Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein

Runny Babbit is a very good book. When you read this book "You'll be talkin' Runny Babbit talk, just like mim and he". That's what Shel Silverstein wrote down in the book, pretty weird how Runny speaks; it will be pretty easy to read but entertaining that's why you should get this book.

Reviewed by Dhara ~ 6th Grade

The Twilight Zone: Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? By Rod Serling (Graphic Novel Series)

This book is ok not too long.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 330 ~ Graphic Novel

The Gathering by Michael Carroll (Quantum Prophecy: Series Bk. 2)

This book is a good book for you if like suspense, action, and science. The ending of this book is very suspenseful and unpredictable. It starts out slow because it is introducing you to the characters but gets very good at the middle and end.

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 590

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Drama is a very interesting book. Callie is going through emotional things while having some fun with her school play which is Moon Over Mississippi. Callie has some trouble but will she be able to handle it? Read the book to find out more. Thanks for reading my review Bye.

Reviewed by Dhara ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 400 ~ Graphic Novel

The Boy on Cinnamon Street by Phoebe Stone

This book is mainly about this girl, Louise (Thumbelina) who gets notes from a secret admirer. She goes looking for who it is with her friend Reni. Not knowing that the secret admirer is closer than she thinks.

I think this is an awesome book! This is a really good book, made me cry a few times! So if you're looking for a good book stop at the library and pick up this book!

Reviewed by Jailine ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 720

Cardboard by

Hi guys I'm going to tell you a summery of this book which is called Cardboard, In the book it is Cam's birthday, his dad wants to give him a special birthday gift cause Cam is a very good person. His dad brings home a cardboard box and they make it into a cardboard man, at night it turns alive. When Cam's bully finds out about it he knew something magical was happening. The bully stole a scrap of the cardboard and made an army out of it so he can mess with the rules but then things go out of hand and something happens. If you want to find out what happens and what else the book has, don't wait go ahead and get this book it is a very fascinating. Hope you guys like this book and also get it. Thanks for reading my Review Bye!!!!!!

Reviewed by Dhara ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 300 ~ Graphic Novel

A Living Nightmare ~ (Cirque Du Freak: Series Book 1)

Do you ever wonder what its like to be a Vampires assistant and learn how they live as creatures of the night then this book series is for you. It starts when a normal kid named Darren Shan he had a perfect life up until his best friend named Steve Leoparn got a flier about a freak show that is in town but they can only get two tickets per flier. Steve got the tickets but there are four friends and only two tickets so Steve had to go but the rest fought for it but Darren got the ticket. When the show was over Steve knew who the owner was and it was surprising what Steve wanted from the owner and Darren stayed behind to see what Steve was up to. after a while Darren took the owners wonderful spider. The plan back fired because the spider was highly venimous and bit Steve. Darren went to find Mr. Crepsley (the owner of the freak show) but in return he must become his assistant in return for the poison to heal Steve. The deal also meant he had to leave his life and home forever. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Darren agreed to be his assistant to learn the way of the vampire. In every book there are twist and turns that keep you reading up until the very end of every book because I can't stop reading until the very end of the books of this series can you handle this interesting book series.

Reviewed by Oscar ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 650

Gallows Hills by Lois Duncan

When high-school Jr. Sarah Zoltanne moves from California to a Pinecrest because of her mom's new love. She tries to make friends, but that led to problems. She was doing a fortune lady act for money with her "friend" Kyra. When Sarah goes and finds she has supernatural powers and can look into the future she and her friend Charlie are accused of witchcraft and now are trying to get out of it.

Reviewed by Joseph ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 900

Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith

The book was amazing. I really enjoyed reading it. I didn't want to put the book down. It was wonderful.

Reviewed by Ashley ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 750

Evermore by Alyson Noel

This book is about a courageous fight for love. When a girl named Ever loses all of her family in a terrible accident she moves in with her Aunt. Going to school and meeting new people seemed rough but when she went straight to the wallflowers in school they immediately accepted her. But when a new guy named Damon comes to school, everything changes. Ever was very suspicious when she first saw him but she can't figure out what it is that's so different about him. I would recommend this book to either mystery lovers or romance lovers! Or even a mystery romance lover! If this story sounds interesting and exciting, guess what? There are six books in the series! So you will always be entertained reading this series!

