Have you ever felt different or worried about the way you look? If so you would understand what Robert Hoge the main character in the book Ugly a story by Robert Hoge feels like and goes through everyday. The book Ugly takes place in Australia in the year 1986. Robert Hoge was born with a squashed nose, his eyes were on the side of his head, and his legs were different sizes. The first conflict is that because of Roberts disability he can’t play the sports that he wants to. The second conflict is that because of how Robert looks the other kids at his school make fun of him and call him really mean nicknames that hurt his feelings. The protagonist is Robert because he overcoming his disability and trying to be like the other kids at his school. The antagonist is Roberts disability because his disability stops him from playing sports and riding a bike that he really wants to do. The turning point is at the end when Robert finally finds a sport that makes Robert feel like he is finally a part of a team which was his lifelong dream. I recommend this book for fifth graders and up. What would you do if you felt different or worried about the way you looked?

Have you ever had to choose between two different boys? Well in the book The Selection by Kiera Cass this is exactly what 16 year old America Singer (protagonist) has to do. When America is chosen to compete with other girls in the Selection for the hand of the Prince, she has to decide whether or not to stay with her boyfriend or go to the palace. When she gets there she meets a girl named Celeste (antagonist) who will do anything to win even sabotage other people (first conflict). When girls are starting to go home, her ex boyfriend gets a new job which makes her feelings for the Prince and her ex boyfriend go wild (second conflict). But when the Prince asks her on a real date she has to decide who she chooses. Who will America choose, read the book to find out. This book takes place in the kingdom of Illea. I would recommend this book to girls 7th grade through high school. Warning- this book has mature content and may be unsuitable for children under seventh grade.

Do you know how elephants are really treated in the circus? In this book "Chained" by Lynne Kelly that is exactly what it is talking about. The book is set in India in recent times. The book is about a Hastin’s sister Chanda being sick and his mother has no money to take her to the hospital. They live in a hut in India with barely enough money to have food. Hastin’s and Chanda’s mother took Chanda to the hospital because Chanda was so sick. One conflict is their mother has no money to pay the doctors so she decides to work as a servant for a rich family to pay for the money for the hospital. Hastin wants to help get money so he gets a job too. Timir the person he works for is having Hastin be the elephant keeper at the circus. Hastin has to stay at the circus for one year to pay for the hospital. His first job is to catch an elephant. The second conflict is that days have past in the book and still their is no elephant. One night he heard an elephant fall into the trap that they set up. Hastin doesn't want to tell Timir because he is afraid he will hurt the elephant. Hastin named the baby elephant that he caught Nandita. Soon enough Timir finds out and gets the elephant out of the trap by using the bullhook that hurts the Nandita. I think the protagonist is Hastin because he likes the elephant and wants to save her. The antagonist is Timir because he doesn’t care about the elephant’s life. Timir hires a trainer and trains the elephant to do tricks. The trainer's name is Sharad. One day Nandita and Hastin wanted to go home so bad that they tried to escape. Sharad catches them and tries to stop them. The conflict where they try to solve the problem, is when Nandita almost escapes Sharad held up the bullhook and Nandita hit him before he hurt her. I recommend this book to anyone who like animals and to readers fifth grade and older.

Sammy's thinks she has everything covered. she snuck out to a concert, her crush Jamie moss and her best friend’s by her side she thinks she can accomplish everything. Until the bank her dad works for is attacked by a big group of hackers who end up getting access everything in the Wallach family's private cloud. Even Sammy's digital life. the whole world has access to her emails, texts, photos.By far the worst her online journal. Sammy always thought she was safe having it on her digital diary so her parents or family/friends wouldn’t read it. Well, she was wrong Sammy’s friend’s are not too happy about the things she wrote AT ALL. It’s like they all ditched her. Her high school year crush: Jamie, thinks she's desperate, and she can barely show her face at school. Even worse her parents know all the rules she broke. Sammy thought she was the only one with secret’s. Until she learns she’s not the only one, with some lies behind a lock screen. Read the book “In case you missed it” by Sarah Darer Littman to find out more.