Kids Books - Children
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
By Dusti Bowling
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling is a really great book to read if you like mischief, drama, and mystery. It is about a girl named Aven, who was born without arms. Her parents get a job in Arizona running a theme park. Aven has to leave her old life behind and learn how to adjust to her school and people there. But then she meets a classmate named Connor who has a disability too, and together they discover a bigger secret than they can imagine
The Underland Chronicles #3: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
By Suzanne Collins
The series was really cool! Imagine a world where all your everyday creatures are oversized. That is what the UNDERWORLD is like in Gregor's land. He must venture out into the world and save Regalia, which is like Rome but a lot more modern, and dark. Collins wrote a book nothing like the hunger games, and I think all of the Collins fans out there should read it!
The Willoughbys
By Lois Lowry
I really recommend this book. A lighthearted story of orphans and their nanny. Tim, Barnaby A, Barnaby B, and Jane find out what it is like to be orphans. But the only difference is that they are happy that they are orphans. None of them liked their parents. Well, none of them could. Tim, the oldest Willoughby controls all of them. Although the system is absolutely unfair no one can talk back to Tim because he is the boss. No one would ever dare to talk back to Tim. That is, until nanny comes along, then Tim learns his lesson. During which the Willoughby's have a baby abandoned on their front porch, change the sad creator of Lickety Twist,(a popular candy) into a happy, joyful, fun person. Highly Recommended! :)
Best Mates' Guide to Stonking Sleepovers and Other Girly Gatherings
By Gillian Sutherland
This looks like a really good book for girly girls like i am i'm always dying for girly books to read at my free time when i get a chance to read,all i have are the most boring books in the history of the world!i mean can't i get more books different from the ones i have already got like hello im a girl here i want girly books!
P.S. I Like You
By Kasie West
This romance made me feel like I was in the clouds. I actually read this as an e-book, and that says something. If you know me, then you'll know that I prefer a physical book to words on a screen, but this book was so captivating, I couldn't just leave it there on my tablet! Three cheers for Kasie West!
Half Magic: Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition
By Edward Eager
Jane, Mark, Katherine, and Martha are having a boring summer until one day, Jane finds a coin on the sidewalk. When she inadvertently wishes for a fire, she discovers the coin's secret: it grants wishes! But you have to wish two times your wish, otherwise, it will only grant half of it. Soon, they use the magical charm to go on adventures, including meeting Sir Lancelot and going to a desert! What will happen next? How will the coin change their lives? This book was great, and I liked how the author told the story. Also, it was super funny! I recommend this book to people who like hilarious books with a bit of fantasy.
Squirm
By Carl Hiaasen
“This Summer, Billy dickens will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbour’s cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father.” As soon as I saw these words I knew this was the book for me. And I was right! I love Carl Hiaasen’s books, he is such a creative writer and I loved Billy, his sister Belinda, and his mom who was this weird obsession was eagles, and his dad who has this super dangerous catching poachers job and Little Thunder-sky, “Lil” for short, and lastly, my favourite, Summer. She’s Lil’s daughter and also Billy’s father’s daughter. You should definetely read this book!
Fantasy League
By Mike Lupica
Charlie was just your average football fan except for the fact that he studied every single play and was a genius at it. He helps lead his football team the Pop Warner Cardinals and a professional team ( The L.A. Bulldogs ) and how he has his best year of his life turn him from an average kid to a 7th-grade sensation. Read to find out the rest
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
By Maya Van Wagenen
I found this book on a trip to Michigan in a cozy little bookstore, and this ended out to be a hysterically wonderful surprise! I still have my copy, and it's taught me much importance about staying true to myself. Popular isn't a theme, it's a category, but,... not unless you're happy with being an outsider.
Almost Home
By Joan Bauer
Sugar (the main character in this book) has never had an easy life. She was born in the back of a Chevy and had a dad who was never around. He was always telling Sugar's mom Reba that he'd be there for her, but he never was. Sugar knew they had never been rich, but never thought that what was happening right now was possible. She was getting kicked out of her home. Her dad ( Mr. Leeland) had failed to find the money to pay the rent on their house. Sugar was going to have to move from Missouri to Chicago. She had to leave her school and all her friends. She was especially going to miss her English teacher, Mr. B. She was constantly writing poems about her life that Mr. B loved. He was SO encouraging and Sugar promised to keep e-mailing him her poems. Chicago was not working out so great. Reba and Sugar were on the streets until someone found Reba and put her into a hospital for the insane. She was suffering severe depression. Sugar was forced to live with a foster family and she liked it but couldn't stop thinking about Reba. She couldn't help wondering, would they ever get back on their feet without Mr. Leeland?









