The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling

This book is made up of 5 short stories, and include Professor Dumbledore's notes, based off of the Harry Potter series. One of the story's is called The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. 

This story is about a kindly old wizard, who owned a cauldron he called his lucky cooking pot, and he helped everyone in the city, but when he died, he gave his cauldron to his only son. The son was not kind as his father. He wasn't helping the village when bad things happened, so one day, he found a package inside of the pot, with an old slipper, but thought nothing of it, and threw it back into the cauldron. When the wizard refused to help the villagers, the cauldron magically sprouted a brass foot, and made a lot of noise, and would leave the wizard alone. 

The stories contain magical aspects, and has a moral in each one. The genre is fantasy. I really like the book, because it has short stories, then Professor Dumbledore explained it, and you got to hear his thoughts. I would recommend this book to people who like the Harry Potter series.

Reviewed by Jenna ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1290

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Sisters is a true story about the author’s life with her sister. It’s about a girl named Raina Telgemeier. She wants to have a sister to play with. Then the mom had Amara the little sister. They don’t get along very well. She seems that she is better at things than Raina. Things have been going bad with their family so they go on a road trip and it gets pretty weird. If you like funny stories, then read Sisters to find out!  

Reviewed by Olivia ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 290

The Properties of Water by Hannah Roberts McKinnon

In the story The Properties of Water thirteen year old Lace and her older sister Marni loved to swim and were pretty great at it too. The sisters once shared everything. Living in her older sisters shadow was sometimes hard for Lace because their was no escaping Marni's beauty, intelligence, and humor. All of that changed one very sad summer afternoon. The accident takes Lace's mom and older sister away from her leaving her with her dad. As summer passes by can Lace return to the water? The very thing that tore her family apart? Read the book to find out!

Reviewed by Danyela ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1210