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Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
By Katherine Hannigan
4.5223 ratings27 reviews
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I always see inspirational poems and quotes all around my school, which really made me think about this book. Fourth grader Ida B is always living her life the same, by going outside and listening to the trees talk when all of a sudden the punk out of the trees ,Paulie T, warns Ida B about somet...
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Explorer Academy: The Double Helix (Book 3)
By Trudi Trueit
0 ratings0 reviews
The mystery deepens and the action intensifies for 12-year-old Cruz Coronado and friends in the e...
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The Perfect Star (The Perfect Score Series)
By Rob Buyea
0 ratings2 reviews
Logan
This would be epic to read I’m in my first year of middle school so YEET
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Alien Superstar (Book #1)
By Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver
3.52 ratings3 reviews
Unicornlover546
This book is really good.I love it a lot.Its so funnnnyyyyy :D
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Airborn 10th Anniversary Edition
By Kenneth Oppel
42 ratings4 reviews
13iamgroot33 stars
I had to read this book for school, and it started out a little boring, so I thought I wasn't going to like it very much. It still is not one of my favorite books, but the plot is really nice. Matt, the main character, lives on the airship where he works, which is called the Aurora. Matt feels mo...
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Kristy's Great Idea: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1)
By Ann M. Martin
4.7858 ratings72 reviews
13iamgroot33 stars
I recently read this book, and I thought it was pretty good. It is about four 7th grade girls who decide to form a club. It is called the baby-sitters club, because they decided that if people needed a babysitter, they could call four babysitters all at once, and they could decide who was availa...
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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
By Janet Pascal
4.717 ratings11 reviews
Earthen Vessel
I am an adult who wanted an overview of Abraham Lincoln's life before visiting his home in Springfield, Illinois, where he resided when he was elected U.S. President, as well as his tomb and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Museum. Our 9-year-old son read this book and didn't put it down until ...
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The Cay
By Theodore Taylor
4.3152 ratings67 reviews
joshua5432155 stars
I rate this book a 5 star because it is a great book that can make you happy and sad at times. It also is a great historical fiction book if you are writing a report I would recommend this book. I make only 1 connection and that was the start of the book. Phillip ,one of the main characters, he d...
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The Cay
By Theodore Taylor
4.3152 ratings67 reviews
joshua5432155 stars
I rate this book a 5 star because it is a great book that can make you happy and sad at times. It also is a great historical fiction book if you are writing a report I would recommend this book. I make only 1 connection and that was the start of the book. Phillip ,one of the main characters, he d...
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Hatchet
By Gary Paulsen
4.39310 ratings368 reviews
jc2033 stars
The story, The Hatchet, happened in a forest near the border of Canada and USA. The main character, Brian, was going for a trip to Canada and visit his father. But on the way, the pilot got an heart attack and died, so the plane crashed into a pound in the mysterious Forest. Brian has to survive ...
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Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
By Katherine Hannigan
4.5223 ratings27 reviews
savv0100
I always see inspirational poems and quotes all around my school, which really made me think about this book. Fourth grader Ida B is always living her life the same, by going outside and listening to the trees talk when all of a sudden the punk out of the trees ,Paulie T, warns Ida B about somet...
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Explorer Academy: The Double Helix (Book 3)
By Trudi Trueit
0 ratings0 reviews
The mystery deepens and the action intensifies for 12-year-old Cruz Coronado and friends in the e...
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Dragon Overnight (Upside-Down Magic #4)

By Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, Emily Jenkins

4.673 ratings3 reviews

ccswishingstar44 stars
The Upside-down Magic class are going on their first overnight field trip to Dragon Haven! Nory, Andres, and their classmates get to feed the dragons, fly with them, and even swim with them! They even might get to see a newborn dragon hatch at the Hatchery! But, there was also going to be another...

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Yao Ming (Sports Heroes and Legends)

By Matt Doeden

32 ratings2 reviews

jalen3021433 stars
I give this book a three star because there is not a lot of information in the book. It talks about how the Chinese government forced Yao's parents to get together. The Chinese government wanted Chinese basketball to be global. They sent Yao to the Shanghai sharks to eventually be drafted in 2002...

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The Cay

By Theodore Taylor

4.3152 ratings67 reviews

joshua5432155 stars
I rate this book a 5 star because it is a great book that can make you happy and sad at times. It also is a great historical fiction book if you are writing a report I would recommend this book. I make only 1 connection and that was the start of the book. Phillip ,one of the main characters, he d...

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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

By Janet Pascal

4.717 ratings11 reviews

Earthen Vessel
I am an adult who wanted an overview of Abraham Lincoln's life before visiting his home in Springfield, Illinois, where he resided when he was elected U.S. President, as well as his tomb and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Museum. Our 9-year-old son read this book and didn't put it down until ...

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What Was the Titanic?

By Stephanie Sabol, Who HQ

4.52 ratings1 reviews

riley_10844 stars
I gave this book a 4 star rating, because they were missing a few details, and they gave real facts about the Titanic. I would recommend this book my friends ,because it gave a lot of fun facts and real facts of what happened to the Titanic. Over all this book was very good,sad and it they did gr...

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Kristy's Great Idea: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1)

By Ann M. Martin

4.7858 ratings72 reviews

13iamgroot33 stars
I recently read this book, and I thought it was pretty good. It is about four 7th grade girls who decide to form a club. It is called the baby-sitters club, because they decided that if people needed a babysitter, they could call four babysitters all at once, and they could decide who was availa...

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The Whipping Boy

By Sid Fleischman

2.836 ratings8 reviews

fussyparasite0822 stars
My mother asked me to read it. We are reading it together. Nearly finished. My favorite character in the book is Prince Brat. He is my favorite because he's funny, he brought his father's crown during his escape. It was cool that Jemmy felt bad for the Prince towards end because he would...

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Smile

By Raina Telgemeier

4.731484 ratings3307 reviews

awesomeisme55 stars
We have this book in the library, I've read it 5 times and I'm still not bored of it! I'm going to ask for it on my birthday. Here is a review for those who haven't read it: Raina is getting braces and is not looking forward to it. So at girls scout camp she asks her friends that have braces wha...

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Freak the Mighty

By Rodman Philbrick

4.750 ratings55 reviews

jkr55 stars
This book is about a boy named max. His mother is dead and his father is in jail(starting to piece it together?). He is huge and looks a lot like his dad. He is made fun of because he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. One day a boy and his mom moves into the house next to theirs(his...