The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, Bk 1)

Percy was just a normal 6th grade boy with a great mom, who tried her best to support them, and a "dad", who was just the opposite. In a sudden event during a field trip to the museum, Mrs. Dodds, the math teacher, turned into Alecto. 

Alecto is one of the three Furies (chief servants of Hades), and head torturers in the Underworld. When she turns into her true form and accuses Percy of stealing a lightning bolt, Percy realizes something is up. He is taken to a camp called camp half-blood where he finds out that he is a son of Poseidon, therefore being a demi-god, or half-blood, and finds out that Greek mythology is actually real. 

Zeus' most powerful weapon, his lightning bolt, has been stolen from him, and Percy is being accused. Percy must go to Olympus, and persuade the gods that it was not him that stole the lightning bolt. 

On this quest, Percy and his friends encounter some big obstacles, and most dangerous of all, monsters sent from Hades himself that want to hunt down and kill Percy. Will Percy be able to complete the quest, or will there be a chaotic war between the gods until the lightning bolt is found and Percy is killed, creating even more catastrophe than World War II?

The genre of this fast paced exhilarating book is fantasy. I would recommend this to anyone who likes Greek mythology or action. Read The Lightning Thief and the other 4 books that come after it in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

Reviewed by Bella ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 740

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

In this book, a spunky, energetic girl named Mo decides to start a detective agency with her best friend, Dale, after a citizen in their small town is murdered. During their epic quest to find the killer, Mo must save her guardians, who have been kidnapped. Are Mo and Dale up for the task at hand? Read the book to find out! 

I loved this book! There were lots of plot twists, cliffhangers, and false clues, which made the book so much more interesting to read. If you enjoy mystery stories, you'll love this one because it makes you think. I hope you like it!

Reviewed by Megan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 560

The Battle of Ampere by Richard Paul Evans (Michael Vey Series, Book 3)

The Battle of Ampere is the third book in the Michael Vey series, and is my favorite so far. In this book, Michael, his girlfriend Taylor, and a few friends he picked up throughout the series, go on a mission to sink the super-yacht owned by a company called the Elgen, after just rescuing Michael's mother from the Elgen. 

Earlier during the book, the Resistance (the group of people who help the main protagonists) got notice that Dr. Hatch (the main antagonist) has taken over the whole Elgen company. During the teens adventure to sink the ship, they are confronted and challenged many times by the Elgen, and the Peruvian army. 

I don't want to spoil all the good stuff, so I think you should just go read it yourself. I recommend this book to anyone who loves action and adventure, with pinch of romance.

Reviewed by Miles ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 530

Attack of the Clones by Patricia C. Wrede (Star Wars Series, Book 2)

The book Attack of the Clones was about Anakin Skywalker watching Padme. He had to watch her to keep her safe from the assassins trying to kill her. Along the way they find different clues . While Anakin was watching Obi-Won was figuring out the clues. Anakin even tries to save his mom. There are a lot of sudden changes in the book and I would rate the book 9/10. 

It's a very good short book to read that is 6th grade level. I thought that some of the parts were sad and some of the parts were funny. would recommend this book to any Star Wars fan and people who like space and adventure stories. The book is obviously realistic fiction. All in all I think this is a very good short book to read.

Reviewed by Evan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 730

Matched by Ally Condie

Matched takes place in a society that you can not think for your self. The government picks who you love and when you die. Cassia, the main character, got matched with a boy named Xander. She loved it being matched with Xander, since she will be able to spend the rest of her life with him until she dies. 

Everything changes when a mysterious boy named Ky comes into play. She and Ky became best friends as soon as they met. That is when Cassia realized that she is in love with both Ky and Xander. The problem with that is that Ky is an aberration and if you are an aberration you can't get matched with anyone. 

What is an aberration? It is when you or someone in your family does something bad and you can't get matched with anyone. Even when she knows that Ky is an aberration she is in love with him. Who will she choose, Xander or Ky? 

I would rate this book an 8 out of 10. The genre of the book was romance and realistic fiction. I would recommend this book to someone who likes books with a lot of romance.

Reviewed by Sonal ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 680

Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

In the book Unwholly, Connor, Lev, and Risa move on from their adventure in the book Unwind. Along the way we meet Roland, Cam, and some minor characters. Connor leads the graveyard (An Area in the desert from Unwind.) Meanwhile Risa runs into the rewound Cam, Roland starts the stork club with exotic goals, and Lev meets a group of people that worship him.

