Kids Books - Family
Boys Are Dogs (Annabelle Unleashed)
By Leslie Margolis
I loved this book!! So Annabelle, the main character has just moved schools and moved in with her mom's boyfriend. When her mom and her mom's boyfriend "Dweeble" surprise her with a puppy and a puppy training manual she get's started training her dog right away. But when she attends her new school the boys there are rude and mean, and she realizes there has to be a way to have them be nice to her. So one day when she's training her puppy she realizes training a dog is as easy as training a boy.
Judy Moody and the Bucket List
By Megan McDonald
I challenged myself to read books from the Judy Moody series this month. So I started with this one because it is about a bucket list, a list of things to do before a certain time. For Judy, her list was before she began 4th grade. It is a fun book and easy read, especially for younger girls. I read this one in 2 days. What would be on your summer bucket list? My favorite part would be when Stink, Judy's younger, 2nd grade brother, help Judy understand contractions.
Good Enough: A Novel
By Jen Petro-Roy
Riley wishes she could go back in time. Back to when she didn't have this eating disorder, back when she would hang out with her friends, back to when she was on the track team and being "Running Riley". Unfortunately, Riley's in the present now and can't go back. Riley is now keeping all of her thoughts about a new and mysterious hospital for people like her with eating disorders in a journal. Riley wants to stay how she is though. She doesn't want to eat and she certainly doesn't want people telling her what to do. But after a while Riley realises that this place isn't too bad. Maybe they can help her recover again. Or maybe she'll just relapse when she gets released. Bit by bit, Riley starts recovering and learns the true meaning of "Pretty" no matter what she looks like. This book was strong, powerful, and important to read. The author explains what it is like to have an eating disorder and recovery in a strong and powerfully written way. This book is real, this book is important, and this book is a necessary read for anyone. Happy reading!
Trillium Sisters 3: Fashionable Disaster
By Brown, Laura, Kramer, Elly
this is a really great book.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hole in the Middle (1) (Donut Dreams)
By Coco Simon
This book is awesome. I absolutely loved it. It talks about friends and family and that is one of the things that I admire about it.
Abby Takes a Stand: Scraps of Time #1
By Patricia McKissack
Will Abby ever get to eat at the monkey grill, will she win the protest, will segregation end , and will people any race or color be able to eat anywhere and make their choices. Is trey brave to fight back to be free and be equal. find out by reading scraps of time.
Sunday Sundaes (Sprinkle Sundays)
By Coco Simon
This is the first book in the Sprinkle Sundaes series. In this book, Allie isn't thrilled when she finds out her parents are getting divorced and she is moving to the next town over. But there is a bright spot... her mom is opening an ice cream parlor to sell hr famous homemade ice cream, and Allie and her besties can work there on the weekends! Read the book to find out more! Happy Reading!
If This Were a Story
By Beth Turley
This book really makes you think about what goes on in people's heads, the book was given to me by a teacher and i am dying to read it again! Oh I wont spoil but, THERE IS A MASSIVE PLOT TWIST! 10/10 great book.
One for the Murphys
By Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Could you imagine if you were just thrown into foster care, then thrown into a random person's home? That's what happened to Carly. This book is called One for The Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This story takes place in the Murphy's house. Carly is the protagonist in this book, her mom's boyfriend Dennis beat Carly right before she was put into foster care. Carly's mom went to a mental hospital and Dennis was put into jail. Carly was put into the Murphy's house and had to start fresh. She made this friend at her new school and her name is Tony, she didn’t tell Tony that she was in a foster home and they got into a big fight when tony found out. Carly doesn’t like her foster brother, but she does like the other two. I liked this book because it has a lot of ups and downs. I liked how Carly started liking the Murphys but when she first moved in with them she didn’t like them at all. I recommend this book to someone who is into kind of sad books but turns into happy books! There are some parts in this book that younger kids probably should not be reading.
A Year Down Yonder
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Mary Alice, age 15, feels very sorry for herself when she is put on a train by her parents (because they need to get a smaller house where there is no room for her) during the economic slump after "The Great War" (WW1), to live with her grandma (a woman known for being very active and having a gun) in a small town where everyone knows everything. I would recommend this book to age ten and up because it has some parts that are better for older kids (A painter tries to paint the post lady while she has not clothes on, and then a snake falls on her because the painter's studio is in the attic, and the post lady runs back to the post office screaming without her clothes on, and there is also a tiny bit of romance).








