Kids Books - Family

Gertie has a goal. She is going to be the best 5th grader. Her reason for her goal? So that her distant mother(who is moving away and getting married), will realize that Gertie doesn't need her. But someone else has the same goal. Enter new girl, Mary Sue Spivey, who just moved from California while her dad is filming a movie here. All of a sudden she is the most popular girl in school. She knows the most famous child actresses in the country, she knows all the answers in class, she's the teachers favorite. According to Gertie, she is just plain evil. So now Gertie must come up with a new plan. How can she become the best fifth grader ever? How can she become the smartest, the funniest, the most popular? And how can she do it while keeping her friends? I think this book was an interesting view on not-so-average families. Gertie's mom left them when Gertie was very little, but she lives just across town. Now Gertie's Great-Aunt Rae stays with her and her father and takes care of them. And Gertie's father works on an oil rig, so he is gone for two weeks and then home for two weeks. At the beginning of the book Gertie is very self-involved. However, as the book goes on there is character development, and she is a better person at the end. I recommend this to elementary students who like realistic fiction. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

In this book Chloe Cho is tired of being grouped in with other Asians, people not knowing the difference between Japaneses, Chinese, and Korean. And she is sick of being called another "Abigal Yang", just because she plays the violin well. And she wants to know more about her Korean background. But anytime she asks any questions her parents just change the subject. Only her best friend Shelley wants to help get answers. So Chloe is thrilled when she finds out her new teacher is Korean as well, and she is assigned a project about family history. But what Chloe finds out will change her life forever. Parts of this book were predictable. Other parts were just cheesy. The reason I rated it higher than a 1 star was because it did have good lessons on racism. Overall, I rate this book 2 out of 5 stars.

While this book is below my grade level - way below - I actually found it to be amusing to an extent. This story is told through the perspective of Blizz Richards, a yeti who hangs around other creatures to study them. All of them have one thing in common : they can't be seen by humans. So when Blizz's cousin disappears, ashamed after being captured on camera by one of the world's most motivated cryptids researcher, Blizz makes it his mission to find his cousin during the family reunion. He does, and things only take a more interesting turn from there. Spoiler: the picture does not make it into the hands of the 'researcher' I think that as a book for younger children, Sherry's story is a good one. Definitely something I would give to a younger sibling as a gift. However, through the eyes of a more experienced reader, the plot is a little too simple, or coincidental. In all, I would rate this with 4 stars.

I like this book because it is a first person, and Abby is really funny like a nice clown. She is not ordinary but she is really nice. She flunked english and she is going to summer school. It is really fun. Read it!!

Amy thinks people come in flavors like her mom is mint! One dad Amy came home from school and her mom tells her that dad lost his job . They are very sad about that...now there family has to move to earth 🌎 while they where going to earth any was frozen for 30 years .while amy is on earth she gets sad because jemmah Amy's bff got older ...now they can't be bffs ..any makes a few friends on earth and she finds out she is turning into "normal"..this is a great book I recommend 12+ I rate this book 4/5 stars I can't wait to read the next book! 😃

Like that it is about a person who has to pick to either make himself happy or others

In New York, Sophie is struggling with family and friends. Her best friend, Jessie seems to want nothing to do with her and her parents are on the verge of a divorce! Meanwhile in California, Katie's friend, Jake seems to be distant. Will these pen pals make it through?

i love this book

When Noah's mother is arrested, he has to live with her boyfriend. Who, hes pretty sure hes just waiting to kick him out. His mother was arrested for drunk driving, but she had promised she would never do it again a long time ago, yeah, we see how well that worked out. At school he sees a bear with a bucket over its head, but it runs away when he tries to help it. Soon "Bucket Bear" becomes a huge thing. With everyone trying to help it. The only reason i gave this 4 stars is because i found a bunch of misspellings in it. About 3, but there should only be 1 or 0

The cover looks cool. It is about Paris. it has a good title. Are those macaroons I see Yay !