The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

The boy in the striped pajamas is about how a boy and his family move to a different town because his father was one of the soldiers for the Nazis. One day the boy named bruno was on a walk and he found a fence with a boy behind it. They talked to each other everyday but then a conflict happens and bruno wants to help him. Will bruno help the boy in striped pajamas.

Reviewed by Emily ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1080

Graveyard Plot by Jason Strange

The book I read was the Graveyard Plot. In the first part of the book they have to go to their grandfather's house to clean it out because he went to a nursing home. When they were cleaning the house they found a picture of the grandpa with his friend before he disappeared. When they brought it up to the grandpa he freaked out because he went on a treasure hunt and the kids had the map where he lost his friend. 

[SPOILER ALERT]

The grandpa was freaking out because he went on in and he luckily got away but he lost his best friend. The grandpa’s grandson’s friend took him on the hunt. When the got in the graveyard an old lady caught them and realized that he was the grandson. But they didn’t listen and the friend ended up disappearing with the other friend that also disappeared.

Reviewed by James ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 410

Vanishing Act by John Feinstein

In the book Vanishing Act by John Feinstein, the main characters Stevie Thompson and Susan Carol Anderson are back together to solve another mystery, this time at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Susan Carol is attending the U.S. Open to report for her local newspaper in North Carolina. Susan Carol invites Stevie to stay at her uncle’s apartment and attend the U.S. Open with her. They are having a lot of fun watching the tennis tournament until a famous tennis player named Nadia Symanova disappears while walking to her first match. Everywhere there is panicking and confusion within the tournament and media. Stevie and Susan Carol, with the help of some adult reporters, try to find out what is happening. They look at the tournament brackets to see who would benefit most from Symanova being out of the tournament. After a couple days, Symanova returns healthy and fine and claims she was kidnapped. Stevie and Susan Carol find this a bit strange. With time running out before a big match, Stevie and Susan Carol are trying to find out what is going on and what Symanova and her parents aren't telling everyone.

The reason I am sharing this book with you is I really enjoyed it and it had a great plot and it was very interesting. This book kept my attention and made me want to read more every time I picked it up. The genre of this book is mystery. I think if you like mysteries and fast-paced books with lots of action, you will love this book. I would also recommend reading Last Shot also by John Feinstein because this is the book where you first meet Stevie and Susan Carol.

Reviewed by Gavin ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 760

Sisters by Raina Telgemeir

Sisters by Raina Telgemeir is about a girl called Raina, her sister Amara, and their little brother. They are going to a family meeting at their cousins’ house. There are three of them, Josh, Jeremy, and Lindsay. They thought very differently from Raina since they were already adults at age 20 to 30, while Raina is still 14. 

[SPOILER ALERT]

They stayed there for a week. Later on during the trip, the car broke down. Raina’s mom went with their little brother to get a tow truck while Raina and Amara stayed inside the truck. Then, all of a sudden, they found a snake! Amara grabbed it. Later, their mom came back to them and they went home.

Reviewed by Gabriel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 290

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, 79 A. D. by Lauren Tarshis

The genre of this book is adventure and historical fiction. This book I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, 79 A. D. is about a boy who has difficulty in escaping Mt. Vesuvius. His name is Marcus. Marcus used to be the slave of Linus Selius, a scientist, and his father, Tata, helped the man out with his studies. When the scientist died, Tata was sold, and Marcus' life at Festus' house in Pompeii became very difficult. Pompeii is seeing a lot of natural disturbances, and when there is great trembling in the marketplace it knocks an old lady down, Marcus helps her up. She warns him that disastrous times are coming and advises that he should "Follow the Hand of Mercury.” When Marcus sees gladiators coming into town and recognizes his father, he is determined to rescue his father from certain death. The disturbances, as well as the appearance of a horse the two are able to ride, make this escape possible, but Tata feels forced to go back to the town and let everyone know that the disaster is coming and that everyone should get away. The guards don't take the slaves seriously and their freedom is again in peril. Can the two survive not only the volcano but also the evil Festus? I would recommend this book to people who enjoy adventure and historical fiction.