Reviewed by a 7th Grader

Lexile 940

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

If you like reading about adventures and dramas or excitement then you should read the book Chomp. This book is about two girls named Tuna and Raven Stark. There is also a couple of boys in this book their names are Mickey Cray, Wahoo, Derek Badger, Link, and Jared Gordon. In the beginning Mickey Cray had really bad headaches because over the winter while he was in his backyard a dead iguana fell on his head and gave him a concusion. The only problem is that the Cray family was running out of money because Mickey Cray owns a lot of snakes and wild animals in his backyard and he has to buy food to feed them (which is very expensive). So Wahoo's mom went to China to teach a language class there and Mickey Cray and Wahoo got a call that Derek Badger (the famous TV star) wants to borrow some of Mickey's animals for his Everglades show. While the crew is taping Derek's show (in Mickey's backyard) Derek makes an alligator mad and he almost gets killed but Mickey jumped in to save Derek and he did. Derek decides that Mickey is really brave so he decides to make the show in an actual Forest instead of in a backyard. Read the book to read if everything goes all right or not.

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

Lexile 800

The View From The Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts,

This book is about a secret murderer that killed Mrs. Calloway pushing her out of the window and catching her self on a strap of the binoculars she was wearing. Hanging on the cherry tree Rob was right in front of her watching as she dies slowly. They try to figure out who the murderer was with the evidence Rob saw. The murderer is trying to get the information from Rob because he wants to know if he is in trouble. Rob still doesn't know who the murderer is yet. At the end Rob thinks the murderer is...

Read it yourself to find the murderer of Mrs. Calloway.

Reviewed by Kassandra ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 770

Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

In the seventh installment of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffely will have to face more problems of being in high school  Like living with uncle and having him sleep on the couch and eat all of the food. Greg and Rowley have other problems with school like the debate where Greg wants to run in the debate but he because you can't run in the election if you ever had been in detention [SPOILER ALLERT!!!] so Greg gets Rowley to run in the debate, but with the dance coming up Greg and Rowley try to get dates to the dance. will Greg and Rowley get dates to the dance, will Rowley win the debate and will greg get over living with his uncle.

Reviewed by James ~ 6th Grade

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Student Review:

In the seventh book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Greg still goes through the tortures of high school. Greg and Rowley both want to run in the debate. Rowley can but Greg can't because you cannot have a single detention or else you can't run in the debate. Greg's year really gets bad when his Uncle Gary stays at the Heffley's and stays on there couch. [SPOILER ALERT!!!!] Some how Greg gets Rowley to run in the debate, the dance is also coming up at there school so Greg gets Rowley to be his wingman... and I don't think Greg is very happy with the way things turned out. How will Greg survive this year?

I really enjoyed this book, I had a lot of reactions to parts in the story but I won't spoil them. When Uncle Gary DID sleep on the couch and also ate the Heffley's food, I liked Mr. Heffely's reaction.  I would recommend this book to either anyone who really enjoys all the books or 5th and 6th grades because they will understand the dance part a little more the other grades.

Reviewed by Kamran ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1060

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Student Review:

This book is about a boy named Greg Heffley. There is a Valentines Dance coming and he has know one to go with. So all of this crazy things happen and in all of this his Uncle comes for a visit. But he is a pain to everyone. An unexpected twist gets Greg a date, But Someone else has to join them on this date, So is there a Third Wheel? Read the book to find out.

Reviewed by Reyna ~ 3rd Grade

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff

This book is a really good book.I like it because it has unlikely animals that became friends.This book is about a baby hippo when his pod got pushed down river and on the new lands they have never seen before. The people tried to get the hippos off there land but they couldn’t because they where so strong.Then one day the river flooded and took all the hippos away and left one behind, so the next day the people came out and saw all the hippos gone but one he was stranded at sea. [Spoiler Alert!!!] All the people tried to help him. It was hard for them to catch him with there nets, finally they did and the person that got him was named Owen so that's what they named the hippo Owen. That is when they called a place that takes care of animals and a lady came to pick up Owen, then he got mad and was running away from every body and did not want to get in the truck. Then when he was tired and they carried him in to the truck and went back to the place. When they got there and opened the back of the truck Owen ran and hid behind a turtle called Mzee he was an old turtle. When Owen hid  behind Mzee he hised because he didn't really like other people or animals. But then after a while Mzee got used to Owen and they became best friends forever. If you like a good story then you should read Owen & Mzee.

