess What was she looking for? Find out READ this book it is awesome. The second book is __People Of Sparks.__ Reviewed By: Nischal Gautam

Title: Ralph S. Mouse Author: Beverly Cleary Genre:fiction Short Summary: This book is about Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse. He lives under a clock in the Mountain View Inn. Most of his family lives down stairs, and some lives up. After a night of riding his red motorcycle, he decides to go to school with his human friend Ryan. Neither of them know what they have lined up for their future. Reviewed by: Dove A.

<span style="color: #0032ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Title:Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 Rodrick Rules <span style="color: #0032ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Author:Jeff Kinney <span style="color: #0032ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Genre: Fiction <span style="color: #0032ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Short Summary: This book is about Greg's seventh grade school year and how he is trying to recover from his horrible summer.He has to survive another horrible school year along with Rodrick who's being a bigger pane than anyone .I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoys comic novels I've almost finished the series and have loved it. <span style="color: #0032ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reviewed By: Emily Sitter

Title: The Ice Dragon Author:George R.R Martin Genre: fantasy Short Summary: This book is about a girl who is not afraid of a dragon. In fact she was not afraid of any thing. Because she was born in the worst freeze that anyone could remember. I recommend this book to girls because its mane character is a little girl. I would rate it a10 out of 10. I loved this book because it is filled with adventure and some mystery. Also because the dragon and the girl save her farm from utter destitution. Reviewed by: Alle Virgo

<span style="color: #ff0094; font: 13px/19px Arial; margin: 0px;">Title: Once Upon A Curse <span style="color: #ff0094; font: 13px/19px Arial; margin: 0px;">Author: E.D. Baker <span style="color: #ff0094; font: 13px/19px Arial; margin: 0px;">Genre: Fiction <span style="color: #ff0094; font: 13px/19px Arial; margin: 0px;">Short Summary: This book is about a green witch, Emma, who's 16th birthday is in a week and long ago a angry fairy casted a spell on her ancestor. The spell is that after a female turns 16 she my not touch any flower or else all her youth, beauty, and kindness will be erased. She is determined to reverse the spell before her 16th birthday. I would recommend this book to girls. <span style="color: #ff0094; font: 13px/19px Arial; margin: 0px;">Reviewed by: Keegan Shaw

Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules Author: Jeff Kinney Genre: fiction Short Summary: Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about a middle school boy that is having troubles with the typical problems of middle school. Money, siblings, friends… I can relate to the story pretty much exactly: I don’t get much money, my sister is always a problem, and my friends are not always the nicest. Jeff Kinney makes the hero, Greg, go through these problems in a funny and odd way. I would recommend this book to people who like to laugh, middle school students and parents of middle school students. Reviewed by: Max Schesser

Title: Betrayed Author:P.C cast + kristin Cast Genre: fiction Short Summary:Zoey is going to relax and move in to the house of night were she is going to finish school and, got accepetd to be the leader of the dark daughters. Plus she has a boyfriend... or two! But before you know it she has danger stalking her. But when she needs her friends the most the death hits and she is alone to defet it. This is a book that girls would like the most, and in my oppion the best book ever!! Reviewed by: Krystal Reynolds

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid Author: Jeff Kinney Genre: Fiction Short Summery: Greg is a boy who just started middle school. He has two brothers Rodrick and Manny. His best friends name is Rowley. Rowley is still basically a little kid on the first day of middle school he asks Greg if he wants to play witch is a major foul. Greg has major problems with getting friends getting girls and bullies bulling him. I would recommend this book to a kid out there who likes a good laugh and is in to humor. Reviewed by: Elizabeth Sprunt

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: purple; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Title: Lawn Boy <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Author: Gary Paulsen <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Genre: fiction <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Short Summary: The book is about a boy that gets a riding mower and eventually gets $50,000. He has stocks and about 16 employees. He doesn’t tell his mom and dad until later in the book. This is a great, quick book to read. I am going to read the second book in the series. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Reviewed by: Max Schesser

Title: Dear Dumb Diary My Pants are Haunted Author: Jim Benton Genre: Comedic Fiction Short Summary: Jamie writes all of her secrets (and not so secret secrets) in a diary. She is having problems with her haunted, evil pants. Jamie must figure out a way to fix the world, and her haunted pants are ruining all of her chances at becoming more popular. I would reccomend this book for girls who want to laugh, and are okay with an easy, but funny read. Reviewed by: Kiley D.

