Kids Books - Family

This amazing, coming-of-age story takes you through the remarkable life of Y'Tin--a young boy from Vietnam who has a passion for training elephants! Life is looking hopeful for Y'Tin and it appears like his dream of being the youngest trainer is going to come to pass; that is, until the "war" enters his village. Before you know it, Y'Tin's life is thrown into a whirlwind of survival. Can his dream stay alive? Will he survive? Why...

I had read this book a while back and was quite impressed! Ann is a great writer, so I had pretty high standards for this book. I love the idea of having the younger sisters side of the story instead of the moody teen (Like me!) complaining about her bratty younger sister. (Like mine!) Speaking of, my sister is in 5th grade but thinks she's 30! Just like Pearl. She read it and loved it too! "I liked that she thought like me and liked the same things I did! I also liked the part where the cat was eating the Lexie's underwear!" If my little sister likes it, it cant be half bad...right?

The Truth About Forever is a very touching story, like many of Sarah Dessen’s other book. The main character Macy Queen had lost her father, and she still can’t get over her grief. The story really touched my heart. The story was very beautiful and I felt the urge to cry at many points of the story, the strong emotions in the story had really touched my heart. I like how the different characters in the story had handle their loss of other people differently. Everyone had a different story. The book was just really heart-touching and made me understand that you can’t grief about something or someone forever, you have to learn to walk out of the grief and have a new beginning but still have a place for that person or thing in your heart.

It's really amazing! I've been wanting this book since last year! When I heard about it from my friends, I fell INLOVE with it! Even when I didn't read a SINGLE page of it! It's the best! I really love this! This book can relate to alot of other kids or teens. Acne takes time, not medication! It's just part of life so don't try anything. Acne is like a person living on you, it's life is really easily to harm and get off, but sometimes, acne can be a very dangerous problem. So I recommend to read this from ages 11 and up. May be a little inappropriate! Other wise, I LOVE IT!

I saw the disney Lemonade Mouth movie. Is it based on the story? Anyways, back to the book, i really like it, the movie and book are just as good!

Tucker MacBean and his family barely spend any time together. In a comic book he finds a competition where you enter and make a superhero sidekick that has a true heroic heart. The answer was just a handful of beans. Will he be able to save his own Family?

this book is a must read! Something is going on atop black dog hill- something bad. When posh and perfect finn falls out of the big tree, naomi and her friend hop into action! when he awakes, he seems like this snotty bullie but he seems to start changing. Im only this far but check back later to find out more!

This is a special book. I think it’s not that attractive at the beginning, but the story turns out to be more and more interesting. This is a story about a boy named Leo and his interactive with his family. Everyone thinks Leo is annoying, but things changed when his brother and sister got hurt. They think he is a very nice because he cares about them. From this, we can know that only when something unusual happens, will people cherish the people that are close to them. One day, Leo found a book that his father wrote when he was young. His father seems to be very happy in the book, but he isn’t now. Things had changed that cause him to be different. I learned that there is always a reason that causes people to change. I think the title is meaningful. It seems to be the name of a play of the whole world, but I think the story is named this way because when something not so good happened, Leo will replay that part again in his brain and change it into what he wish would happen. After finishing this book, I realize that sometimes the book may seem boring, but when we read it we will find something that is interesting.

I recommend this book because it is a very kid friendly book and talks about a kid loosing her mother and she does not know that so the women taking care of her ends up being her aunt. I just love this book and want everyone else to enjoy it too.

The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas is an interesting story about a young orphan, Stan Potts. When Stan's parents died he went to live with his Uncle Ernie and Aunt Annie. But then Ernie lost his job, and became an entrepreneur, starting his own business in his home-canning fish. He cans fish and Stan is trapped inside the house-turned-factory. Ernie is out of control. One day Ernie does something cruel and so Stan runs away, to a carnival. He finds a new family, and is being taught new things. Then he gets the ultimate offer. Will he swim with piranhas? Will he go home? What will happen to young Stan Potts? This is one of those stories where you can't tell what genre it is. The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas is a mix of fantasy and realistic fiction. This is a book clearly meant for younger kids, although there are questionable parts where parents may not want their kids to read about. This is a book about family struggles, destiny, and finding yourself.