Reviewed by Adriana ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 700

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer

The book The Lost Boy is about a boy named Dave Pelzer. He got taken away from his mom who abused him violently. He goes to foster homes in search for the perfect family that will take him into their home. But every time Dave went to a foster home the same story would just repeat over and over again. He would stay in a foster home for six months and then he would have to leave to another home. He spent years to find the perfect home, but every time he found one bad things would start to happen to him. Kids always teased him for how he looked and dressed, there also was this one time where a gang boy came and lit the class on fire. Dave was passing by the classroom and the boy asked him to help him and Dave did help, but then he did and the boy got up and ran. A little girl saw him and told a teacher and Dave didn't come home for two days. From the embarrassment and sadness, Dave later went to court to see what they were going to do to him. Years passed and he still hadn't found the correct foster home. When Dave turned 15, he found his perfect home. Dave worked and worked and worked... he would never stop. When Dave turned 18, he knew he would have to find his own home, pay his own bills, and work hard. When he turned 18 Dave left to figure out who he was and what he is going to do. This book made me realize that I should appreciate what I have because others don’t have what I have.

Reviewed by Geyli ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 720

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Recently I read a book called The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by: Suzanne Collins. The genre of this book is science fiction and action adventure. The main characters in this book are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. The book is the sequel to the Hunger Games. The book is mainly about Katniss going back into the arena with Peeta and some new allies that join them. Katniss and Peeta are worried because this isn’t just a regular arena with regular teenagers fighting to the death, every 20 years President Snow (who is the president of Panem) hosts a special Hunger Games. This year, two previous victors from each district will fight to the death. What worries them is that they all are experienced fighters, and they’ve known each other for years, but since Katniss and Peeta are the newest victors, they don’t know anyone, and they are the first on everyone's hit list. I really enjoyed this book because I’m a huge Hunger Games fan, because their books are so easy to get wrapped up in. I recommend this book to everyone who likes action and adventure books, but also being one of those books that are so descriptive, that you feel like you’re watching a movie.

Reviewed by Cory ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 820

Black Anchor by Carl Bowen

This is a story about a team called Shadow Squadron that attacks a Chinese oil rig in the gulf of Mexico that's called Black Anchor. Strangely the oil rig was full of American mercenaries. On the oil rig there were also hostages being held at gunpoint. Shadow Squadron's objective was to neutralize all enemy hostiles and save all of the hostages. The Shadow Squadron team came in stealthy with suppressed machine guns and stealth suits. 

[SPOILER ALERT]

When they got in the oil rig they were caught a few minutes after entering in by mercenaries. After all of the gunfight they save most of the hostages and flew home in a sea hawk helicopter back to the nearest American military base. This story reminds me of a MW2 campaign mission. I'd recommend this book to people who like modern warfare. Not the video game but war now. I'd rate this book a 9 out of 10. The main characters were Cross, Yamashita, and Walken.

Reviewed by Alec ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 920

Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand

The main character Louis Zamperini gets into a lot of trouble as a child and is also very good at running. He was so good at running he qualified to be in the Olympics. The Olympics got canceled because it was World War II. He joined the army and his plane crashed. He was stranded at sea on a lifeboat for 47 days. He was on the lifeboat with two other people, and one of them died. After that, he was picked up by the Japanese. He was taken to a prison camp. He was forced to work very hard. Also, he was tortured. Read the book to find out if he escapes the prison camp. I liked this book because it was very adventurous. The genre of this book is nonfiction. I learned a lot about Louie Zamperini's life in this biography. I would recommend this book to people in middle school who like adventures.

Reviewed by David ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 850

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The book I read was The Witches by Roald Dahl. This book is fiction. The problem of this story is the witches are getting rid of kids and they hate kids. I recommend this book to people who like fictional books and like the author Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl also had great books like The Twits, Matilda, The BFG and more he makes books so good once you read you will get attached to the book and you won't want to stop reading.

Reviewed by Megan ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 740

Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

The book I'm presenting is called Skeleton Man. The author is Joseph Bruchac. The genre is horror. This book is about a mysterious disappearance of this girls parents named Molly, and she is forced to live with her so-called “uncle”. Her “uncle” has a very strange house and she always gets locked in her room at night. She starts to have these dreams about the skeleton man story that her dad use to tell her. She gets help from her teacher when she starts to get paranoid. But she doesn't tell the school about getting help from a rabbit that she saved in her dreams.

Every morning Molly is forced to eat breakfast that her “uncle” makes her. But every day that she eats she feels weird and falls asleep quickly. Most mornings she takes the food in a Tupperware and while she’s waiting for the school bus she dumps the food down the sewers. One day she got home from school and her uncle wasn't home and she went to her room but she saw her uncle's office room door open. He usually doesn't leave the door open but this time he did, so Molly went in and saw cameras that were hooked up on the front door, back door and her room door. That night she saw her uncle in his “tool shed” and she was going to run away but she went inside the tool shed.

You'll have to read the book to find out what's in the tool shed.

