Kids Books - Fiction
The Silmarillion
By Christopher Tolkien J. R. R.;Tolkien
An incredible book which gives insight into the events of the Lord of the Rings. Very dense, but you won't regret reading it. I recommend reading it twice to get a better grasp of things.
The Healers Apprentice
By Melanie Dickerson
i borrowed it from my friend and it was really good. romantic fluff sorta thing/
Swindle
By Gordon Korman
This book is a wonderful story. When Griffin finds a baseball card in an old house that is about to be destroyed, he trades it to a person named S. Windle a.k.a Swindle. When Griffin realizes it is a scam, he makes a team. He gathers friends and enemies and concocts a plan. Join Griffin and his team on their mission to get that baseball card.
I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphic Novel)
By Lauren Tarshis
George and Phoebe Calder along with their aunt, Daisy Key during 1912 on legendary Titanic. George's mother, before her death several years before his story started here said that George had a map behind his eyes, because he can find his way back to his comfortable room with his younger sister and his aunt. He also met Marco and Enzo, a father and son who will move to America from Italy for the fresh start, became friends. George also met 2 famous men, Mr. Thomas Andrews Jr., a builder of the Titanic, and Mr. William T. Stead, a famous English writer. But the famous disaster had struck against the iceberg and the Titanic started to sink. Many people got really freaked out, tried to save themselves but over hundreds of them didn't make out alive. Only few remaining hundreds survived the tragic sinking of Titanic. The characters; George and Phoebe Calder (siblings), Daisy Key, Marco and Enzo were all fictional characters but Mr. Andrews and Mr. Stead along with the Titanic and its victims and survivors are based on true story. - Happy Reading!
CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR (THE BEST OF ROALD DAHL)
By ROALD DAHL
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl Reviewed by Tomas Z (age 10) This story is about a little boy called Charlie Bucket that lived in a little house, but fortunately he had WON Willy Wonka's chocolate factory! In the great glass elevator Charlie together with his family and with Willy Wonka, have daring adventures in orbit around the Earth surviving from the knibs. What is a knib? If you want to discover it, read this book and you will find out. I really enjoyed this awesome book because it´s a very adventurous book. It´s very fun the way that Roald Dahl invents words.He describes the characters a lot and I think that all of you should read this wonderful book. I recommend this awesome book to everyone that likes great glass elevators, knids, adventure and fantasy. Once you'll start reading, you will not stop till you finish!
Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide
By Julia Donaldson
Great book! We love to read this around Halloween! Students love the rhymes and it is also a great book to target specific phonics skills for small group.
The Gift of the Magi
By Henry O, Henry O.
The heartwarming Christmas short story of "The Gift of Magi" by O. Henry. The young couple with big dreams but also poor but this doesn't stop James "Jim" and Della Dillingham. They couldn't afford the expensive gifts but Della, she first had an idea so she went to the hair store and sold her hair and brought a new watch for her husband, and Jim, too also sold his watch to get his wife a hair comb. But in the story, money doesn't matter, only love matters. Those gifts just shows of how much love they share with each other. This is classic Christmas story that I would recommend for everyone during the holiday! - Happy Reading!
The Elite (The Selection)
By Kiera Cass
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS!!! The Elite is an awesome story about a 16 year old named America Singer. In this novel America is one of the six Elite (the name for the last 6 girls still in the contest for Prince Maxon's heart) and Maxon is quite taken with her. Towards the middle of the book Maxon resurrects Halloween to make America happy. The palace then holds a ball celebrating the holiday where America and Maxon decide they want to marry each other. However, the next day a terrible event occurs causing America to not want to have to make a final choice between her ex, Aspen, and Maxon. Next, while on TV she suggests that the King (Maxon's Dad) should try to eliminate the caste system pushing him to attempt to send her home. In addition to all these problems many rebel attacks were occurring at the palace. During one attack America and Maxon ended up alone together and America had to tend to Maxon's wounds. Despite his previous intentions of getting rid of her, the King decides to allow America to stay in the Selection because she saved Maxon during the attack. Sadly, the King still wanted America gone, but she was and is willing to fight to stay in the Selection and compete for Maxon's love. Read this book to find out how America gets out of all this trouble, and how she plans to win Maxon. I loved this book and I recommend it to 7th graders on up.
The Selection
By Kiera Cass
To be perfectly honest, this isn't a great book. Guys, it's romance, it's your typical romance book mixed in with some danger and a jealous other girl.This is set in dystopian America, after some war tore the country apart and rebuilt everything. New America has castes and royalty, castes determine where you live and your lifestyle. They're very important. Ones are the richest people, the kings and queens. The lowest caste is Eight, the poorest of the poor. America Singer (main character) is a Five, still poor but not to the extent of starving. She gets chosen for The Selection (basically The Bachelor) and competes with other girls for Prince Maxon's affection. This book really irritates me in many, many ways. The way America thinks irks me so much. Her character is sarcastic and bratty. I love sarcastic characters (ehem, Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood, Percy Jackson...) and I really did try to love America too. She is somewhat a relatable character, she is "real", as in; She loves food, she isn't a total air-head, she fights for the lower castes. She's got a likeable side to her but her other side overbalances everything and i end up hating her. Okay, at the start, she's all homesick, she didn't even want to be in The Selection. She tries to get out of her room because it "was suffocating her" and into the gardens. She meets Prince Maxon on the way as she tries to break out, they have this super long conversation (not really) which ends up in her being really rude and kicking him where boys don't like to be kicked. Then he escorts her to the gardens and they have this super long and boring conversation of what she likes and fiwbfihgfiewbgv. After a few more days/weeks, she's seen as a "favourite" of Maxon's. When Maxon starts hanging out with the other girls in the competition, she starts getting jealous and feels as if the "special thing" they once had was "broken" and he didn't like her anymore. She forgets that she's not the only girl in The Selection and it makes me so mad on so many different levels. I hated the main character. And it's so hard to like a book if you hate the person it revolves around.