Title: Tales From Watership Down Author: Richard Adams Genre: realistic fiction Short Summary:This is a book about a group of rabbits ( this book is a sequel to Watership Down) who have moved to a new home and all this book is is stories told by the rabbits. I think this is a great book if you like animals and good stories. The Prequel is definitely more action packed but this book is kind of just telling you how they continued to live as rabbits and what their warren was like. Again, I would strongly recommend this book to people who love action packed stories having mostly do do with animals. Reviewed by: Henry Jenkins

Title: A Dog's Purpose Author: W. Ruth Cameron Genre: Fiction Short Summary: A dog is born in the woods with a mother a brother and two sisters. They abandon him and he becomes a stray dog and has no one to count on. But one day, a family comes along and adopts the stray dog. The form the relationship growing between the family and the dog is unbreakable. They are a very good family together. But after a while, unfortunetly the dog dies of old age. The dog is soon reborn and is adopted by a very welcoming police officer. The dog becomes a police dog. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a stong relationship with their dog. Reviewed by: Keegan Shaw

Title:Sideways stories from wayside school Author:Louis Sachar Genre:Fiction Short Summery: The book is about a school that was built stacked on top of one and another. so the school students and teachers are kind of weird and they do all sorts of things that are really interesting. One teacher turns kids in to apples. Also theirs a teacher that will not care what your doing.I would rate this book a 9 because it is kind of easy to read but I loved it and hop you guys will if you ever read it. Reviewed by:Alle virgo

Author: Jeanne DuPrua Genre: Science Fiction Short Summary:Lina May fleet and Doon Harrow live in the city of Ember, an underground city. people are asigned a jop at the age of 12. Lina draws the dreaded jop of the pipeworks laborer and Doon draws the job of the messanger. doon wants to help the city so he askes Lina if she wanted to trade jobs Lina wanting to be the messanger sais yes. Lina also has these visions of a bright city and she wants to find it and she thinks it is real and tries to find a way out of Ember. As Doon and Lina look everywhere for this exit. Read this book and go with Lina and Doon and try and find a way out of Ember. This is a rated 10 book by me. Reviewed by: Justin Bleile

Title: Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf Author: Jennifer L. Holm Genre: Fiction Short Summary: The book Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf is a story told through a collage of different items such as notes from friends or tickets to a concert. In this book there is a girl named Ginny and she is having the worst year ever. First she got in trouble for throwing a frog across the room, and then she lost the part she wanted in the school play, to her ex-best friend. But as the book continues things start to turn around. She starts accomplishing the things on her New Years Resolutuon list, such as the goal to do something with her hair to make her nose look smaller. She has a lot of funny things happen to her, like breaking her arm while trying to climb up a tree and save her brother who wants to practice his flying. This book is funny, and fun to look at because of all of the collage things like drawings and photographs, and detention slips. Middle School Is Worse Then Meatloaf is a great book and I would definitely recommend it to any one who likes to laugh. On a scale from 0-10, I would rate this book a 7. Reviewed by: Riley Hood

Title: Oran High School Host Club Author: Bisco Hatori Genre: fiction Short Summary: This book is laugh out loud funny! The story line is surprising, too. Most of the characters have quite a bit of a childish attitude- except for the scary side characters that just sit there starring at you. This book I truly recommend! Reviewed by: 61sequoiar

Title:Marked Author:P.C & Kristen cast Genre:fiction Short Summary:Zoey lived with her mom until her grandma told her she was marked a vampire.She had to leave home and go to a place called tyhe house of night and go to a new school with immortals and one day her mom comes to visit her but she didnt want her step father to come because he and her mom cant have a reall relationship because he wont let them.Then one day she was asked to be godiess of the school and was crowned and had a party to celabrate too.I would reccomend this to be a book more for girls than guys. Reviewed by:Krystal Reynolds

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title: The Lost Hero <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Author: Rick Riordan <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Genre: Fiction <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Short Summary: In the book The Lost Hero there are three main characters and in each chapter each of the characters: Jason, Piper, and Leo narrate in their perceptive. In another exciting new book with Camp Demigods three new demigods are now on a special quest to save Hera the queen of the Heaven. Meanwhile Percy is missing! In the beginning Jason has no memory of his past. Apparently he just showed up on the bus full of students heading on a field trip. Their wild adventure together ends up with true friendship and loyalty. Finally Jason remembered something and he finally finds his long lost sister. . . . I will recommend this both boys and girls and to people who like Greek Mythology. On a scale to 1-10 I will give this book a 9. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reviewed by: 61mimik