Reviewed by Nazareth ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 920

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

In my opinion the Battle of the Labyrinth is the best book by Rick Riordan.  I think anybody who is reading the series should look forward to book four.

So at camp Percy is predicting that there will be an invasion at camp by Luke’s army.  If you read the books common sense says that's really bad because Half-Blood Hill is the only safe place in the world for demigods.  Half-Blood hill protects them from weather, (which gods can make dangerous) monsters, and Luke’s army.  The camp is protected by the camps boarders(which is produced by a tree, but that's another story).  The fleece makes the camps boarders work.  [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Luke’s army is going to invade from an entrance to the labyrinth.  Annabeth, Grover, Tyson, and Percy all volunteer to go into the labyrinth find Daedalus which is the inventor of the labyrinth.  If Luke’s army gets to it first Daedalus might give them directions or the string to find there way.  On the way there all four friends make a few stops (but that's not important READ the book).  After walking they split up by force Percy and Annabeth are following a spider that Hephaestus gave them.  He said it will lead you straight to the workshop of Daedalus.  Grover and Tyson find a path that they believe is going to lead to the lost god Pan (Grovers life goal).

I think you should read this book because like I said I think it’s the best book ever by Rick Riordan.  I would recommend any other books by Rick Riordan.  This book is an action packed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, turning page after page.

Reviewed by Robert ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 590

Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers by Dave Pilkey (Series: Book 10)

The story starts out with Tippy Tinkletrousers going back in time to fix the universe (after he destroyed it in the last book). Soon Tippy returns to the seen of the crime and stops his past self from scaring some bullies witch led to the world being destroyed. Also Tippy shrinks his past self to the size of a baseball. Then Tippy goes stop George and Harold from being arrested and chases them but soon George, Harold and there 2 pets lose Tippy. Then George and Harold agree that they have to send one of there pets (which is a pterodactyl) that they have to send him back to his normal time (witch is in the stone age). [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Soon George and Harold are going to there home-made time devise when Mr.Krupp catches them in the act and starts casing them. George and Harold goes back in time to the stone age with Mr.Krupp (who is captain underpants) with Tippy on there trail and right when they arrive the time Devise breaks. Will George, Harold, Captain underpants and there 2 pets ever go back home will they defeat Tippy Tinkletrousers and will they find an old friend. Find out in Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers!

Reviewed by A.C. ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 890

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This book is about a 16 year old kid named Helmuth. Since he was young Helmuth always wanted to be a soldier for Germany. But that changed after listening to radio, Helmuth was listening the secrets of Germany and wasn't so sure he wanted to be a soldier anymore. Helmuth was beginning to hate Hitler after his actions to the people. Helmuth and his friends write leaflets of the truth. The most powerful man in Germany which was Hitler needs to blame some people for his lost in the war. Helmuth feels that he's the only non-Jewish that is against Hitler. Hitler was good back then but not now, he is now pure evil. Helmuth will not follow Hitler's steps with only a small amount of people Helmuth is against Hitler's rules which can lead them to death. When Helmuth graduated middle school he was forced to join Hitlers Youth. After knowing all the truth and listening to several radio stations Helmuth thinks its time to rebel so he and his friends decide putting the leaflet's all over town. But later on they get arrested and taken to court where they were charged for treason and got each different years in jail for their different actions. After spending an year in prison Helmuth was killed guillotine. I think this book is an amazing book for fourth through seventh grade. I think this an amazing book because it can catch your interest especially if your into the Holocaust this is a great book you should read. I would rate this a five out of five that's how good this book is. I thought this book was great because it showed some foreshadowing and was a really catchy book. My reactions to this book where surprising because i thought to myself this character is so brave.

Reviewed by Stanley ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 760

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not So Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renee Russell

This book was amazing, I loved all the drama in it. It's about this girl Nikki and how her friends  want to skate in Holiday on ice, but Nikki can't skate AT ALL. But she says yes, and her and her friends end up skating for Fuzzy Friends the animal shelter her crush Brandon always helps out at. She thinks about asking her enemy Mackenzie about taking her place and skating for Fuzzy Friends but she already is skating for her aunt's fashion school. Which means Nikki has to skate now, she gets really nervous. Then comes time for the practices with the professional coach for 3 days. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Somehow she manages to get through all 3 days and the coach think she's actually good. They are getting ready when they discover their costumes are missing. They find a note on the door saying their costumes were found and to go to Storage area C locker 17. So they go there and someone shuts the door and looks them in. They Nikkis cellphone from her friends and her little sister picks up the phone and Brandon and her come save them. They found clown costumes in their dressing room earlier and just put those on. Nikki fell but the crowd hought it was apart of the act since they were dressed as clowns so they went with that and won 10,000 dollars for being the crowd favorite.

