Rip Tide by Kat Falls

This is the 2nd book in the Dark Life series. Ty's parents have been kidnapped and he doesn't know if they are dead or alive. With Gemma's help they go off searching for his parents, but they also need to solve some mysteries. From the sunken township, "Nomad," to a new crocodile species. To solve the mysteries and save his parents, they need to trust and work with people who they would never even imagine talking to. As all the pieces start coming together Ty will find out that he's not just saving his parents, but also a whole township full of people! Will he save them in time, or will he die trying? I recommend this book because it's full of action and adventure. You wouldn't want to stop reading until your totally done.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 780 

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Flipped is about two way different people who have two separate lives. Julianna the girl falls crazy in love with Bryce at a whopping age of 7 when Bryce's family moves by Juli. Up until 8th grade Juli has been following Bryce around, sniffing his hair. During 6th, 7th, and 8th grades Juli has been giving Bryce her chicken's eggs for that whole time and Bryce has been throwing them out ever since the first time he got the eggs. [SPOILER !!!] Then Juli in the 8th grade found out that Bryce had been throwing the eggs out. She was heart broken and she got really mad at Bryce. She ended up not talking to Bryce for the rest of the year, until Bryce made a comment on how bad Juli's front yard looks so Juli decides to replant the grass, make a new picket fence, and cut the shrubs. And after that Bryce starts to like Juli.

Reviewed by Dylan ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 720

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Ponyboy, a member of the "Greasers" gang, is passionate about his friends, his brothers, the gang, and seeing movies at the theatre. Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect... until someone takes things too far.

Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was written. You'll fall in love with the Greasers and become Ponyboy's best friend.

Reviewed by Alexa ~ 8th  Grade

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Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends. The Socs, a gang of wealthy kids think it's fun to beat up the Greasers. One day a beating goes to far. Something heroic happens. If you like action, suspense, this book is great for you!

Reviewed by Ten ~ 7th Grade

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The Outsiders is a great book full of action, heroic and brave characters. I couldn't put the book down. It's about a boy named Ponyboy who is a Greaser. A beating goes to far one time and something drastic happens.

Reviewed by an 8th Grader

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The Outsiders is a great book for people who love suspense and action. Its about a greaser named Ponyboy. The Socs like to beat up the greasers and one time someone takes things too far.

Reviewed by Amanda ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 750

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

A family who is being told to hurry up and get into the car by the dad and they get to a compound where they enter. then they live there because supposedly a nuclear war happened and they can't leave until 15 years go by because of the radiation. [SPOILER ALERT!!] then Eli who is the main character in this book finds his brother's laptop who did not make it in to the compound, so Eli is on the laptop and finds a wireless signal.

Reviewed by Carl ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 570

Goosebumps: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

This book is about a boy that goes on a vacation and his parents leave him with his uncle in Egypt. This boy’s uncle has a daughter a couple months older then he is and she acts like a mother to him and teases him the whole time. So one day they go into the Pyramid and something bad happens. If you want to know read this awesome book, I really recommend it. My favorite part of the book was when the boys cousin always scares him in the book and sometimes he gets a heart attack. I can connect to this book because when I saw the cover at first it looked not that good. But when I read the first page of the book the letters just sunk into my mind and I was so into this book because it has lots of action and adventure and horror.

Reviewed by Patryk - 7th Grade

Lexile 620

The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee by Tom Angleberger

How Dwight gives Fortune Wookiee to Sara and Tommy make a case file but now he has nothing to make a case file because Origami Yoda is gone. Also how Dwight gives Fortune Wookiee to Sara and now Tommy has a case file to write about. A lot of crazy things happen.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 680

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

This book is about how a girl wanted to win in the talent show because she needed to pay a fee because she didn’t tell her dad that he needed to go check the school for bugs so she wanted to win the money but actually her worst enemy Mackenzie was just doing a prank on her so she wouldn’t win in the talent show. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] My favorite part of the book was when her little sister stole the coins from the mall fountain and then told her sister to take her to Cheesy Queasy to go eat some pizza.

Reviewed by a 7th grader

Lexile 770

Shark Life by Peter Benchley

It has facts about the animals or sharks' way of life and what they do and how some body part work in the water.

Reviewed by a 7th grader

Lexile 1020

As Simple as it Seems by Sarah Weeks

It’s about a girl named Verbeda Colter that was born with problems because of her mother drinking when she was pregnant. But underneath all of this there is more secrets she doesn’t know. And when she does her world turns upside down. If you liked So B It , you will definitely like this book!!

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 910

Cardboard by Doug TenNapel

This book is about a boy named Cam who is poor and his Mom died. It’s his birthday and the Dad has no money so the dad gets him cardboard. And they make a boxer and over night it turns to life but Marcus the bully steals the cardboard and makes evil stuff. But something goes wrong.

Read it to find out!  :)

Reviewed by Kyle ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 300 ~ Graphic Novel

Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

This book s about a family that moves into a church house and they find out they have a graveyard on the back of their house. A girl named Heather finds a tombstone of some girl,s initials just like hers and they become friends. Heather wants Helen (The ghost) to destroy all their brother’s and her sister’s stuff because they have been so mean to her all these years. Until one day when Heather knows the truth about what Helen did to her family when she was young and she doesn’t want to be with her.

Reviewed by Iririan ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 750

The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer

This book is about a girl named Abby Goodwin. Abby has always cared about her sister Maya. One day Maya went out with a bunch of friends which are all drugged-out kids and her tutor, Jefferson. But then the next day Abby goes running in the woods and finds a body and Abby finds out that it was Jefferson. Abby is trying to kind out if Maya was the one who killed Jefferson because Maya was the last one with him. [SPOILER ALERT !!!] Then Jefferson's brother Brian called Abby to go over his house so they could talk and one day Abby snuck into his house and found a whole bunch of pictures of Brian killing his brother Jefferson. Now Abby is trying to investigate who really killed Jefferson. Was it Brian or was it Maya?

Read to find out!

Reviewed by Stephanie ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 720

Pretty Ugly by Karyn Langhorne Folan

It’s about a girl named Jammie Wills who is watching the new girl at school (Angel) being bullied, Jammie is scared if she protects Angel she will be the next target. When Jammie decides to stand up to the bullies they don't like it and they spread a picture of her. This book is a really good book because it teaches a good lesson about standing up to bullies. I recommend this book to other kids because it shows how easier it would be to stand up to bullies. I also recommend the Bluford High Series!

Reviewed by Jacko ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 630

The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies

Evan and Jessie think Scott Spencer stole $208 from Evan’s shorts. Evan and Jessie worked really hard over the summer and now they think Scott stole it. Evan and Jessie think it was him because he just bought something really expensive. I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction.

Reviewed by Cory ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 670

No Way Out by Peggy Kern

This book is about a boy named Harold and he lives with his grandma. His grandma is sick and they take his grandma to the hospital and they tell him if he had another family member that he could stay with because his grandma couldn’t take care of him or if not they where going to put him in a foster home. His grandma’s bills from the hospital were too much money and the grandma didn’t have enough money to pay and he needed to find a job and he found one at a grocery store and they didn’t pay him much and then he is working for a drug dealer.

Reviewed by Stephanie ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 580

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beal

A boy who travels to a city to meet a singer, but he gets captured by the African army to fight the rebels and stop their wrath.

Reviewed by Luis ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 920