Title: Pandora Gets Jealous Author: Carolyn Hennesy Genre: Fiction Short Summary: In the book, "Pandora Gets Jealous" it talks about how there's this girl named Pandora and she gets a box, a mysterious box, from her father how got it from the god Zeus. In the box there are seven terrible evils. At school Pandora needs to do a school project about gods and she thinks that the box that she got from her dad is a great school project on the gods. She doesn't want to show her dad's liver in a jar again for her project. Each of the gods had put something in the box that was terrible. Except for one god who put in hope. So she brings the box to school but before she knows it she opened the box. All of the evils went flying out. Now it is up to Pandora to get back all of the evils that were inside the box. This is just the first volume of the series. It's mainly talking about how Pandora is getting the jealous evil back. Each series has a different adventure in them that Pandora has to get the terrible evils. I would reccommend people to read this book because if you like myths, adventure, or fiction then this is the book for you. Reviewed by: Kathy Le

Title:Eclipse Author:Stephine Meyer Gener:Fiction Short summary: In the book "Eclipse" Bella starts a war with new born vampiers and wants to join the fight but is not sure if she should. They make a plan to lead the new borns away from Bella but it doesn't work the out the way they planned. Jacob and Edward are trying to warm Bella up in the mountain when all of a sudden the fight begins. Read the book to find out more. I reccomend this to people who like romance, vampires, and action. This book might be for 5th grade and up. On a scale 1 to 10 I would but it at a 9 because there is some parts I like should be left out. Reviewed by: Cece Chapman

Title:Toad Heaven Author:Morris Gleitzman Genre:Fiction Short Summary:In the book Toad Heaven by Morris Gleitzman a group of cane toads try to find a national park to protect them from humans.Cane toads are an invasive species in Australia so humans swerve to hit them,inflate them with bike pumps and hit them with shovels.One day a car drives off the road and crushes the wise old cane toad leader.An evil cane toad takes control of the clan.Limpy,the hero must find the national park to save them.I would recommend it to anyone. Reviewed by:Michael Kwolkoski

Title:The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Author: Kate Dicamillo Genre:Fiction Short Summary: In the book,Edward Tulane a China Rabbit, gets more than he bargained for when he is thrown overboard by bullies on a cruise with his owner abeilen. He sits at the bottom of the ocean for a long time. He then goes through many owners:A fisherman't wife, a kind homeless man and his dog,a young boy and his ailing sister,and touches the human sense of morality and what is right. He goes through man names,Clyde,Jangles even Suzy and although each name meant something to him he never forgot who he was:Edward Tulane from that big house on Egypt street. I would recommend this to anyone who like adventure and stuffed animals. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this a 26! Reviewed by: Liam Douglas

Title:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author:Jeff Kinney Genre:Fiction Short Summary: In this story Greg is a Middle Schooler who has problems with school such as bullies, making friends, and getting the girls. Greg's best friend or,(ex best friend) rowley got in a fight and are not friends anymore. Greg has trouble making a new friend and he is starting to realize that he is having trouble making a new friend. Greg is wondering how Rowley is getting all these friends and he is not. Greg starts to think that Rowley should be crawling back to him by now but it isn't happening. Greg starts to look though all of his other not so good friends and he realizes that they are not as good as Rowley. Will Greg find a new best friend, or will he have to live without any friends? I recommend this book to other lovers of fiction books and lovers of humor. On a scale from 1-10, this is a 9. Reviewed By: Jaxon Villescas

Title:The Maze of Bones Author:Rick Riordan Genre:Fiction Short Summery:In this story Amy and her younger brother Dan Attend Their Grandma,Grace's Funeral.But she has a deal to make with her realitives take Two million dollers and leave,or take thirty nine clues and journy around the world and solve one of the worlds biggest secrets.Amy and Dan take the thirty nine clues.And as Amy and Dan go around the world a man in black tries to kill them.And in the thrills of this book you will not want to stop reading.And Amy and Dan realize that the thirty nine clues was bigger then they thought as they figure out the world is in there hands. I would recommend this to anyone who likes action or likes a good book! Reviewed by:BrianStreet

Title: The Thief Lord Author: Corlelia Funke Genre: Fiction Short Summary: There are two brothers who ran away from there family because there mom died. Now there are trying to survive little later they meet other orphans they give them a place to stay and they are ruled by Scipio the Thief Lord he is the one who is there ruler and he steels from the people of Venice. Meanwhile there family is trying to look for them they say there in Venice and it gets very exciting i would recommend to people who like excitement. Reviewed by: Nischal Gautam

