Kids Books - Fiction

I got this book at a thrift store, (my Grammie lets me pick out my own gifts) and I have to wait till Christmas to get my copy, but I really can't wait to read this!

The fourth Tomorrow Girls is full of action, suspense, and new reveals. I love the fantastic ending to this quartet, and I'm already wishing for more.

On the sunny morning, when one girl, Felicity Merriman woke up and yelled, "TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!" That is when she will be 10 years old. And this is also meant that she could celebrate her birthday along with her best friend, Elizabeth Cole and her grandfather, Mr. Merriman, who is on Loyalist side. Mr. Merriman, the grandfather, has brough Felicity a very pretty guitar which has belonged to her grandmother. Felicity was so enchanted with her new guitar but that also caused her to disobey her own mother and grandfather that she got in the trouble.... That`s one part of the book but I would definitely recommend this book! - Happy Reading!

Maddie and Louisa are best friends who are living in Chicago in the middle of war. It is not a safe place for children to be so Louisa parents are going to send her to a boarding school close to the border of Canada. Maddie parents are both in the war so Maddie pretends she's Louisa's sister so she can go to the boarding school as well. On the ride there they meet a girl named Evelyn. She has a theory that the school is really a secret Alliance(the enemy of the U.S.A) training school. Louisa is not buying it because her and her new friend Rosie love the school. They have cool classes like how to survive in the wild or how to build a bomb or how time start a fire. But Maddie and Evelyn are not buying it. Though it sounds crazy, is it possible that Evelyn is right and her and her friends are being trained to work against their own country? Read the book to find out.!

Brimming with emotion, this book speaks to the heart.

Hunger is the second book in the Gone book series. It again stars many main characters in a town called Perdido Beach after everyone over 15 vanishes. In this book, everyone is now starving due to poor management of food in their town. Additionally, people are not trying to farm to get more food. The leader of the town, Sam, is trying to find food, which is the main plot of the book. I really like the premise of this book, as if I were in the same situation, I would probably do the same thing. This book shows the reality of the situation, and makes me ponder about it. Also, I like this book (and the entire series in general) for having a bit of a sci-fi twist to it, where many people start developing mutant powers due to exposure to a power plant explosion. This leads to some normal people starting to hate the people with mutant powers. There starts to be a bit of an allegory to civil rights issues, which I find very interesting, especially in a young adult book. I feel that the right demographic for this book is young adults from the ages of 12-15. This is because there is a bit of language and inappropriate content in this book (and generally in the series) This book gets a 4 out of 5 from me.

A great book! Definitely a wonderful choice for readers of all ages. Kenny Watson, an African -American boy, embarks on a few adventures, but the real major adventure is when the whole Watson must go south to Birmingham, Alabama. Why, you ask? Byron, Kenny’s older brother had been stirring up a LOT of trouble, such as setting toilet paper on FIRE, and also straightening his hair, so Kenny’s parents think he should stay with Grandma Sands for a while, since Grandma Sands will not accept any form of trouble at all. While in Birmingham, the family notices some extremely discriminatory events (segregation), but the final straw is when a church near Grandma Sands’s is destroyed by a BOMB, so they all decide to head home, even Byron. This book is an awesome realistic-fiction, and it really cracked me up some of the time. Definitely recommended.

I like the book. It is easy for me to read. I like the adventures they go on. I want to read more books from the author.

Betsy Ray, Tacy Kelly, and Tib Mueller, all now twelve years old girls, old enough to go downtown all alone. Their home, Deep Valley, Minnesota, now has the horseless carriages for very first time when Opera House owner, Mr. Poppy buys the automobile. Tib became Mr. Poppy`s first passenger, along with his wife. Their classmate, Winona Root, who was initially jealous of Tib but soon got over it when she invited Betsy, Tacy, and Tib to the dramatized version of Uncle Tom`s Cabin in the Opera House. Betsy also befriends the lonely woman, Mrs. Poppy, who has lost her only daughter way before when she moved to the town. The three girls, has not only enjoyed going to the parties at Poppy Hotel, but also enjoyed participating another theatrical production of Rip Van Winkle which has allowed Betsy`s mother, Mrs. Ray, to reunite with her long-lost brother. The three girls has also discover about the dime novel, has encouraged Betsy to write on her own. Mr. and Mrs. Ray has decided that since Betsy has a passion of writing, and that means that she would be allowed to go to her new town library, Carnegie Library for every two weeks, and also would be allowed to spend the money on the special mid-day treat to stay over there all day. I would recommend this book! - Happy Reading!

Imagine being in love with someone but not being able to get within 6 feet of them. Five Feet Apart by Racheal Lippincott, is told from Stella Grant's perspective, along with Will Newman’s. Stella Grant suffers from cystic fibrosis (CF) and is waiting for a lung transplant. She’s had CF for almost her whole life and has been in Saint Grace’s Hospital for a long time too. She’s used to being in control of everything and Saint Grace’s is her second home. Will Newman is the complete opposite. He has just come to Saint Grace’s after being in several different hospitals because of his CF but also B ceptica. Will does whatever he wants and whenever he wants. Stella meets Will and instantly she hates him. She doesn’t like how he doesn’t care about his meds or health. Stella tries to help Will out by getting him to take his meds, but something unexpected happens, they fall in love. Except they can’t get closer than 6 feet or they can die. Anyone who enjoys romance with a big conflict should read this book. In my opinion this book is good for 6th graders and up. It has a mature context but isn’t widely inappropriate. I really liked this book because the story was told from both characters' point of views. This helped me understand how both Will and Stella felt.