Kids Books - Family

Jamie lives with his Mom, Dad and cousin Miguel in Guatemala, but that all changes when Miguel get beaten up and dies to a powerful gang named the Alphas. Jamie is forced to leave with his cousin Ángela, or they two may die. They are trying to get to Jamie’s older brother, Thomas. They are forced to be in a dangerous bus/train and go from place to place trying to get to his brother. From bus to bus to car, to truck this amazing story goes on until they finally get to his brother. :P

If you are fine with reading sad books (because I love sad books), then you should DEFINITELY read this. It explains her grief so well. And when it tells you what happened to her at the end, it is almost like a twist and it makes you so sad. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This book was a spectacular one! The story itself was very sad, realistic to say the least, no sugar-coat. It exposes the history beside what happened with the nazis while at the same time making the story very entertaining. I saw the Scholastic videos, and the author took extra measures to feel what Lina was feeling, and that made the story so much better.

Tippi and Grace are twins, but not just any twins: the're conjoined twins. What is it like to be one of those? Imagine sharing a pair of legs with another person. That's how Grace's life is like--everyday. Starting school at 16 is a big challenge, with the mean looks and strange staring. Can Grace get used to the hundreds of eyes staring at her? Answer: Not at all. Soon an operation is scheduled to seperate the twins, and Grace's life is tipped over. At the end Tippi dies and it is very sad. If you're very sensitive don't read this, it will make you cry. A lot. Good book but too sad.

I am a student in middle school that is an avid reader, I have wrote reviews before and am very qualified to write this review. With every turn of the page of A Monster Calls by, Patrick Ness, you dive deeper and deeper into a suspenseful plot, you will not be able to set down this book. Patrick Ness went to the University of Southern California, some of his other books, include A Knife Of Never Letting Go, as well as More Than This. My opinion of A Monster Calls is that it is one of the best fantasy books I have read, the only complaint about this book I would have, is that in some parts of the book, it was lacking some action. Overall I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. A Monster Calls is about a boy named Conor whose mom is dying of cancer, and Conor keeps having a reoccurring nightmare. When he has the dream, he wakes up every time at 12:07 A.M. When he wakes up one night there is a monster in his backyard that is made out of a yew tree. The monster during the day is just a plain old yew tree in the cemetery behind Conor's house. The monster tells Conor three stories which lead up to an ending that finally tells you what you have been waiting for the entire book. An example in this book, that lead me to say that it was slow in some parts, was that in between stories, there were a lot of parts that I felt were unnecessary. Also, leading up to the first story I felt there was some nonsense. If I had to compare this to a book I have read, I couldn't, because it is completely off in its own awesome category. The type of person that would enjoy this book, would be someone that has a love for fantasy books, or someone that likes a sort of spooky story.

Hey, Hey, make way! For Cassie Cyan Knight, that's who! When Case he's dad Paul gets a new job, the family moves to blah-blah Maine (No offense to those who live there, DUH!). Cassie has to leave her friends, Texas and the warm air!! But when Cassie makes a friend of Etoile, which means star, things look up! But with Mean Mary Ellen McGinty trying to ruin Cassie, can their fashion show charity event be a success, or will it be a flop?

This book is so good! It's 1969, and Mamie and her classmates are all given assignments to write letters to astronauts. Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will never walk on the moon, because he must stay with the ship, and after this trip NASA will never use him again, because there are so many other astronauts who want to go to space. She tells him about her family--her mom, her dad, her older sister Eleanor, her other sister Bess, her best friend Buster, and her cat. One night, her mom and dad have a fight, and her mom leaves, and soon after her dad tries to go after her. Eleanor, who moved out some years ago, doesn't stay long, and Bess leaves to stay with her boyfriend, and even Campbell the cat runs away. She had tried to throw a "Moonwalk Party", something her mom had wanted to do but her dad had objected, and then Mom left. But with no one there except Buster, is her party a lost cause? Will her parents get a divorce? And will the astronauts get to and from the moon safely?

This is a wordless picture book. It's about when a big storm comes and makes a flood and destroyed some of the house. They rode to a hotel, and in the morning they rode back they were sad because their house was destroyed. Then they fixed it. I like how the author makes the pictures. I liked learning about what to do when there's a storm.

I loved this book it had me on my toes at all times it was sad and I have read it 6 times and I have cried every single time

Fern's family annoying. She has a three-year-old brother that always takes everyone's attention, her father has forever ruined her reputation from embarrassing attempts to spread their business name, and her older sister is sassy and doesn't understand anything. She only loves her brother Holden. Charlie (the younger brother) is the star of a badly-written commercial. Everyone loves him. One day, while Fern is doing her homework (but she is supposed to be watching Charlie), Charlie wants to play! When she refuses and tells him to leave her alone, he calls her the Big Bad Wolf and runs across the street, laughing. (This happens pretty early in the book but it's important so if you don't want ANY spoilers, stop reading) He almost gets hit by a car, but the car stops just in time! He only falls lightly to the ground. Everyone swarms around Charlie and glares at Fern. The next day, Fern gets ready for school. When her mom goes to wake Charlie, Fern hears wailing. Fern's mom found Charlie dead in his bed. He died from a brain clot, from the fall, in his sleep. The is a heartbreaking tale about a girl who has to learn how much she loved someone-after the person has died. I cried when she went to the lake and she started screaming "Why? Why did you take him away? He was just a little boy!" The next day I went upstairs and told my five year old brother that I loved him lots and lots and lots. This book changed me for the better by reading the worst. --BKS reviews