Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

This book is about a girl named Lina and her family who are going somewhere she fights for her life but her dad went somewhere to jail and Lina and her family are now being deported to America after being in a camp working 10 months and her dad being away she does not know what to do read this book it will blow your mind what they did to the people so read the book .

Reviewed by Christopher ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 490

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

When Jack get's grounded for his whole summer, weird things happen. He has to help his neighbor who fries her hands! Jack has to dig a bomb shelter because of a dumb lie his father told so he didn't have to tell Jack's mom. Jack encounters a group called the Hells Angels who do not look very nice to him. There is a lot of interesting plot twists and things you will not think of! If you want to know more READ THE BOOK!

Reviewed by Elsie ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 920

Skeleton Creek the Raven by Patrick Carman

Trying to find the apostle's message of the crossbones is really hard but not for Sarah Fincher and Ryan McCray. These two main characters have been hunting for the crossbones treasure by following the apostle's trail. Sarah Fincher was at a Hollywood film camp for a couple of weeks over the summer and after she left that's when the ghostly tale really begins. Back in Skeleton Creek Ryan has been researching the areas in the apostle's map which will lead them to the crossbones treasure. Sarah goes to a lot of places to find each clue of the apostle's. They have two puzzles a raven and the one that the ghost of old Joe Bush had that they'd taken. Find out the treasures they might find or will they go home broke? Find out by reading Skeleton Creek the Raven.

Reviewed by Dylan ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 790

Young Monsters by Isaac Asimov

Do you love Stephen King or any type of scary stories? Then Young Monsters is the book for you. Young Monsters is a book that is made up of other short stories from multiple authors. For example, Stephen Hawking. One example of a story is Young Creature. A new kid comes to Michigan and goes into a cave with his new friend. He then finds out that he is some kind of creature. So the main idea of this book is that all of these stories has a monster like the one in Optical Illusion (a story in the book). So if your looking for a good scare Young Monsters is the book for you.

Reviewed by Joseph ~ 7th Grade

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

This book is a rather enticing and interesting read. it is fictional, and yet, you still learn quite a bit about London and tourist attractions there. Ted is a boy with a mental syndrome, his brain works differently than everyone elses. Ted loves the weather and wants to be a meteorologist someday.

When his Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim come for a brief visit, Ted's weather skills are put to the test when Salim disappears while riding the London Eye. I enjoyed this book for it's interesting, funny way of explaining the plot; and also because of how well it shows you the way people with mental syndromes think. Read this book, you will enjoy it, and it's hidden learning!

Reviewed by an 8th Grader

Lexile 640