Kids Books - School

it was the best book in the entire world I think you will like it if you are into funny books go for it!!!

The protagonist of the story, Apple is much more than a character I could relate to. A Filipino main character who migrated in the US at an early age, is currently having a mid-life crisis figuring herself out. Identically and culturally speaking, we are very much attuned. That never happened to me before. I rarely see myself and my culture get represented in any medium, I consumed. This is why, I’m terrific to have Blackbird Fly in my life. Blackbird Fly follows the story of Apple Yengko, an aspiring musician. Having moved to Louisiana from the Philippines when she was little, she always felt estranged by her Filipino roots. Her mother expects her to embrace her culture, but Apple always feels she’s inadequate to belong. In a meanwhile, her friends ditch her after learning she is part of the “Dog Log”, a list of the least attractive girls in the school. Honestly, I don’t have anything much to say about this book, aside from discrimination and the diaspora we regularly experience. So if you want to stop reading now, you should go ahead. In other words, YES, you should definitely get it. As I already lamented above, Apple has a difficult time celebrating her culture. According to our default’s standard, her mom has an accent that isn’t pleasing to the ears. She still cooks food that would be considered unappealing, and so on. That cause, an understandably embarrassment from Apple’s side. All of her friends necessarily don’t understand her culture. For the most part, they don’t want to. Most of the kids in her school subjected her to vicious taunts about her identity. Her identity is constantly ripped off from her, kids often interchange her ethnicity with others. This is not a surprising scenario. Children are just as brutal with their minority alienation as much as their parents and forefathers. Which reminds me, how do children hurtful remarks? Did they heard it from the medium they regularly consume or do they constantly hear it from their parents and adults around them? Blackbird Fly has a very special place in my heart. It makes me even more thankful to my parents, who sacrificed a great deal of things, so we could live a comfortable life.

After reading Counting By 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan it is evident that this book truly deserved it’s spot on the 2015-2016 Rebecca Caudill Award book list. It's a definitely a five star book! This realistic fiction book will take you straight into the heart of the story of the first page, it's an attention grabber and is sure to keep you wonder what's going to happen next. The story follow a twelve year old girl named Willow Chance, she's a super genius who is obsessed with plants and medical conditions. When Willow takes a state standardized test and scores 100% on it the school suspects that she cheated and sets her up to meet with a school counselor. Dell Duke, the counselor, later finds out that that Willow really did not cheat but, instead she is incredibly smart. While with Dell Duke, Willow meets a friend, Mai, this is something she hasn't had since her old friend Margaret moved to Canada. When things couldn't seem to get any better tragedy strikes, Willows adoptive parents were killed in a car crash, she's put into to foster care center, but she has trouble connecting with anyone. Mai comes up with the idea of her family taking her into foster care. Mai’s mother agrees but it's only temporary, Willow will need to find a permanent home soon. This book is a real tragedy, Willow never met her biological parent and loses her adoptive parents at a very young age, this is something a child should never have to go through. But this book can also be very uplifting, Willow seems some hope in her future and you can't help but to be excited for her, when Mai mother decided to take her in for a while Willow finally gets the break she needs and the reader can connect to her easily. Counting By 7’s is an amazing book that could be compared to Out Of My Mind because of the strong young girl characters who deal with teasing and bullies but are both incredibly smart and have to show people what they can do. Willow, like Melody, the main character in Out Of My Mind, are both the smartest kids at their school. Willow and Melody preserve through what life gives them. Melody can't speak or move without someone else's help. For a while after Willows parents died she didn't talk much or do anything, she didn't go to school or bother to read and learn anything. These similarities are why they could be compared to each other. The type of reader who would like this book is someone who likes an underdog, tragedy, and a story about finding family. Holly Goldberg Sloan Has written various other types of books including mostly young children's books, one recently published this past year entitled Appleblossom the Possum. Overall the book Counting By 7’s is a five star book I would recommend to just about anyone who is over 5th grade.

Twelve year old Medea feels stuck thanks to her super strict dad, King Aeëtes. But after two prophecies warn that a thief will steal the king's beloved Golden Fleece-and the heart of his daughter-King Aeëtes agrees to let Medea got to Mount Olympus Academy. Medea hopes that if she can find a way to impress her dad while there, he will stop being so bossy and let her board at Enchantment Academy, where she can hone her magic skills! Medea feels stuck again when she learns her frenemy Glauce will also being going to MOA. But after a big misstep, Medea and Glauce find themselves aboard the Argo, a ship filled with Argonauts led by Jason-the boy who is supposed to steal her father's fleece! Can Medea be the hero of this story, figure out how to stop Jason from claiming the fleece as his own, and finally find a way to prove herself to her dad?

Can't believe tornado warning dies and that he used to be a pegasus they just cut off his wings and the guy thought he had shoulder surgery but he used to have wings and he was incredibly fast and he can't fly no more

I love books, and this sure seems like a great one!

This is a good book for horse lovers. If your cry easy and don't like to. this is not a good boook for you. but if you need a good book this is amazing. Like i surely think you should read it!

I loved this book so so so so so much!!!!!! It is a great realistic fiction story. It is about a girl named isabelle who does dance and fears she's not as good as the other dancers. I think this book is meant for girls more than boys because the two main characters are girls.I think the message in this story is '' never give up''. I hope you like it!!!!!!!!!

Blaire is about a girl who lives on a farm and one day she goes to her friend Theas party and she can't eat dairy and she doesn't want anyone to know so the party was an epic fail. Then she heard at her grandpas best friends house that grandpa is leaving the farm so the next day she was with her friend Cat when Cats boy friend Gabe comes up and gives her some food and he gestured for Blaire to come over, he said that he wanted his help for the engagement at first Blaire is confused then she got it so when Gabe asked Cat to Marry her,she said yes. So all Blaire is focused on is the wedding but she met Mrs V and when Mrs V( witch is Gabes mother) Gets a little overrated Cat decided that the wedding is off so Blaire decided that she have a meeting with Cat so when they were done Cat said she was back on then when she realized that the wedding and carnival with Thea was both on Saterday she decided that her best friend was more important so that's enough typing ya cause my fingers hurt

I finished Stargirl around last month. I say it is a realistic fiction book because it has everyday people doing everyday things. The protagonist in the story is Leo Borlock. Leo goes to Mica High school. The book is actually revolves around one peculiar girl named Susan or Stargirl or HullyGully whatever suits her. Stargirl is very strange and... different. I like this book because it shows how we, as people, like to shun others because they are different. We see some one act a certant way and asume that everyone should be like that. Instead of being ourselfs we try to be like everyone else. And when we do see someone act as they should we make fun of them or not enclude them in our groups or clicks. I think this book can really help us treat others right. Just like Archie says in the book, "she is us more than we are us. She is , I think, who we really are." I believe this book is amazing and it moved me hopefully it moved anyone who read it.