Title: Touching Spirit Bear Author: Ben Mikaelsen Genre: Fiction Short Summary:There is a boy named Cole Mathews that goes to Minneapolis Central High School. He is a very mean and bitter person. He decides to take all his anger out on other kids, such as Peter Driscal. One day after school he met up with Peter outside and beat him up in till Peter had major brain and body problems. Cole is scared of going to jail because he has already gone to many times. Cole joins a justice circle that helps Cole express his feelings. The justice decides to take him to an island in Alaska for many years. On the Island Cole learns to be invisible and to take his anger out the right way. After 2 years on the Island Cole comes up with an idea to have Peter come to the Island with him so they can be Invisible together. They both learn that there is more to life then anger and they discover a white Spirit Bear that begins to look after both of them. Cole and Peter start to trust each other and there bonds become closer, but will Cole learn his lesson? I absolutely recommend this book to everybody. Reviewed by: Taylor Thorpe

Title: Guardians of Ga’Hoole The Burning Author: Kathryn Lasky Genre: Fiction Short Summary: Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger all are owls who were orphaned at young ages, some even before they were born. These four owls lived long enough to live in a big tree in the middle of an island that other owls live in. Now they must go to a place called the Northern Kingdoms home of some the fiercest warriors. There, they will gather allies and study war. Another place called St. Aggie’s is controlled by a group called the Pure Ones. Soren must lead his friends to battle against the Pure Ones. Soren’s fear is that he might have to kill his brother. This story is recommended to people who likes to read fiction and owls. Reviewed by Josh P.

Title: Alanna, the first adventure Author: Tamora pierce Genre: Fiction Short Summary: In this book, Alanna and her twin brother Thom decide to secretly switch their assigned jobs. Thom will disguise himself as a girl and take Alanna's job to go train to be a sorcerer and Alanna will disguise herself as a boy and go out and train as a knight. But, surrounded by boys, it gets more and more difficult to keep her secret. When a fever called "the sweating sickness" spreads throughout the kingdom and kills one of Alanna's friends and gets another sick, she has no choice but to heal him with her magical gift of healing. The boy she saves starts to get suspicious and hangs around her a little bit more than he used to. Alanna, starting to get nervous won't even bathe without coram, her "bodyguard" standing outside the door. Will she be able to show her abilities without being discovered? I recommend this book to anyone who really likes adventure but, at the same time doesn't mind reading some things that happen to Alanna on her trip to "womanhood." Reviewed by: Rachel Bjornebo

Title: Angus,thongs, and full frontal snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) Author: Louise Rennison Genre: Fiction Short Summary: This is a hysterical book about a teenage girl Named Georgia. Georgia has been having a rather difficult life. One, she has a michevious little sister who tends to leave "wet" spots on her older sisters floor, people laugh at her abnormally large nose, and she's having trouble finding the "love of her life." (boyfriend) Georgia explains all of her complicated feelings in her diary. Follow Georgia on her emotional rollercoaster into teenage world. I would really recommend this book to girls. Guys can read it if they don't mind reading about the "stuff that happen to teenage girls. But I'm steering this book MORE toward girls. Reviewed by: Rachel Bjornebo

Title: Twilight Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Fiction Short Summary: Bella makes a decision to move to Forks from her mom and almost step dad Phil to her father Charlie. The first couple days she is miserable but soons to adjust when she meets Edward Cullen. For all she knows he is a gorgeaus guy. She soon finds out what Edward and his family accually are and that changes everything. One day they go to play a nice family game of baseball up in the woods in the opening. Soon "visitors" find the Cullens and Bella playing baseball and go to check things out. One of the visitors smells Bella and causes a huge hunt. It ends with a horrible head to head facedown. This book litterally makes you jump out of your seat. I would reccomend this book to mainly girls. It involves a little bit of romance and tons of adventure! It's a great book. Reviewed by: Macy Ziegler

Title: Ghost of Sprit Bear Author: Ben Mikaelsen Genre: Fiction Short Summary: Cole Mathews finally gets back from the island and gets to go to school again at Minneapolis Central High School with Peter. Cole and Peter have really gotten to be great friends. Cole stands up for Peter when his getting picked on and gets into trouble for it. Cole tries to teach the school about being invisible and seeing what life is really about. The high schools mascot is a bulldog. Cole and Peter don’t that that is a sign of change to what they want for their school. Eventually Cole and Peter go and talk to the principal about changing the mascot to a sprit bear. They take it to the school board where they give everything they have to make change to this school. The board thinks about the change, but will they do it? Will they change the mascot to a sprit bear and turn everything around? I recommend this book to everybody. Reviewed by: Taylor T.

