Kids Books - Family

Julia Alvarez, the author of Before we were Free takes readers back in time to the 60s in Dominican Republic. The setting is in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Some of the main characters are Anita, Carla, Mami, Papi and Tio Toni. Some of the plot is the SIM invades Anita’s house. Julia’s writing style is in first person. I don’t like it because it was hard to follow who was who. She makes it confusing on whether Chucha is a human or a pet. It also does not feel like you are in Dominican Republic in the 1960’s. Julia’s writing style is in first person. I don’t like it because it was hard to follow who was who. She makes it confusing on whether Chucha is a human or a pet. It also does not feel like you are in Dominican Republic in the 1960’s. ¨It turns out that the SIM discovered the plot and most of our uncle´s friends were arrested¨ Before we were Free was a boring book. I was long and had to many spanish words. If you like action adventure or fantasy than this book is not for you. If you like books about social issues than this book is for you. Before we were free was given the Pura Belpre Award. Julia grew up in the Dominican Republic.

This book is quite funny. You should read it. The boy in the book loves wafers and knows how to do wafer balancing. My favorite part is when Delia's hair looks terrible because I find it funny. I think kids of the age 6 - 12 must read this book.

This book was very sweet. I really like the spider sisters. They are so kind to one another. I really liked that the words rhymed.

Jake is a really funny character. He is also the main character of the book. At my school we have a thing like the popularity ratings that Jake and his school does. Jake and his kid cards are so hilarious and his drawings are really good. I haven´t finished the whole book yet but i´m curious to see how Jake will get back on top at his new Maryland school and how many friends will he make. No more spoilers.

It’s really really really good! I love how Sarah Weeks’s writing style, and how the main character in the first book, So. B It is now grown up and is having a baby. It also answers many of my questions when I finished So. B it, like does she really have luck? And how did her mom die? To sum it all up, Soof is a brilliant book and totally deserves to be on your top 5 favourite books.

Willa dislikes to be the cause of mess when she rains. The more Willa's magic rains, her feelings feel worse, and the more she feels worse, the more she rains. Meanwhile, Nory is excited to celebrate her first Bing Day, the town of Dunwiddle's magical holiday celebrating Zeponiah Bing. But, she is stuck doing Bing Day project with rainy Willa. All the storminess is making friendships drift away. Will they be able to make amends?

This book was very funny and cute. You will fall in love with the peculiar pig! It made me laugh a lot. It had a good ending.

I really loved this book. It's about a kid named Ted who lives in a really tiny town. Lots of people are moving out and this means that the school now has only one room and only 9 students. Some people want to shut down the school but they can't do it until next year, which scares Ted and his teacher, Mrs. Mitchell. But one day, he discovers a family of 3 living in an abandoned house, and they are scared that the police will capture them and take them away, so they are hiding. Ted decides to keep it a secret and help them, and changes his city forever. It was a really good book and I really enjoyed reading it. It was really interesting and I thought the characters were really interesting, especially Ted.

Get ready to laugh.. And cry reading this book! Lise is just a normal twelve-year-old girl with an amazing mom she looks up to and a cute smart little brother, Free, who doesn't speak (there is nothing wrong with him though) One day Lise's world comes crashing down hard and her mother is in a horrible car accident as her mom begins to recover she decides to go on a family vacation where she grew up in Maine on the beach. Lise hates it there but slowly comes around with the help of her mom and brother, her mom's friend Michael (a doctor and someone that the mom grew up with) and Ben in old man who lives near there "cottage". I have fallen in love with this book and I hope you will to Recommended for 12+ Thanks for reading -Ajg16's reviews

This book is absolutely... BEAUTIFUL. Daniel, a Korean-American high school senior, meets Natasha, a Jamaican-American of the same age, and immediately falls in love with her, believing they were brought together by fate. At the same time, though, Natasha does not believe in love and fate or destiny, and only believes in science and facts. Also, she is an undocumented immigrant who must be deported that night along with her family. So, will Daniel be able to charm her with his out-going personality, and can Natasha manage to stay in America somehow? Or, will the opposite happen? Read the book to find out!!