Kids Books - Social
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
By Katherine Hannigan
I always see inspirational poems and quotes all around my school, which really made me think about this book. Fourth grader Ida B is always living her life the same, by going outside and listening to the trees talk when all of a sudden the punk out of the trees ,Paulie T, warns Ida B about something bad that is going to happen. Of course Paulie T never tells the truth so Ida B doesn't believe him. Ida B soon finds out she is going to have to go to school and she is excited. When she got to school everything goes bad, her teacher calls her Ida (which you don't call her that because that's her mom's name,)she has to follow a LOT of rules, and doesn't get to have fun. So eventually after two weeks in school her parents announce that she is going to be home-schooled. Everything was fine until a couple years later, on one early morning ,her parents aren't acting the same. She asks what happened and they refuse to tell. Later they finally confess to her mom being diagnosed with cancer. Read more to see what happened! My connection to this book is that my grandma got diagnosed with cancer and passed away a month later.
Travel Team
By Mike Lupica
Travel Team is about 12 year Danny Walker, an amazing basketball player. He has always been the smallest on the court but at the same time he was one of the best. So when Danny gets cut from his 7th grade travel team, the same team his NBA star father, Richie Walker lead to victory, Danny is devastated. Richie soon comes to visit but finds out he will be staying, to create his own team. The team may run into rivalry's but they are also giving the underdogs a chance for once. I would recommend this book to anyone who can relate to being the underdog or who plays basketball their selves.
Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation (A Jack Blank Adventure)
By Matt Myklusch
This is a great book! I first heard about it from my teacher, and when I got it I couldn't put it down! It's about this boy named Jack Blank doesn't know who or where he comes from. He doesn't even know his real last name. All Jack knows is his bleak, dreary life at St. Barnaby's Home for the Hopeless, Abandoned, Forgotten, and Lost. Everything changes one morning when Jack receives two visitors. The first is a deadly robot straight out of one of Jack's favorite comic books, that tries its best to blow him up. The second is an emissary from a secret country called the Imagine Nation, where all the fantastic and unbelievable things in our world originate, including Jack. Jack soon discovers that he has an amazing ability - one that could make him the savior of the Imagine Nation and the world beyond, or the biggest threat they've ever faced. It's so amazing! They also have a sequel to it called the Secret War. I suggest you read this book fast because it's hard to get a copy at the library!
Saving Winslow
By Sharon Creech
Morgan
Saving Winslow by Shanon Creech was written in 2018.This was an awesome book and exciting new fun friendships with lots of people.This book was hard to put down and worth reading. One day Louie’s father brought home a donkey rapted in a blue blanket.Louie named it Winslow and finds out Winslow might die.Louie is convinced he will save Winslow .Louie works hard every day feeding Winslow . One day he meets a girl named Nora.Nora likes Winslow and becomes good friends with Louie.They all hang out a lot.One day they found out that Winslow is not sick anymore.They were so happy. My favorite part of the book is that it is about a donkey and a boy named Louie is taking care of the donkey.Louie always gets pets but they never make it.This time he takes good care of his pet,Winslow . they become good friends and find another good friend named Nora. The story made me feel sad because Winslow was going to die.Louie and Winslow become good friends and made another good friend named Nora.Nora treats Winslow kindly and that makes me happy.they all become good friends.They always spend time together. The new friendship made this book Saving Winslow a good book to read.I recommend this book to people that like animals. I hope you enjoy the book.
Not Quite Narwhal
By Jessie Sima
Madison
I love it because he’s a unicorn who lives with narwhals and thinks he’s one. Then he sees a unicorn so he swims up to land to get to the unicorn then he finds all of them he wants to live with the unicorns but all at the same time with his friends friends then he finds a way to live with both. I like it because it tells us a message that we all are different some same on the outside but so so different on the inside like pretend you’re favorite color is red and mines blue but somebody’s elses favorite color could be red too but we might have different favorite foods. I think you should read this book or if you’re having a bad day it might cheer you up. I think the nawale was cute!
The Witch's Boy
By Kelly Barnhill
This book was very surprising, in a good way. When i first began reading it, I was a little bored, and almost considered stopping. But I decided to keep going, and so I finished the book. I am so glad I did! The Witch's Boy had an unique plot, something like which I have never seen before. The main character was Ned, who never spoke much after his twin brother. His mother was a witch, but then she had to travel away unexpectedly. While she is gone bandits show up to steal the magic his family guards. The only way to protect is to use it himself. Then he is kidnapped and must escape. Where is his mother? Why is the army gathering? What does the Bandit King's daughter have to do with anything? I recommend this book to all teens. There is violence, so it shouldn't be read by younger kids.
Blue Moon (Dead City)
By James Ponti
Although I really enjoyed reading this book, I felt like it was kind of slow. While it still kept the beautiful light mood, I found this book predictable, beautifully so. This book I found really fun and funny, while still having some depth. I found lots of 2nd books about friendships and trust being tested, and while this book is the same, I found it shown from a different perspective. Instead of the usual, where the characters started distrusting each other, but have to put that aside because of some big turn or revelation, and then come out trusting each other more than ever, this book was able to bring in more characters into the web of good and bad relationships while still testing the ones who were already in the web. I found this book really fun. Like always, I would like to thank the author and everybody else who contributed to this book. I would recommend this book to people in middle school, and especially people who don't like to read. I found this book really exciting, and I hope you do too! Thanks!
Pterodactyls Flying Dinosaur Facts : About Flying Dinosaur Facts Things you should know, Pteranodon, Pterodactylus
By Seven Dante
I would love to read this book of Pterodactyls Flying Dinosaur Facts : About Flying Dinosaur Facts Things you should know, Pteranodon, Pterodactylus because it has my favorite flying reptile species called the Pteranodons because they are magnificent flying reptiles and makes me want to have a Pteranodon of my own so I could fly him or her anywhere,anyplace,and anytime I want to.And I would also love to have shape shifting powers so I could shape shift into a Pteranodon myself so I could fly myself anywhere,anyplace,and anytime I want to.And I also have a protector of pictures of Pteranodons and coloring pages of Pteranodon in my binder.
Big Nate Goes Bananas!
By Lincoln Peirce
Big Nate is a book series that is funny...but it has some disrespectful comments, and for that reason my mom took it away from my brother. This book has some bad/mean comments saying bad things about your mom. "Your mama…." And it just goes downhill from there with bad words and even more things that young children should not be introduced to. Maybe 13-14 year old's.
The Butterfly Club
By Jacqueline Wilson
This a great story of a girl at school her two twin sisters protect her from the school bully.I totally recommend this book to anyone.