Title:Midnighters Author:Scott Westerfield Genre:Fiction Short Summary:Midnighters is about a group of teenagers who live in a small town called Bixby, they were all born at midnight and they have secret/special powers. They explore a secret hour at midnight where everything in the world freezes (except them) .Only they get to explore the wonders of midnight, but the only problem is that they’re not the only creatures there. Strange things or creatures (Darklings) hunt there too. Everything is going fine until a new girl arrives (Jessica Day), she is a midnighter too except the darklings are after her. Jessica must find her secret power so that it can help her. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and fiction. Reviwed by:Dani Norton

<span style="color: #eb1481; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Title:Island of the Blue Dolphins <span style="color: #eb1481; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Author:Scott O' Dell <span style="color: #eb1481; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Genre:Nonfiction <span style="color: #eb1481; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Short Summary:In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. There, once , Indians also lived on the island. Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for years.Hers is not only an unusal adventure of survivial, but also a tale of natural beatuy and personal discovery. Even though she survived the tragety of her brother, she made it to history. <span style="color: #e91c7a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reviewed by:Isys Kenshalo

Title:”Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Ugly Truth” Author:Jeff Kinney Genre: Realistic Fiction Short Summary: Greg Hefly, middle school student, struggling through middle school and going through a hard time, his best friend Rowley and him are arguing, he has to go through pueperdy class. I would recommend this book for kids 6th and 7th graders because it has more advanced words in it and it’s more middle school appropriate. Reviewed by:Benny Berlingeri.


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Title: Fallen Angels Author: Walter Dean Myers Genre: Historical Fiction Short Summary: Fallen Angels is an incredible book that is told from the point of view of young Richard Perry who has is experiencing combat in Vietnam firsthand. Perry makes quick friends with a young man nicknamed pewee(Although his real name is Harry). They are often tasked with different tasks such as patrols and raids. They also cycle through leaders some of which are liked other are hated. There is also a wide array of soldiers from a war hero to a man who is merely pretending he is playing a role in a film. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes adventure and has a strong stomach. Reviewed By: Liam Douglas

Title: Chasing Lincoln's Killer Author: James L. Swanson Genre: Historical fiction Short Summary: This book is based on the tragic event of the 25 day chaseing of president Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth. This book reveals that it was harder than it seemed for Booth to assassin the president at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1863 Washington, D.C. After the assassination, Booth must escape from the state on horseback with a broken leg in order to not get captured and killed by the Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton who organized the manhunt for John Wilkes. Booth. I would olny suggest this book to people who like intense and viloent books. Reviewed by: Matt Stanton

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Horror Title: Chibi Vampire Author: Yuna Kagesaki Genre: Comedy/Horror Short Summary: Karin Maaka, the main character of the series, seems to be in a bit of trouble. She has fell head over heals for the new transfer student. There’s just one problem…. She’s a vampire and he’s a human. She’s not even really a real vampire. She makes blood instead of drinking it.I recommend this for people with good seance of humor, and for people that can handle stories about vampires. Reviewed by: Sequoia Ray

<span style="color: #cf00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title: Deep and Dark and Dangerous <span style="color: #cf00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Author: Mary Downing Hahn <span style="color: #cf00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Genre: Horror/Mystery <span style="color: #cf00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Short summary: A girl named Ali whose the main character of this book finds a old picture she can tell that one of the three people is her mom and the other one is her aunt but the other persons face is ripped out. Ali goes to gull cottage with her aunt and little cousin for the summer but aperently thats where the picture was tooken. You get to read and find out what all happend in this book. I would recommend this book for people that are patient because some parts you have read to find out about things. I also want to say this is'nt that scary and it won't freak you out that much.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mystery Title: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Author: Heather Brewer Genre: Mystery Short Summary: Vlad other wise known as Vladimer lives with his aunt Nellie( because his parents died in a fire).One day his teacher is missing so a sub is hirred this sub is named Otis Otis. Mr.Otis has a big big secret but vlad has to find it out quick before it is to late. I would recommend this book to the readers of twilight. Reviewed By: Elizabeth Sprunt

Title: 39 Clues One false Note Auothor: Gordan Korman Genre: Mystery Short Summary: Amy and Dan are deeper into the thirty nine clues race and are compeeting for the lead. there new\est clue was one of mozats most famous peiceis of music. They head of to Austalia where mozart lived and find that they need to go to Italy. In Italy they have a close encounter with some of their family members and end up geting away with three pages of mozarts sisters diary. They hide in a mozart museam and find three ninja swords under one of mozarts instaments. They decide to go to tokeyo where the swords are made. I would recomend this book to boys and girls in 5th or 6th grade. Reviwed By: Arthur Derksen

title: Eighth Grade Bites Author:Heather Brewer genre:Fiction short summary: Vlddimere Tod (Vlad for short) is an eighth grader with a secret, vlad is a halph blood vampire. One day his favorite teacher goes missing and his new teacher (Mr.Otis) really freaks him out with his 100 percent correct knolege of vampires. Is he keeping a big secret? find out in EIGHTH GRADE BITES! I would recomend this book to anyone who is in to mystery or vampires or both because both are tied into this really cool book. Reviewed by Jacob Bjornebo