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

Lexile 750

Bone: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith

If you like adventures and suspense you should read the 7th book in the bones series Bone: Treasure Hunters. It's about a bone named Phone, His two cousins Smiley, Phony, And the queen and the princess Grandma Ben, and Thorn (Phone, Smiley ,and Phony are they only bones.). They have to try to not get noticed by town's people or the soldier's or else they will get turned in to the evil soldiers. Grandma Ben's Crazy evil sister Briar who got taken over by the locust (A evil creature who takes over your body and makes you evil and you have to obey the master but that is if you have a lot of locust like Briar) So Phone, Thorn, And grandma Ben Start searching for a army to defeat her Briar's army of generals and monstrous rat creatures. And while that is going on Phony, and Smiley go around the city to find treasure but for All of them different kinds of conflicts get thrown at them. Will Phone, Thorn, smiley, Phony, and grandma Ben Round up the army before they attack and get the treasure without getting caught. Can they over come their conflicts.

Reviewed by Brett ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 430

Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine

I love mystery books so if you love mystery books, then you'll love this book. Night of the living dummy is about these sisters named Kris and Lindy that find this dummy in the trash by an old abandon house, and try to make money of it. After a while Lindy starts to make money wit her dummy at birthday parties  so her sister Kris gets jellies and gets one to. After a while some strange things started to happen with Kris's  dummy. The dummy says bad things to there guests, he starts to move on his own feet. They started to think that the dummy is really alive. Do you think it's a prank? Or is the dummy really alive? Read and find out if the dummy is alive or not. I recommend this book to sixth and seventh graders, because it's an interesting book, and I thought it was a great book.

Reviewed by Nazar ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 590

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey

If you like weird and funny books you should read Captain Underpants and The Perilous Plot of Professor Poopy Pants. This book was about two kids Harold and George they are trouble makes. There is a professor Dr. Poopy Pants who makes an invention that goes wrong for the kids he gets mad and make the invention ten times bigger and shrinks the school....... Read the book to find out what happens.

Reviewed by a 6th Grader

Lexile 640

Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters by Rachel Vail

It starts out where Justin who is in the 3rd grade and he is a worry wart. Justin gets a teacher named Ms. Termini and he does not know if she will like him or not. Justin meets a kid named Xavier and his friend Gianni and they nominate Justin for the student council. He also plays the violin and he plays baseball. Which he is not very good at. He loses his favorite stuffed animal who is a dog named Wingnut and he can't find him for a long time. He gets a dog Named Qwerty and he is afraid of dogs but he grows into it.  I liked this book because I can really relate to Justin because I am afraid of dogs to and because I am kind of a worry wart to. Even though he is in the 3rd grade and I am in the 6th I feel like we are in the same grade. I also am scared of loud noises and banging.

Reviewed by Charlie ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 790

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

I think that people should read the book blue fish. the reason that people should read the book is because it's a very good book. the book is good because it's all about a kid named travis and he lives with his grandpa. Travis had a dog that was named rosco and his grandpa ran over it when he was going to work. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] then travis found a girl named valveeta and he sits with her and likes her very much. then travis's teacher found out that he can't read so his teacher gave him a book that travis likes, it's about wolves. so then during that time valveeta was happy that travis was learning how to read. then the school was having confrences and travis din't what his grandpa to go. then when his grandpa came home travis found that grandpa had roscos collar and travis was upset. then during the end of the story travis learned how to read better.