Reviewed by Ben ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 860

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, Book 1)

This extremely awesome book is about twelve year old Percy Jackson whose father left him as a boy with his mother. Percy never really thought of his father much because his mom is with a smelly guy named Gabe. Percy is a troubled kid who has dyslexia and ADHD, and had gotten kicked out of many schools. He has thought his life was completely normal, but as you know in books it really isn't. 

The mystery of Percy's father and his dyslexia and ADHD are all clues to something rare, special and life threatening.

Reviewed by Ryan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 740

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This book is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen. She spends most of her days out hunting in the woods for food for her family. She is very good with a bow and she pretty much never misses. Every year the capitol holds an annual hunger games in which one boy and one girl is chosen from each of twelve districts to fight in the hunger games.

In the hunger games all of the tributes have to fight to the death while also scavenging food and finding shelter. A boy named Peeta is the boy tribute from Katniss' district. Peeta has always liked Katniss but never wanted to tell her. There are twenty-four tributes in the hunger games but only one gets to leave alive. 

If you want to find out more then you will have to read the book. I personally loved this book and I recommend it to anybody who likes the Divergent series. I also recommend it to anyone who likes action packed books. At times this book can be slow but there are some very action packed sections.

Reviewed by Nicholas ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 810

The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie

Larkin may have a weird life but he still has his "buddies." His annoying sister Kelly always has to make things more difficult for Larkin! But things take a turn when Larkin finds out his "girlfriend" likes someone that is not him. 

I thought that this book was very unique it's not like other books that have enormous turns in the story. It's simple and a really quick read! I would recommend this book! It's very simple for students to read. This book seems big and too hard but once you read it, you wish there was a second book.

Reviewed by Sandra ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 850

The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie

The book The Accidental Genius of Weasel High is about a boy named Larkin who is having a lot of trouble being in high school. He thought that he had a girlfriend, but it turns out that she is his enemy Dalton's girlfriend. At home he has to deal with a sister that may turn your house upside down. None of these things are going to stop him from achieving his goals of becoming a movie producer. 

If I say anything else it may spoil the book. The genre of the book is realistic fiction. I would recommend this book to someone that likes funny books and likes the genre realistic fiction. I would give this book a 5.5 out of 10.

Reviewed by Sonal ~ 6th Grade

Lexile  850

Unremembered by Jessica Brody

Unremembered by Jessica Brody is about a sixteen year old girl who somehow survives a plane crash and is floating among the wreckage of the plane but does not remember anything about her life before the crash. She does not remember her name or anyone she knew. This girl struggles to find her forgotten past and find who she really is. 

She is surprisingly a very intelligent girl and some random people are always following her. Her only hope is a strange and mysterious boy who claims he knew her before the crash ever happened. Can she trust him or even anyone? Will she find out about her past or who she really is? How did she survive the crash? Read this book to find out. 

This book was great. It had some crazy plot twists and you always want to find out what will happen next. It also had a little bit of humor in it. Unremembered will hook you in and I recommend it to people who like mystery and some action.

Reviewed by Michael ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 610

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 1)

Cinder is about a 16 year old girl who is a cyborg and lives in the town of New Beijing. A deadly plague comes and people believe that the Lunars are doing it. Lunars live in a planet called Luna. They are ruled by Queen Lavana. Cinder's stepmother forces her to be a patient to find a cure to the plague. Cinder finds out Lavana is coming to New Beijing to marry Prince Kai. Will Cinder be able to save Kai and her town from the wicked queen? I recommend this book! Read the book to find out!

Reviewed by Elizabeth

Lexile 790

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

If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy

In the book "If You're Reading This" Mike's father died in a war when he was eight. Right before his sixteenth birthday, he starts receiving different letters claiming to be written by his dad. In each letter it has a mission like be nice to your mom and sister and get involved in a sport like football. Mike loves football but his mom doesn't let him play. He keeps receiving the letters and they don't have a return address label so he doesn't know who is sending them. Throughout the book he tries to figure out who is sending the letters. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes football and to anyone who is interested in realistic fiction. I loved this book! I couldn't put it down. It is one of the best books I have ever read!

