Kids Books - Situations

Jacqueline Woodson, The author of Miracle Boys’ tells a story about three kids that are forced to grow up without any parents. Lafayette is one of the main characters. He is determined but also is very curious about his parents deaths. His brother, Tyree is forced to raise 2 other kids to as he is in charge of the house and has to have a job instead of working. It is often in a apartment in New York where they are forced to live in a small rundown room. They live in a poor rundown apartment with their brother, Tyree in charge even though he is 19 because both of their parents died. The story is written in paragraphs with it very descriptive. I like that there are chapters every 7 pages or so. It is not meant to be a very funny book but makes up for its lack of humor with description. One example from the book is, “Brothers is the baddest. Then comes Dominicans. Dominicans don’t mess around. I’m cool with Dominicans though” It shows how throughout the book they are forced to live in unity with each other. Another quote is, “Ty’ree was all right after Mama died. But I was all wrong. The year before, I’d seen this show about snakes. They showed this one snake slipping out of its old skin and then leaving the old skin on the ground behind him. That’s how I felt—like Mama’d been my skin. But I hadn’t grown a new skin underneath, like the snake had. I was just blood and bones spreading all over the place.” This show how Lafayette was still recovering throughout the story from his Mom’s death. Miracle Boy’s has won the Coretta Scott King award for authors. The author, Jacqueline Woodson has won the John Newbery awards for 2 of her other books. Woodson went to Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. Miracle Boy’s made me get into the book. It made me feel like I was right there with Lafayette in his journey without his parents. It made me experience what it felt like by putting me in the shoes of someone without parents.

This book is so good! It is about two boys named Tony and Joel and they go on a bike ride. When they go over a bridge Tony dares Joel to go in the river they were told never to go near. Joel doesn't think it is a good idea but it is to late Tony was already swimming. Joel walk down to the river and finally agrees to go in. They have a race and Joel is in the lead but when Joel looks but Tony is gone he tries to look for him but he is nowhere to be found. When he gets back to his house he doesn'tt tell anybody what happened but by the end of the story he finally decides to tell. If you haven't read this book you really should!

Do you think you would have a harder time becoming friends with Kevin, a boy with a growing disability? Well that’s where Maxwell comes in. The setting of this book took place in Maxwell's house, school, and walking on the sidewalk a lot. Maxwell and Kevin are both in 8th grade. Maxwell lives with his grandparents that he calls Grim and Gram. In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Kevin, also known as “freak”, and Maxwell become freak the mighty. Maxwell is this big, strong, tall boy, and Freak is a small boy with a bunch of disabilities that affect his growth. Freak and Maxwell went on a lot of adventures together and became best friends. They did everything together. They helped each other in many ways like dealing with Maxwell's dad who was in jail. Maxwell helped freak feel tall and helped him walk, and freak helped Maxwell realize he was smart. Maxwells grandparents were kinda scared of Maxwell because they thought he was going to become more like his dad. I enjoyed reading this book because I always wanted to know what happened next. For example, finding out how they were gonna get away from some school bullies. I would recommend this book for people from the age of 6th grade and up. Someone who is interested in kinda sad books but also adventurous would like Freak The Mighty.

I REALLY want to read this book. Is it good? People who have read it, let me know PLEASE! THanks!

Deep Zone is a book about a kid named Ty who is the protagonist of the the book. Ty's brother is a major football star for the New York Jets. Ty is following in his brother’s footsteps and is a star WR for his school team. So everything goes fine for Ty until his brother Thane hurts his knee. Suddenly everything starts to go wrong. Ty finds out that his uncle is coming back into town for a news report. Ty's uncle is in trouble with the mafia because of a stunt he pulled that got two members arrested. But now there is two more members that are the antagonists wanting to hurt Ty's uncle. But the only way they'll find his uncle is by going to Ty. So since Ty's brother is in the hospital that means Ty is home all alone. But when Ty hears a noise one night and calls his brother suddenly there's an FBI agent at his house. Then Ty thinks about another thing he has to worry about. A six in six football tournament! So while Ty is worrying about the mafia he has to try out for a team that will be playing at halftime on Super Bowl Sunday! I liked this book because it is about a kid that plays football and it is written well.

Touching Spirit Bear(TSB) by Ben Mikaelsen was an exciting and engaging novel that hooks you from the start. I personally thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had serious and sensitive topics, but was also filled with courage, love, and perseverance. TSB was about a troubled boy named Cole Matthews who had always had trouble with empathy. His abusive childhood had a part to play in why he was aggressive, fearful, and cruel. After beating up schoolmate Peter Drisal, a quiet and sensitive kid, and robbing multiple stores, jail seemed like the only option, until his parole officer suggested Circle Justice. Circle Justice is an indigenous healing program. With Cole, you take a journey of healing instead of punishment. In this story, the characters are extremely credible and for some, relatable. They represent emotions and hardships just like people experience every day. Personally, my favourite character was Cole. I found his story inspiring how he overcame his demons and became the person he wanted to be. Cole Matthews represents not always being able to feel in control of his emotions, which I think is relatable for everyone. I don't think we always feel in control and that we have the tools to work on controlling our emotions instead of lashing out. Cole finds tools to work on his emotions and self control. TSB includes dark and upsetting themes but also beautiful eye opening themes. I loved how versatile this book was with the themes and emotions that were portrayed. The book was written in mostly third person perspective (he/she). Ben has a very descriptive writing style and puts so much detail into TSB. Overall, I 100% recommend this book; I think it is such a descriptive and beautiful novel. I personally think the age level is grade 3 and up; however, some chapters are very gory and have detail about upsetting and mature topics such as suicide, depression, and abuse. That being said, I think younger readers who are mature would enjoy this novel very much. I myself have never been much of a reader; in fact, this is the first book I've finished in a long time, let alone enjoyed. I highly recommend this book and I will be reading it again.

Historically inaccurate. Shumel would have been killed immediantly at Auchwitz, (Out with.) And the fence would be more secure and Bruno would be more aware of what was going on as a German child. The ending was rushed. It was like, boom, they died, the end. The ending had no meaning to it. However, the book in some ways were good. It was slow paced, very. But worth a read I would say.

Rafe Khatchadorian gets into trouble again. In the second book, Middle School Get Me Out Of Here written by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, Rafe and his family move in with their granny. Rafe is going into 7th grade and his mother sets up an interview for Rafe at Cathedral School of the Arts. When Rafe, the protagonist, is admitted into the art school, he soon meets Zeke, the antagonist in the story. Zeke is also in 7th grade and spends his time making fun of Rafe. Rafe does a self portrait and the entire class critiques each other’s work. In the first conflict, Zeke and his friend, Kenny, are very critical of Rafe’s self portrait. The second conflict happened when Rafe and his friend, Matty, decided to steal Zeke and Kenny’s art projects. He does get suspended and had to apologize to Zeke for destroying his art project. The turning point is when his mom gets a job. I recommend this book to the 8th grade level. Some high school students may enjoy the characters and the dangers they come across.

school according to humphrey is the best book, well the whole series is great. i think it is way too easy for me but it is so good i keep reading it.

Wow, Paula Danziger really seems to know her stuff about what it's like, and especially at this age! And aim graduating fourth grade!