Reviewed by Chris ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 600

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events ~ Bk. 1)

If you want to read a book that starts with "Once Upon a Time" and has a happy ending then you are reading the wrong book. The bad events get straight to the point, while the Baudelaire Orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are at the beach, a close friend from their parents comes and tells them the worst news ever, their parents and their mansion burned from a fire! Now after they moved in with a unknown cousin from possibly their fathers side. They arrive at the neighborhood and they notice the most beautiful, big house in the neighborhood, but as always that is just there next door neighbor's house. Sadly the house they will be living in is old, dark and scary and even to make things even more creepy there are eyes carved everywhere in the house. Count Olaf their official legal guardian who they are staying with is a tall and skinny man with a unpleasant face. After time passes they are trying to get used to the uncomfortable house while only sharing ONE bed for the three of them. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] They realize how rude, mean, and dangerous Olaf can be, the oldest sibling Violet gets their family's riches as soon as she is of age. Soon they found out that Count Olaf wants the riches from Violet, but the only way he can do that is by marrying her. Olaf has the worlds dirtiest plan, but not if the middle child Klaus has to do with it. Will count Olaf get the riches from Violet or will he fail?

Reviewed by K. T. D. ~ 6th Grade

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Student Book Review:

This is a great book about three children's lives that are filled with misery and woe. There life starts out this way when they receive bad news from there bank accountant who informs them that their beloved parents died in a fire. But not only their parents were gone what was also left behind in the fire was there belongings their home but most of all their happiness.But how ever they did have their enormous fortune that they will be able to use once the eldest becomes of age. Soon after they are sent to a evil man named Count Olaf. Count Olaf is up to no good once the orphans realize he is after their fortune. This book has a bunch of crazy twists that continue through out the story. And also a unexpected scheme that Count Olaf has planned that involves a marriage! Will Count Olaf get away with this? Please check out this wonderful book to find out.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. And trust me I am not a big fan of reading but I couldn't put this book down! I was up all night reading chapter after chapter just to see what happens next. I would recommend this book to grades fifth through eighth. If you are interested check it out you won't regret it!

Reviewed by Kaitlynne ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1010

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Have you ever had that feeling that you were being followed your whole life? Well imagine that feeling, When you were sort-of being attacked by your evil monster-teacher. Imagine when you went to that camp that your mom just told you about on the way there except this time, there are half man and half horse things and for fun you play capture the flag with real weapons. The lightning thief was one of the books iv'e ever read by far (other than the hunger games). If you like greek mythology or your like me and you like it but you don't know much about it then just jump into this series because it was one of the best experiences iv'e had in a while.

If you ever have read a good book. You should believe me when i say i really did stay up until 1:00-2:00 in the morning. That is just about how great it is going to be for you.

Very highly recommended. Remember this is a series so read the next book "The Sea Of Monsters" witch is also a great book but thats a different review.

Reviewed by Alexander ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 740

No Way Out by Peggy Kern

The is a boy named Harold and he lives with is grandma after is mother died, and his dad no longer cared for Harold. One day when Harold's grandmother walks out the apartment, she slips and falls and ends up with a major injury. Harold looks at his grandmothers bill from the hospital and it all sums up to around 10,000$. Then he found a envelope with is name on it from the Child Services that say if there is no other guardian for Harold he will go to a foster home. He passes the grocery and sees a help wanted sign goes for a job.
[SPOILER ALERT!!!]
He sees that it will take him forever to pay for his grandma's bills so he works for a drug dealer and one day he had enough and tells Londell (the drug dealer) he quits. Londell tells him that he can't quit and threatens to hurt him and his grandma. Harold finds there is no way out.

I loved this book a lot! It mad me cry at the end and I felt really close to the story and when someone interrupted I would get really mad because it was a page turner. This book will touch your heart because it touched mine. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone because everyone will fall head over heels for this book!

Reviewed by Monique ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 580

The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss

I really liked your book, The Sneetches. This is one of the bestest books I have ever read.

My fifth grade teacher read this book to me. When I got to sixth grade my language arts teacher told us that we had to look through our literature book and read a story and write a letter to the author of the story, that is when I saw the Sneetches.

In the beginning, the star belly sneetches treated the plain belly sneetches some what differently than they treat them selves. I think that the star belly sneetches is mean and need to be taught a lesson from the plain belly sneetches for being so judgmental.

In the middle of the story, Sylvester McMonkey McBean comes with a machine that can make the plain belly sneetches have stars. So when the plain belly sneetches went in and came out they had stars. The star belly sneetches didn't like the plain belly sneetches having stars like them so they said ''Stars are no longer in style.'' So sylvester said that they can go through his star off machine. So they went through and when they came out they didn't have stars. So the plain belly sneetches did the same.

So since they couldn't tell which sneetch was which they decided that a sneetch is a sneetch!