<span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Title: Fablehaven: Keys to the demon prison <span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Author: Brandon Mull <span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Genre: Fantasy <span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Short Summary: In the last book to this series, the sphinx attains all the artifacts to open the demon prison Zzyzx. Meanwhile, Seth sets out to recover the sword Vasilas, supposedly the strongest sword ever. Kendra sets out with a new ally to protect the etenals, but there are deadly opponents waiting everywhere for them. Will they stop the demon prison from opening, or will the demons roam free to destroy the earth? <span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reviewed by: Abby Hause <span style="color: #00ff72; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and adventure.

Title:Kidnapped Book 1 Author: Gordon Korman Genre: Mystery Short Summary: Two kids walking home from school and BAM! Aiden finds that his sister is missing. Aiden and Meg had a hard time since their parents were arrested for running a terrorist party. After they were proved innocent there were Falconer haters everywhere. Is Meg's kidnapping because of her parents past or because of the money? Her brother Aiden is trying to get to the bottom of it. Pairing up with the FBI who put his parents in jail he must go through all the obstacles to finding his sister. These books are a series that keep you hanging! I would recommend this book to people who loves a good mystery. I would give these series a 10. Reviewed by: 61mimik

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Title: I'm nobody? who are you? Pomes by: Emily Dickinson Author: Emily Dickinson Genre: Nonfiction Short Summary: This book of pomes is not just pomes...They are like really short storyies. One of them is : I'm nobody? Who are you?There's a pair of us don't tell. They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be a somebody! How public, like a frog. To tell you name the livelong day.To admiring a dog. I recomend this book to any one who can read a big word or a 3 grader- to an adult. These pomes or an AMAZING READ!!! Reviewed by: AlexSandra Raburn

Title: Cleo Author: Helen Brown Genre: Nonfiction Short Summary: Helen Brown did not want to get a kitten. But her family couldn't resist. When the kitten is deliverd the family doesn't know if they can keep Cleo. However, when Helen doesn't think she will see her son's smile ever again, the kitten stays. Read how this cat mends a family hit by a disaster in //__Cleo__//. I would recomend this to anyone! Reviewed by: Kelly Smith

Title: Diary Of A Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Genre:Nonfiction Short Summary: Anne Frank is living in the year of 1942. Anne is a Jew, and that means her and her family is forced to go into hiding. As Anne suffers through hunger and boredom, she must take on the chalenges of world war 2, and the worries of her family being discovered. Anne Frank is a truely remarkeable young girl! I would recomend this book to anyone that is willing to read a diary of a brave and amazing girl. Reviewed by: Kelly Smith

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Realistic Fiction** Title: Fake Boyfriend Author: Kate Brian Genre: Realistic Fiction Short Summary: The book Fake Boyfriend is a touching and funny story about how far some friends will go to help others. Izzy has two great friends, Lane and Vivi. Izzy has an almost perfect life... Excpet her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is a trashy, drugy boy who doesnt deserve Izzy. His name is Shawn. Lane and Vivi want Izzy to be done with Shawn. And that happens one night when Izzy sees Shawn cheating on her with another girl just weeks before Senior Prom. Izzy has been planning the perfect Senior Prom since the 9th grade. Vivi and Lane hate to see her friend devastated like she is, so they make up a fake Myspace profile for "Brandon" the perfect guy. The guy behind the screen is really Vivi's younger brother. But when he gets too interested in it, they go hunting for the perfect guy that could take Izzy to prom. They wont give up and they finally find the perfect guy, Jonathan.But when Vivi starts falling head over heals for Jonathan they try to call the whole thing off. I would recommend this book to any girl. Reviewed by: Rhiannah Baca

Title:Diary of a wimpy kid the ugly truth Author:Jeff Kinney Genre: Realistic fiction Short Summary: Greg isin a big fight with his friend Rowly. When Greg is in this fight he is going throught some changes. Greg is geting invited to partys and all that other stuff can he go throught it alone with out his friend Rowly or will he half to face the ugly truth. I recomend this book to people how really like funny cartoon books this is a realy good book. Reviewed by: Nour Awad

