Kids Books - Social

I just read something about this new series - looks cool. I love animal adventure books!

The book I read is called"Swagger" by Carl Deuker and it is really good! The settings in this book are at the basketball court, at Jonas's house and at school. Jonas was the main character in the story and he loves to play basketball. His position is point guard, he gets requested to go to college because of his basketball skills. He doesn't know that his coach is weird and makes one of his students do some weird things. The turning point in the book is when he knows that his dad is getting better from a work injury, because he really cares for his dad. The antagonist in the book is Hartwell because he is the bad guy in the book who does bad things to Jonas's best friend Levi. The protagonist is Jonas because he is the main character of the book and he has to deal with a lot of things in his life like his dad getting hurt and his friend Levi that he has to deal with. I recommend this book to 7th grade and up because it has some harder words to read. I hope you liked this review and read this book.

The red pencil is an amazing book with great details and good illustrations. I am reading it in my book club and so far it is great. I suggest it to 5th and 6th graders

Do you have a taste for adventure, suspense, bravery, and mystery? Then, The Journey Back by Priscilla Cummings is a book for you! The book takes place in modern times, and has many different locations in which the main character travels, such as the Cliffside Youth Detention Center, a bustling highway, the forest, a Virginia canal towpath, a campground, and a horse farm. The protagonist is Michael Griswold, a.k.a, Digger. The main antagonist is Michael’s mind, along with the police, and a gambler named Sherwood Hawkins. Two conflicts of the story are a prank Michael pulls on his neighbor's son, accidentally leading to the boy’s death. For this, he gets driven all the way to Maryland’s western border, and thrown into the Cliffside Youth Detention Center. However, after a visit from his mother, Michael finds that his family is still suffering from severe abuse by his father. Another conflict. Michael does something crazy, wanting to travel across the state to stop his father. This leads to the police on his tail, and deception from his mind if he made the right choice. The turning point in the story is when he finds friends and stays with them at a campground. The friends bring comfort, but one friend’s father, Sherwood Hawkins is willing to call the police at any slip up or refusal to do his bidding. Things take a turn for the worst when Sherwood steals all the money Michael has, disabling him from going anywhere. With guilt from the accident, the police on his tail, and nowhere to run, what will happen to Michael? Find out in The Journey Back, by Priscilla Cummings. I would recommend this book to anyone in 7th grade and over. My reasoning is that this book includes very mature material and lots of violence.

I HIGHLY reccomend this book to anyone looking for a funny, adventurous, and suspenseful book! I love it! Molly Moon is an orphan who lives at a horrible orphanage. One day she goes to the library and finds a "no-read on hold" book about hypnotism. It leads her to NYC! Will she use her possible hypnotic powers to help? Or to con?? Amazing book! I've read it over and over again!

Nancy Drew. Super girl sleuth. If she suspects a thing, the mystery is already guaranteed to be solved. This incredible read takes place the time around Nancy's father's birthday. At the time, a man called Mr. Granger is running unopposed for mayor. The only other person considering running is Heather Simmons, but Nancy has gotten so far to figure out that-gasp!-Heather's daughter, musician all-star, Leslie, had gone missing! Everyone says Leslie is just at a getaway, to practice for an audition at one of the most elite music schools out there. But when Leslie doesn't show up for her recital, Nancy knows something is wrong. While at Leslie's no-show recital, she meets Mrs. Sharon- another woman trying to get her daughter into college. Later, Nancy, Bess, and George, face the crazy, mishap adventures of the road when Nancy decides that she will head up to the supposed "getaway" Leslie was staying at with the Sharon's daughter, Diane. The Sharons' offered it to Leslie to go so far to retreat to practice. Sounding fishy enough yet? Yep, guess what? When Nancy finally gets to the right house, she finds Leslie all alone. By this time, they knew they were going to miss the audition. Leslie tells Nancy that Mr. Sharon was supposed to pick her up LAST night, and he had picked Diane up yesterday, so Leslie could practice longer. WHY he would take two super-long trips, I don't know! But when Nancy pointed this out Leslie, Leslie stated Diane was her best friend! Later revealed, Diane had no clue her parents had sabotaged Leslie-yep, that's what happened. When they all got home, it was Nancy's Dad's b-day. Nancy had failed to find the perfect gift until a brilliant one popped into her brain. Leslie agreed to play a surprise, beautiful piano piece for the entire party. Mr. Drew was ecstatic!!! This book was totally worth it, and I loved it to the extreme! I know when I reviewed this, there was only one other review! So, if you find this, PLEASE try it out. I highly recommend it.

I think the book was funny because mrs jafee starts war and Aj ties mrs jafee up just because there team is losing !

Walter Prairie handles bullies effortlessly, he is quite the popular kid. On the other hand Charlie Dewdle is paranormal obsessed, a person who you would call a freak. Once Walter dies he became an Afterlife Academy Agent , his mission was to protect Charlie against creatures from the underworld. The start of their adventure was unpleasant and unexpected , Walter somehow , in a way ,possessed Charlie which created another dilemma. Charlie treasured an ancient book identified as ' The Summoner's Handbook' which is a book all creatures of the Underworld desire. Their adventure of studying and figuring out what to undertake is still a mystery. M.B

All Charlotte wants is to be liked. She is a social outcast that is desperate for someone, anyone to at least notice her. Throw in Charlotte's crush, a gummy bear, Physics class, and that's the end of Charlotte as we know it, literally. At the end of Physics class, Charlotte unbelievably chokes on a gummy bear just when Damien her crush, actually notices her. Tragic, isn't it? Well, she ends up in "DeadEd", a class for dead students to "graduate" which simply means to move on. This book is an amazing story of the constant struggle for popularity, and the lengths we'll go to achieve that. Hurley's debut novel really amazed me. It seemed really ironic in the beginning, but as the story progressed I became more engrossed with the story. I love the illustrations, and especially the cover. The story was actually really thought-provoking with a dark twist. Overall, I really liked it, and I can't wait to read the whole series. Lastly, I think this is quite a mature read so I would recommend this to 14+. ~ifeelbookish

This book is about poseidon and he thinks he is the king of the sea. but they meet unpleasent visitors can they still beat them.