Kids Books - Life
Flood (Capstone Young Readers)
By Alvaro F. Villa
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.
Rise of the Balloon Goons: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #1)
By Troy Cummings
This book shows great drama to the main character and the others. The best thing that was about this book was the funny Balloon goons. It made me laugh.
The Baking Life of Amelie Day (Middle-Grade Novels)
By Vanessa Curtis
The ebook version was the version I read. It is a really great book, with a shocking climax and falling action. Now that was definitely the kind of novel with 'sugar and spice and everything nice'. I enjoyed every bit of it, despite the fact that I wouldn't really put it on my top three favorite books. Amelie is the kind of girl who is independent and sparkles in her own unique way!
Hot Cocoa Hearts: A Wish Novel
By Suzanne Nelson
Say holidays and Emery Mason will gag. Em hates the holidays. They are so not her thing and what's worse is that she's forced to work as an elf at her parent's Santa booth. Ugh. So on a break during her elf job, she finds herself wondering in a hot cocoa shop next door. She meets a boy, Alex Perez, who loves the holidays and is full of joy for the holidays. When she tells him she doesn't like the holidays, he just laughs. Alex is cute, but he isn't Em's crush. Her real crush is Sawyer Kade. Sawyer is handsome and artistic. But...Em keeps on hanging around with Alex on her breaks. His holiday spirit is starting to wipe off on her. Maybe...the holidays aren't so bad. At school her class has to do a secret santa. Em gets Sawyer- that's great right? He's still the one Em likes, right? Sawyer's gifts are great. They are so thoughtful and her. But Em's mind keeps drifting off to Alex. Meanwhile at home, there is a family disagreement that makes Em's life very different. Can Em sort out her feelings for everything? Suzanne Nelson twists love and holiday spirit into this book. Happy reading!
Take Two
By Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy
I liked this book! I really want my sister to read it, but she says that it's boring. I don't agree. I admit, there are some dull moments, but the story get's back up. Payton and Emma are twins, but nothing alike! Payton is all about fashion and wants to fit in with the popular crowd. Emma couldn't care less about the "populars". She is obsessed with math, and she's crazy smart. They trade places sometimes in order to do what they want. When they are caught after one of their big switches, their punishment is looking after another set of eight year old identical twin boys. Lots of good laughs while I was reading this. Thank you.
Times Squared
By Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy
Times squared is the third book in the adventures of Payton and Emma Mills. The story starts when Payton and Emma are going to New York City, which was their dream from they were little. But surprisingly, their fantasy of New York turns into a nightmare when they encountered evil Ashlynn. Once again, they have twin switches to save each other from embarrassment, but does it? I really love how the author changes perspective throughout the book to show different sides of the story. It also continues the story and keeps it going at different locations. Overall, I think this is a great book that people can enjoy for fun and experience what it's like to be an identical twin. Read it, you won't regret!!
The Benefits of Being an Octopus
By Ann Braden
This book is about a girl who struggles to speak up and is facing problems at school and at home. Her mother's new boyfriend Lenny is a horrible guy who is manipulating her and practically ruining her brother Bryce's life . Zoey is torn in between speaking up, and family.
All the Answers
By Kate Messner
One lesson that Ava learns that will help her life is that knowing the future and answers would never help her life which means, knowing everything can hurt somebody's emotion or feelings. For example, Ava asks some negative questions that is relating with her family to the pencil and the pencil replies her questions, the answers made Ava frustrated and thwart, and she realizes that the pencil is causing a lot of problem. So, this means to Ava is that knowing unrevealed things and answers would not make a victorious life for her, which this made Ava pessimistic at first. And also, she realizes her life is so much better with out her extraordinary blue pencil. Consequently, knowing everything and problems would never make a triumphant life for a person. I'd rate this book an "8 out of 10." I would recommend this book because Ava is truthful and honest how she expresses her true emotions, and since the setting of this story is mostly school themed, it relates with students' life. One question that I'd ask to Ava is "How does a pencil affect and change your afterward life?"
Pieces of Why
By K. L. Going
This book is amazing! I loved it! I'd recommend it for ages 10+ but make sure your parent approves because there is two pretty violent scenes, and one kind of suggestive scene. Summary: Tia Rose Frank is 12 -year-old girl who lives with her mom. Her dad is in jail and has been since she was 4 years old, but she only remembers some of the pieces of why. She lives a few houses down from a very rough part of town, where there's some pretty bad violence. She love singing, and sings everyday of her life! She's in a choir too, with her best friend. One day while she's at her practice for her choir, something awful happens! She later finds out what her dad did, and goes to visit him. I don't want to spoil it for you in case you want to read. I'd say 100/5 stars because it's SO GOOD!!!
Mia's Boiling Point (Cupcake Diaries)
By Coco Simon
I read Mia's Boiling Point along with books 11-12 in a three book set. When i first started with this book, I thought, shouldn't i start with book 1? Mia, who is currently in a shoe obsession, finds these awesome pair of shoes-her dream shoes. They're not too high heeled, not chunky or spiky, and are black but sparkly. Then, she meets a new girl at her school named Olivia Allen, who ALSO loves fashion and shoes, just like Mia. But even with her new friend, there's trouble brewing. Katie is worried Mia will ditch her (just like her old friend Callie did) and Alexis and Emma just aren't warming up to her. And, Olivia is also not a good listener and an awful locker buddy. And, the girls got to make cupcakes for emma's brothers' party! But thank goodness olivia has her own locker now! Mia used $41 out of her shoe savings to get Olivia's locker looking fabulous, but Olivia still hasn't paid her back, AND says she did it herself! Finally, the Cupcake Club discovers the real olivia! *SPOILERS* Olivia used the forty one dollars she owed for teh shoes Mia so desperately wanted! But, through good times and bad, the Cupcakers will always be there for each other.









