Kids Books - Friendship
The Only Game (Home Team)
By Mike Lupica
The book “The Only Game”, written by Mike Lupica, is a realistic fiction sports novel. In this story Jack Callahan, a 13 year old boy,who lives in a baseball town called Walton, is grieving over his older brother Brad's death and learning how to handle the stress in his life, especially baseball. He wants to make his brother proud, but cannot help but blame himself for his brother's death. Why is he blaming himself? He decides he needs a break from baseball to focus on dealing with his brother's death. Once news gets around that the best player on the boys baseball team is quitting, Jack's friends get angry that Jack left without an explanation. Jack also has to decide how to tell his parents that he has decided to quit baseball. While Jack is taking a break from baseball he makes some new friends that support him and remind him how beneficial baseball is in his life. After his new friends help him work through his grief and get him back out on the field Jack decides to help them show off their own talent on the field. He teaches them the rules of baseball and reminds them how important it is to believe in yourself. But who is teaching who? The topics addressed in this book are grief, love, loss, guilt, trust and friendships.This teaches how important good mental health is when playing a sport. Overall I love the lesson that the book taught and I would definitely recommend this book. I give this book a 4.5 star rating.
This Song Will Save Your Life: A Novel
By Leila Sales
Not only am I a music lover,but music helps my mental health. It's nice knowing that I'm not alone in this crazy, crazy world.
The Darkest Hour
By Caroline Tung Richmond
Banana
This book is very exciting to read. I recommend people who like world war ll.
Tears of a Tiger (Hazelwood High Trilogy)
By Sharon M. Draper
Tears of A Tiger by Sharon M. Draper is a part of a series, and the genre of the book is realistic fiction. The book is about a boy named Andy who is a basketball player with his best friend Rob. After a basketball game Andy, Rob, Tyrone, and B.J all get into Andy’s car after drinking beer. Andy is driving on the highway and starts swerving and crashes killing Rob and leaving him injured. Andy is grieving Rob’s death and blames it on himself for Rob’s death. As Andy goes on in life the book focuses on him and how his family and friends help him.
Mapmakers and the Lost Magic: (A Graphic Novel)
By Chittock, Cameron, Castillo, Amanda
I love this book especially it's graphic .I always like too read books with graphic novels in it .Pls read it too its soo interesting
Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls: Moving Day
By Meg Cabot
I love this book! Allie does not want to move and then she does because her old friends were really mean to her and then she stands up foe herself and she throws a cupcake in Brittany's face. Then she makes new friends at her new school. Rosemary, a bully who bullys Allie becomes Allie's friend. Then she has lots of other books also with awesome rules for girls to follow and she inspires girls also to make their own rules, I did. I think people should make a movie for this book!
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
By Trenton Lee Stewart
Reynie, Constance, Kate, and Sticky are safe now- (yes, you knew it was coming) not for long... They are supposed to be playing a a huge scavenger hunnt Mr. Benedict made for them-with adult supervision- that is, they were supposed to, until they ran away. There they are, with no adults, exploring the world, trying to find Mr. Benedict. And, Mr. Curtain has help. This one is just as good as the first, and that, my friends, is saying something. READ THIS! Or else...
Chalice
By Robin McKinley
As the next Chalice, Mirasol SHOULD have been apprenticed to the last one, but it didn't happen. And she doesn't have an experienced Master to help her, either, due to the fire that killed him and his Chalice together. Instead, the new master is a former Priest of Fire, and well.... there are issues. The new master can burn something by the touch of a hand if he isn't careful. The problem is made worse by the fact that nobody except Mirasol trusts the new Master. Mirasol has to take on the difficult task of bringing unity to the demesne. Will she succeed, or will she make the problem worse? Like all of Robin McKinley's books, the world building is excellent. In my opinion, Spindle's End has better worldbuilding, but this book really incorporates it into the plot. I liked this book better than Spindle's end overall, though.
Disney Winnie the Pooh: Guess Who, Pooh!
By Disney Winnie the Pooh
i love this so much it is so cute.