Title: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Author: Anne Brashares Genre: Realistic Fiction Short Summary: Four best friends Carmen, Lena, Bridget, and Tibby are always together until summer comes. Everyone is going there seperate ways. Then Carmen finds a "magic" pair of jeans. The girls send them to wherever the others are to stay connected. Reviewed by: Sammy Miller

<span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Title: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Author: John Grisham <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Genre: Realistic Fiction <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Short Summary: Theodore Boone dreams of being a lawyer. He knows just about everything about law. One day, a murder crime shows up in court and Theo's friend happens to tell him the whole truth. The only problem is, the witness was not Theo's friend, it was his friend's cousin, who is an illegal immigrant. Now Theo must struggle to solve his own case. How will he stop the murderer from getting away from a crime without putting his friend's cousin on the line? I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in law. <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reviewed by: Yoshiko L

Title: Sophie's World Genre: Realistic Fiction Short Summary: Sophie LaCroix's imagination gets carried away when they go on a school field trip to Williamsburg. She imagines she's in the eighteenth century, a curious girl named Antoinette. Sophie soon makes a friend, and they spend hours making films on their video camera together. I would recommend this book for girls only. Its more of an easier book, so i wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wants a challenging book. Reviewed by: Tyah Jost

<span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">title:spud the madness continues <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">author:john van de ruit <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">genre: realistic fiction <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">short summary:When spud enters his second year of boarding school he is expected to be a good example for seven firrst years. Things turn out differently when his friend Rambo decides to take things into <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">his own hands. the mischif and trouble continues. I would recomend this book to guys,because it would be more interesting to guys especally because it is mostley about guys. <span style="color: #b412ed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Reviewed by:Jacob Bjornebo

Title: Just Stupid! Author: Andy Griffiths Genre: realistic fiction Short Summary: In the book Just Stupid, Andy's seven supid stories are very VERY funny. Andy likes to pull pranks on people and do dumb stuff. Andy even has his friend Danny push him in a baby carriage wearing a diaper, but when Danny was joking around and let go of the carriage on a steep hill, Andy goes on the most terrifying ride of his life [ in a baby carriage ]. I would recemend this amazing book to anybody who enjoys books that make you laugh out loud! Reviewed by: Matt Stanton

Title:The Secret life of Bees Author:Sue Monk Kidd Genre:Realistic fiction Short Summary:In "The Secret Life Of Bees" Lily runs away from home because her mother died, her father mis-treats her, and she is going to a place that her mother has been. She stays with August and her 2 sisters on a bee keeping farm, and her maid Roseanne goes with her. her father finds her, but she wants to stay so he eventually lets her. The secret life of bees is a touching story that I recommend to any girl. Reviewed by:Alyssa Maier

Title:A Dogs life Author:Daniel Mahon Genre:Realistic Fiction Short Summary:The book a dogs life is about two dogs named Bone and Squirrel. When they are just puppies the get thrown out the car window onto the curb. Two girls come running by and rescue her brother Bone leaving Squirrel on her own to survive in the town. She relies on garbage cans for food and has to wait until it rains or snows for water. She then goes from family to family to family finally ending up in the vet. I would definitely recommend this book to boys and girls but I must warn you it is a sad book. !!READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! Reviewed By:Shae Guzman

Title: Walk Two Moons Author: Sharon Creech Genre: realistic fiction Short Summary: Salamanca Tree Hiddle a thirteen-year-old girl is traveling from Ohio to Idaho. On the way she tells her grandparents the story of Phobe Winterbottom who received unusual messages from a “lunatic”, and her mother disappeared just like Salamanca’s. She has less than a week to get to Idaho in time for her mothers birthday which Salamanca says is the only day that her mother would come back with her.Salamanca's father warns her that she is fishing in the air, but Salamanca believes that this is her only chance she has for reuniting her family. I would recommend this book to any girl that likes a good novel but I warn you it is a little bit sad. Reviewed by: Alyssa Maier

Title: Where the Red Fern Grows Author: Wilson Rawls Genre: Realistic fiction Short Summary: A little boy named Billy craves for two dogs. Not just any two dogs though, two hunting hounds. Not being able to afford the money, Billy works hard to get what he wants. He catches crawfish, traps minnows, gathers berries until his body is aching with sores from the thorns in the patches, and sells his findings. Finally, two years after all of that hard work, Billy gets what he wants. Traveling all the way to town and coming back with two pups on foot, he names his hounds Little Ann and Old Dan. Together as a trio, they work as a team to hunt down coons, make sacrifices for each other, and build love for each other so strong, that nothing else in the hole entire world would be able to break it. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading. Reviewed by: Yoshiko Lynch

