Kids Books - Family

Nightbird by Alice Hoffman is about a girl named Twig Fowler who's family is cursed. Along time ago, a witch cast a spell, saying that all the men and boys in the Fowler family would have wings. And so, for years, the family has been living away from the public eye, afraid of what might happen if someone knew their secret. When Twig meets a girl named Julia, who's great ancestor was the witch that cursed the Fowler family, the girls become strong friends. Then, Julia accidentally learns Twig's secret and the two girls start working together to reverse the curse that has haunted the Fowler family for generations...! This is a great book full of adventure, friendship and magic!

This is one of my favorite books ever. It is a wonderful story about sisterly love, facing your fears, and never giving up. Addie was always the shy one. Scared of spiders and strangers, griffins and ghosts. But it turns out that she is braver then she thinks. Meryl however, is daring and bold, funny and outgoing. She wants to go out into the world on adventures. But when Meryl becomes deathly ill with the 'grey death', Addie will do anything to save her. Gail Carson Levine's outstanding tale will captivate readers young and old.

This book was totally awesome. It was exciting. Ever since Stanley was squashed by a bulletin board, he became flat and had many adventures. Stanley's family is off on a trip to Mount Rushmore and are excited. Arthur tries to stand near the edge but Mount Rushmore started cracking. Stanley saved his brother by being a bridge. Stanley and Arthur than meet a cowgirl named Calamity Jasper. Their vacation turns into a cowboy experience. When they go to the gold mines they get trapped in real tight spots. This was a fun book to read and I got astonished how Stanley and Arthur worked together well.

This is a very classical novel, it contains many short adventures about Sherlock Holmes. All of them are full of mystery and very interesting. The plots are compact that let people cannot realise what happened yet, then the criminals are arrested. I love the way which Conan Doyle used to describe characters. Although there are many characters in this novel. but I can clearly remember each of them. Because the author used many adjective to describe each of them. "The Final Problem" is my favourite stories of this book. Although Sherlock died in this story, the plots are still very interesting. Sherlock and professor Moriarty are both died. The process of the conflict between them is very thrilling.

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 lesson to be learned is to except an offer that helps you and to offer help to someone who needs it. For example, in the book Flush the dad wouldn't except the help given from his son. By doing this the dad is still in prison. Someone can relate to this and not except food,water, and clothing when they need it. So except help when you need it and don't be selfish and refuse the offer if you're not okay where you are or how you feel. Additionally, if someone needs help from someone, help them and don't ignore it. For instance, if an old granny is slowly strolling across a street and a car was getting closer, and closer and someone doesn't help this old this can cause an urgent disaster. Finally, a lesson that should be learned is to offer help and except it or, disasters can struck someone's life. I'd rate this book an "8 out of 10". I would recommend this book because not many things happen at the beginning of the story . Then so many miraculous things happen. For example, the characters dad went to jail. Then he comes back a month later when he was supposed to be in jail for a couple of years. The family is now back together as a normal family. On the other hand so many things go wrong. Flush is full of excitement and sorrow. By the way and unanswered question I would ask the author is, "Did Dusty Muleman ever go to jail for dumping in the lake?"

One day in Unhei got out of a plane with her mom,dad,and her grandma it was her first day in America and everything was different she wouldn't be going to her old school anymore she would have to go to a new school , she wouldn't be with her old friends anymore she would have to make new friends and that was not going to be easy, and she would have to get used to a new life in America but that was going to be hard for her to because she was uses to the life she had in Korea so before she left her grandmother stopped her and said Unhei I am going to give you a stamp and a inkpad the stamp has your name carved into it so you can remember me because her grandmother was not staying in America with them she was getting back on a plane and going back to Korea but when her grandmother left her mom dad and her went to their new house when they got there they settled into the house and ate dinner. The next day it was Unhei's first day at her new school when she got on the bus kids started asking her was she new and she said yes so then they asked her what her name was then she said Unhei and they all tried as hard as they could to say it but the couldn't but finally they were at the school she got off the bus some of they other kids were yelling "bye Unhei" but they still said it wrong and she didn't like how people pronounced her named because they could not do it right. when she got in the school she found her teacher standing outside the door to her classroom so when the teacher spotted her he said come on in this is your lucky day so she went in and saw many kids she did not now all staring at her so the teacher welcomed her into the classroom and asked her what her name was and to tell the rest of the class but when he said tell the class your name she remembered what happened on the bus and she said I don't have a name and they asked why she said because she hadn't chose one yet so one little girl said "I have an idea we can help her find a new name I can bring a jar and we can fill it with names we cam think of." So the next day the little girl that had the idea of finding a new name for Unhei brought a jar with names already for Unhei to pick a name she went through a few name but she did not like any of the name so she pushed the jar aside.so se could work for a while. The next day when she got back to school the name jar was not on her desk so the class helped her search for it but they could not find it. So when she got home she asked her mom if she could have a new name like Jessica because all the other kids in her class didn't know how to pronounce her name but her mom said " you have a beautiful name and I think you should keep it" But Unhei didn't want her name she didn't like her name.

I really want to read this book and I loved the first one.

This is an awesome book once you start reading it your mind will be blown! :0 This book is about a girl named Katy and she falls out of a tree and has to go in a wheel chair and she gets reminded it is not to bad being in wheel chair I recommend this book for 8yrs old and up Trust me this is the best book ever : )

Imagine moving to a new state in a new town with new people that you never met before. Then all of a sudden you start getting creepy letters from someone who calls themselves the Sentry. In Creep by Eireann Corrigan, the protagonist Olivia Danvers becomes friends with Jaine Donahue who just moved into Sixteen Olcott Place with her mom, dad and siblings. Most of the book takes place at Sixteen Olcott Place. The Donahues just moved into the neighborhood and started to get these creepy letters sent to their house from someone who called themselves the Sentry of Glennon Heights. Olivia becomes Jaine Donahue's best friend and tries to help the Donahues figure out who the Sentry of Glennon Heights is. A big aha moment is when Olivia and Janie go to Miss Abbot’s house. Miss Abbot invites them in and Janie ends up asking Miss Abbot if she has seen anyone taking an unusual interest in her home. Miss Abbot asks if she's talking about the Sentry. Olivia and Janie realize that Miss Abbot knows a lot more than they thought she did. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes trying to solve mysteries.