Kids Books - Life

Call Me Hope

Call Me Hope

By Gretchen Olson

This book is about a girl. She is constantly bullied by one person in her life. Her mother. Her mother calls her 'Hopeless' and other mean things. With the help of the characters in "Life Is Beautiful", a movie about the Holocaust, she creates a point system. With the field trip ahead, working at Next to New, and doing some stuff her mother doesn't like, Hope tries to cope with her verbally abusive mother. Note: This has some minor bad language used repeatedly to emphasize Hope's mother's abuse.

Into the Killing Seas

Into the Killing Seas

By Michael P. Spradlin

This book is the best!!!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! This is a historical fiction book about the U.S.S Indianapolis. This was a boat that sank by a Japaneses torpedo. There are several shark attacks and tons of blood. Plus two boys stuck in the middle of it! This is a good book for people who like pain, suspense, a little horror, and history. I would not suggest this book for anyone under 12 and 13 because of the really detailed parts. This is a great book .

Survivors 3 (Stranded)

Survivors 3 (Stranded)

By Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts

Carter, Jane, Buzz and Vanessa are STILL trapped on nowhere island it's now been 2 weeks! They've had a tough time surviving without adults but they are really starting to bond. After some bad things happening to them , like getting attacked by wild hogs, there camp burning down, and missing the first plane there seen since the boat crash! They are starting to lose hope. Read the book to find out if they finally make it off the island.. Or things turn out even worse..! Recommended for 10+ Thanks for reading -Ajg16's reviews

Junonia

Junonia

By Kevin Henkes

Like many other well written Kevin Henkes book, Junonia is a story about a girl, named Alice Rice and goes to her beach cottage in Florida during the summer. If she is lucky, everything will be perfect, including her birthday. But when Alice returns she finds many changes and unexpected things start happen.

Extra Credit (Junior Library Guild Selection)

Extra Credit (Junior Library Guild Selection)

By Andrew Clements

Abby Carson is failing sixth grade. It isn't that Abby can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all of her slacking off could cause her to be held back-for real! Unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking an extra-credit project: find a pen pal in a foreign country. Simply enough (even for a girl who hates homework). When Abby's first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, Sadded Bayat is chosen to be her pen pal..... Well, kind of. He is the best writer, but he is also a boy, and in his village it is not appropriate for a boy to correspond with a girl. So, hi younger sister dictates and signs the letter-until Sadded decides what his sister is telling Abby isn't what he'd like Abby to know. As letters flow back and forth between Illinois and Afghanistan, Abby and Sadeed discover that their letters are crossing more than an ocean. They are crossing a huge cultural divide and a minefield of different life-styles and traditions. Their growing friendship is also becoming a growing problem for both communities, and some people are not happy. Suddenly things are not simple!

Dear Sister

Dear Sister

By Alison McGhee

This book was very, very nice. I really enjoyed reading the letters that the brother wrote about his sister, and how the years went by. The ending of the book was great!

The Giver (illustrated; gift edition) (Giver Quartet)

The Giver (illustrated; gift edition) (Giver Quartet)

By Lois Lowry

this book was absolutley and truly and fantastically just amazing. it really captures the light of Jonas' life as a kid in the future and the Giver-to-be. it honestly saddens me that he and his friends never got to experience color or feelings or even their own memory.:0

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks

By Kate Klise

BVP

Regarding the Fountain, by Kate Klise, is a funny book. He problem is when the water fountain does not work then they need a new drinking fountain, but they don't have any water left. Then they need to get a water fountain but they need to find out where all of the water went. The characters are different from other books because this book has many funny characters, and usually books only have one or two. For example, one of the characters goes all over the world for stuff for the fountain and gets a lot of crazy things like one flower all the way from Africa. The characters have funny names like Dee Eel, Sam N. and Wally Russ. Another reason the book is so different and unique is because it is written in letters instead of narration and dialogue. Most of the kids liked it in my books club. If you like funny books, you will like this book.

Wonder: La lección de August / Wonder

Wonder: La lección de August / Wonder

By R. J. Palacio

it is about a little boy who has been home schooled because he is scared people will make fun of him because he has had a lot of surgery done to his face then he he go to school and............................you should read it

Dance Divas: Showtime!

Dance Divas: Showtime!

By Sheryl Berk

I am loving this book, it is about competitive dancers Scarlett, Gracie, Liberty, Rochelle and Bria and they are trying to find out how to get their teacher Miss. Toni and their rivals teacher to be friends again. When the teachers were dancing they got in this HUGE fight and now they never want to talk to each other ever again. I would recommend this book to dancers because if you are not a dancer you might not under stand lots of it.

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