Title: Paint the Wind Author: Pam Munoz Ryan Genre: Realistic fiction Short summary: A girl named Maya moved in with her perfect grandma because her parents are dead. She doesn't like to try anything new because she is afraid she will fail at it. One day she goes off to here aunt's camp. Her aunt Violet tries to get her to ride on a horse but she won't because she is afraid to. So her cousin Payton decided to play tricks on her. Maya tyies to rid on a horse and is good at it. The following week she goes on a short ride through the woods. She gets lost and brakes her ancle. The horse helps her through three whole days. Finally she tries to get on and go home. Find out more if you read the book. I would recommend this to people that like happy endings and are not afraid to cry. Reviewed by: Cece Chapman

Title:The World According to Gabe Author:Justin Mattot Genre:Realistic Fiction Short Summary:This book is the sequel to the book __Go Ask Mom__.It is about a kid named Gabe Peters who has to repeat fourth grade.He goes to a catholic school instead of the public school most of his friends go to.He lives in Colorado in a town were all the streets are named after planets.When his second fourth grade year finally ends and his summer starts he makes the most of his summer.He and his friends Andy,Butch and Murph have to make their summer the best.Their older brothers are getting in the way of this.THe little brothers are coming up with the prank of the century and have to pull it of before school starts.This is a book that I would mostly recommend to guys. Reviewed by:Michael Kwolkoski

Title:The Last Olympian Author:Rick Riordan Genre:Fantasy Short Summary:Percy Jackson is a troubled guy and when he is having a wonderful day, hanging out with his girlfriend out on the beach, a Pegasus and one of his friends Butch, land on the hood of his car. Butch says Percy has to leave and then the story begins with cunning fast action and suspense, Percy goes around the world fighting for life and also fighting monsters. This book sounds cheesy to this point I know but, Percy and his friends Annabeth and Grover go around New York City he and his camp, (Camp Half Blood) get in a troubling situation when the end up defending the Empire State Building from monsters all because of this guy named Kronos. Kronos is trying to take over Olympus and all the other gods like Zues, Poseidon, and Hermes. The entrance to Mt. Olympus is at the top of the Empire State Building at a secret floor,( The 300th floor). While Krosos is using all the monsters he has to defeat the world, its all up to Percy, Annabeth, and Grover to defend it. Will they defend the world? Or will Kronos defeat it? All you have to do to find out is read this book! This is a must read book! Reviewed by:Jaxon Villescas

Title:The Chosen One Author:Carol Lynch Williams Genre:Realistic Fiction Short Summary:Kyra is a typical 13 year old that lives in a compund, has three mothers and twenty sibilings.She is happy until one day the prophets said she has to marry her 60 year old uncle because god said so.During the period of time when her and her uncle are engaged,she meets a boy named josh and they have feelings for eachother and one night when they sneak out to see eachother, josh tells kyra that he has chosen her(wants to marry her) and she wants to marry him to so they decide to go talk to the prophets and it doesnt go to well. This book is very intense.I recommend it to girls more.To find out the rest of the story, read this book! Reviewed by: Zakia Ibrahim

Title: Perfect Author: Natasha Friend Genre: Realistic Fiction Short Summary: Isabelle Lee has a father who is dead. A mother who acts like shes hate her. Isabelle gets an eating disorder, her sister April finds her throwing uo in the bathroom. She tells her mom. Who makes Isabelle go to a therapy group. The most popular girl in the school also has an eating disorder. They become best friends. I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5. And I would reccomend it to girls. Reviewed by: Sammy Miller

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Title: The Lighting Thief <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Author: Rick Riordan <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Genre: Fiction <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Short Summary: In this book, The Lightning Thief, a twelve year old boy named Percy Jackson goes on many adventures. On his adventures he discovers he is the son of the great God of the sea, Poseidon. After World War II, the Gods Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus made a pact to not have any more children because the children could become very, very powerful. However, Poseidon and Zeus broke the pact. Since he is the son of Poseidon, who has many enemies, evil Gods try to kill Percy. Percy ends up going to Camp Half-Blood with other "half-bloods" who are there to be protected. Percy goes to the camp with his friend Grover, who he later discovers is a satyr. Also at the camp, he meets a girl, Annabeth, and becomes friends with her. Annabeth is the daughter of the Goddess Athena. Percy, Grover and Annabeth go on a quest to find Zeus’ lightning bolt which has been mysteriously stolen. Along the way, Percy finds out some of his powers, like he cannot be affected by water, he can move water around, and anything he touches in water is dry. I would recommend this book to boys and girls who like fantasy adventures. This book has a lot of moving around and discovering new things. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Reviewed by: 61kyles