Reviewed by Abby ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 700

The Strangers by Jacqueline West (The Books of Elsewhere, Book 4)

The book I read was The Strangers by Jacqueline West. This is the fourth book in "The Books of Elsewhere" series. This book (and series) revolves around a young girl by the name of Olive. She deals with not so normal events, varying from her house being magic, and having paintings in that very same house come to life. 

In this book, Olive was, again, trying to figure out the whereabouts of the main antagonist (Annabelle) of the series, as Annabelle was on the run and nowhere to be found. Olive's friends (Rutherford and Morton, and her three magic cats, Leopold, Horatio, and Harvey if that counts) were all trying to help her figure out how to find her. 

Annabelle wasn't the only person who went missing though; Olive's parents went missing as well, leaving Olive having to use her magic cats' and her friend's aid in trying to find them again, no matter what cost. 

This book was very interesting and entertaining, and the sense of tension and knowing that anything could happen at any moment in this book left me on the edge of my seat. I think people who generally enjoy fantasy plots and out of the ordinary events within books would enjoy this book, and really, the whole series itself (there are 5 books in this series; 1. The Shadows, 2. Spellbound, 3. The Second Spy, 4. The Strangers, and 5. Still Life).

Reviewed by Leslie ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 810

Legend by Marie Lu

Legend is a story about the plague-stricken future United States which is now split in two different countries at war! The Republic owns the western United States while the Colonies own the eastern United States. The new United States is also sinking into the ocean leaving most of the Colonies and western California under water. The two main characters are June and Day, both 15 years-old. 

June is a Republic prodigy and sweetheart. She was the first person ever to get a perfect score on the Republic's standardized military test. On the other hand, there is Day. He is the Republic's most-wanted criminal. Day is not a violent criminal but he just enjoys causing trouble for the Republic. 

One day, while checking on his family, Day realizes his younger brother, Eden, has caught the plague, a thriving disease causing countless deaths. So he decides to break into a Republic hospital to get plague serum to save Eden. A sudden change of events send Day and June winding down the same path of unexpected events and turns of fate. I would highly recommend this book to people who like science fiction, or people who enjoy a book series since this book is the first in a trilogy with Prodigy (book #2) and Champion (book #3) continuing the story.

Reviewed by Luke ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 710

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Love, loss, betrayal, and family. Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You The Sun is a combination of all four. This is a dramatic story told in two perspectives. Jude and Noah Sweetwine are twins and the best of friends. Jude always has Noah’s back. Noah is a shy artist, constantly needing his twin’s help. Noah loves his mother with all his heart, but his dad… not so much. Jude on the other hand is the favorite and loves both her parents. 

Their father is always trying to get Noah to swim, watch sports, wrestle, and basically become more manly. Noah just doesn’t work like that. He likes art… and boys. Jude loves surfing, swimming, and is a daring girl. 

One summer, Noah sees a moving truck next door. Next thing you know, him and the boy next door have a growing friendship, and possibly something more. The summer is going great, until the trip to the art museum. A drawing competition and an entry into art school pull the twins apart. Prepare to fall in love with the characters, the plot, and suffer many emotions. This story of reconnection will leave you wanting more.

Reviewed by Morgan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 740

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit by Tommy Greenwald

Its about a kid named Charlie Joe (main character) who is getting bad grades and he makes a deal with his parent on getting all As and 1 B or else he would have to go to a summer camp that he doesn't like.

Reviewed by David ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 630

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour By Morgan Matson

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour By Morgan Matson is a romance novel. In this book Amy and Roger are dating and they are going on a trip. They decide along the way that they should take a detour without telling their paranoid parents. After they finish their trip and get home they realize that they probably made one of the worst mistakes of their lives. What was the big mistake? Where will that take them next? I suggest to read this book because it has a great lesson. You should also read the sequel Second Chance Summer. Definitely read the book it is a great novel and you might be surprised in the end.

Reviewed by Megan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 790

In the End by Demitria Lunetta (Book 2)

It's been three months since Amy escaped New Hope, and she's been surviving by herself with no one left. Like she did in the after. But one day, a voice hears from her earpiece. In a feeling voice, Kay, The guardian she used to work with. Amy had never wished to hear: Dr. Reynolds has Baby. It's a race against time. In order to save Baby, She'll have to go through Fort Black, A prison turned into a survival colony. Then she'll have to find Ken he holds the key to Baby's existence. She will have to go through one of the most dangerous and spooky places in the world. This is what happens in the end.

Reviewed by Tomas ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 660