Reviewed by Ariyah ~ 6th Grade

Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of th Radioactive Robo-boxers by Dav Pilkey

In the last Captain Underpants novel Tippy Tinkletrousers went back in time and did something wrong that changed the future. Now since Mr.Krupp was never the principle. The whole world had changed and two boys George and Harold turned into evil zombie nerds. [SPOILER Alert!!!] Tippy Tinkletrousers knew it was not right so he went back in the future to fix things so he did and saved the planet. After he saved the planet he went back to do what he was meant to do. Destroy Captain Underpants so he did and a lot of bad and weird things happened. So since the planet has changed the course of human history for a very long time. George and Harold will have to find a way to fix everything back.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes really good funny books. Or who needs a short book to read.

Reviewed by Sabrina ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 890

Ted & Me by Dan Gutman

Ted & Me is about a boy named Joe that can travel through time by holding a baseball card. Joe's talent has been a secret from everybody except his family and his coach. But one day a FBI agent shows up at Joe's front door. The agent knows about his talent and wants him to go back in time to stop the attacks of Pearl Harbor. The FBI agent gives him a Ted Williams card to go back in time, plus he says that Ted will help him out. Joe's first try was not great the card sent him back to the wrong time, date and place. Next on his second try Joe finds Ted and tells him what is going to happen. Next Joe hits the road to Washington to tell the president what is going to happen. So will Joe and Ted make it to the White House.

The book was fantastic and very exciting. It kept my interest by ending each chapter with suspense. I just could not stop reading this book. I would recommend this book to baseball fans and 5th to 8th graders. Also there are different books from Dan Gutman just like this one but with a different player.

Reviewed by Sean ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 630

The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman

Two twins- Coke and Pepsi were two regular kids until one day they had to make an option to either die or jump off a cliff. This was because maniacs were trying to kill them. Thankfully a lady that day saved their lives. Coke and Pepsi went home confused and still recovering. Soon after their family went on a road trip because their aunt is getting married. Coke and Pepsi thought the ride was over and forgot about the whole thing until they were attacked again. But their parents don't know because it's safer that way. They also have to decipher messages they receive. There are 3 books, read them if you want to know if they survive and how they do.

I enjoyed this book because of the action, suspense, adventure and surprises. Plus this book is one of my favorites and I recommend this book to anyone who is up for an interesting book. I hope you get the chance to read it.

Reviewed by Angel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 730

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This book is about a girl named Catniss Everdeen. She is a hunter that has incredible skills at shouting a bow-and-arrow. She is put into the games in which she has to fight for her life while trying to find food and shelter. There is a boy who has always had a crush on Catniss but never had the guts to tell her that. He is also picked to serve in the games as well. There are 24 kids in the hunger games all in which are trying to win. but only one person comes out alive. [SPOILER ALERT!!!]

When Catniss is hiding 5 other kids in the games show up and start to work together to kill Catniss and they tried to shoot her down with a bow-and-arrow but they missed so they tried to wait her out and that is when Catniss meets Rue. So they finally after 2-3 days in the games they both find each other and they start working together to win the games.

I recommend this book to people who like action suspense and science-fiction and teen books. I think this writing was easy to understand. There was some characters that I could even relate to. I think that you would love this book in my point of view.

Reviewed by Nicholas ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 810

Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury

In 1815 Agnes Wilkins is having her debut. She can speak 10 languages. She is getting ready for a party at Showalter's. Showalter is looking into Agnes' eyes and Agnes is looking into his. He slowly takes his eyes off of her. He welcomes Agnes. Then he goes into a room where there is a mummy. Showalter tells Agnes that she can start unwrapping the mummy. Agnes is hesitating to unwrap the mummy. The people get bored so some start unwrapping even though she hasn't. Soon she finds the courage to unwrap the mummy. People find things. Showalter is looking at what they found. Agnes sees something and unwraps faster. She finds a little metal dog head. She sees Showalter isn't watching so she hides the dog's head in her bodice. Bad things start to happen like a person from the party is killed. They think there is a curse. Do you know who did the damage to the people?

I really thought the book was really interesting. It included many facts that we learned in social studies. I think this is a good book for 6-8 graders because they learned about social studies in 6th grade. It gives them a chance to remember and love the things they learned in the past or now.

Reviewed by Nikola ~ 6th grade

Lexile 860

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