Reviewed by Chase ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 730

I Survived The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis is about the Japanese Tsunami that happened in 2011. Ben is the main character of this book and his unique quality is being brave during the book Ben brought out on how he was brave. I learned that tsunami’s are very dangerous and are very dangerous in a country that is used to a lot of tsunami’s. This book changed the way I see Japan, when I think about Japan I think of business. Also my dad’s company that he works at has an office in Japan so I think Japan is awesome and I never thought that such an important country can be destroyed now I know that country’s like Japan can get destroyed. The genre of this book is Historical Fiction. I enjoyed this book because it was about Japan and how a wave can destroy so much things. I recommend this book to people that like Japan, History, water, or disasters that happened on the world.

Reviewed by Kosta ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 650

10 Days: Anne Frank by David Colbert

Anne's story is how millions of people have come to understand the Holocaust. And other events that are too scary to think about. Anne Frank lives in the Netherlands when the Nazis were taking over Poland and Hungary. But a few months later the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. Anne has to fight her way through harsh laws for the Jews made by the German government. Then the Nazis gave the Franks a chilling letter that said "All who live in this house should pack there bags in be put on a train to work. "Then Anne and her family move in to a secret annex. Then for Anne's thirteenth b-day her family gave her a diary (that now is on display in the Smithsonian) where she writes about her chilling nights and her scary life. An ominous event threatens to expose the secret lives of Anne Frank and her family. Then Anne's worst fear comes true she and her family were betrayed to the Germans. The franks arrive at a Nazi slave labor camp, and they are given harsh punishments. When Anne gets separated Anne has no more protection by her father and by her self she enters the scary dark world of the Nazi camps. (The only one that survived in the Frank family was Edith Frank Anne frank's father because he fought for the Germans in world war 1.)

Reviewed by Daniel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 980

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

This book is about a girl named Janie Johnson. She has been missing since she was 3. She disappeared in New Jersey this is how she found out that she was kidnapped. One day she was at lunch and she just stole her friend's milk and drank it. Then she just looks at the missing child picture and sees herself there but that was when she was 3 and she is 15 now. She tells her friends but nobody believes her but then she tells her neighbor/friend Reeve and he does. Reeve and Janie don’t want this to be true. 

[SPOILER ALERT]

But then Janie and Reeve start figuring out clue after clue after clue and their world starts crashing around them until finally they find out it is true she was kidnapped but not by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson but by their daughter Hannah a cruel vicious criminal. The main characters in this book are the Janie Reeve and Janie's “parents”. The theme of this book is you should be happy with what you have and don’t take advantage of anything. I recommend this book to everybody except for parents.

Reviewed by Hadeel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 660

Who Is Muhammad Ali? by James Buckley

This book is a non-fiction book about Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942 but since he was Christian his name was actually Cassius Clay. As a young boy He was a very fast runner. Back then he even raced the school bus! One day someone stole his bike and he went to the police to report that his bike was stolen. Ali said that he wanted to hurt who ever stole his bike. The police said that he had a gym where He could train to box. Ali was very good at boxing, he very fast on his feet. He won 28 amateur fights. When he joined pro boxing he beat heavyweight champion Sonny Liston to win the championship. Read the book to find out more about this amazing boxer!

Reviewed by Alfred ~ 6th Grade

Sea Demon by Carl Bowen

Sea Demon starts with Shadow Squadron going on a mission to save people. They have to be brave and daring to save people form the sea demon (a group of bad people). I recommend this to people who like suspense and adventure. You will be on the edge of your seat reading this book.

Review Jovanni ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 830

Diary Of the Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

The book I read is Diary Of the Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney. Diary Of the Wimpy Kid: Dog Day is fiction. I liked this book because it was funny and it was suspenseful. The theme of the book is friendship because it always talks about how Greg and Rowley get into fights but in the end they make up. The issue in Diary of The Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is that Greg’s mom tells him to make new friends and Greg doesn't want to make new friends and Greg’s dad tells him he has to go outside because he plays video games all day. I recommend this book to boys and girls in 5th and 6th that like comedy and adventure.

Reviewed by Hugo ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1010

The Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake

The Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake is a mystery and horror book. Theseus Cassio Lowood is bothered by the feeling that Anna isn’t where she belongs. Throughout the book “Cas” sees Anna being tortured. Cas travels to London to get help from Gideon, one of his dad’s friends before he died.

[SPOILER ALERT]
A girl named Jestine was sent to replace Cas and take the knife that had been passed down to him. Jestine and Cas almost died saving Anna from the Obeahman. Cas released all of the ghosts within the Obeahman and Anna went to where she belonged. Cas then went to his body that was bleeding out on the floor. I recommend this book to people who like horror and mystery books.

Reviewed by Hailey ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 660

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

This book follows a teenage girl named Harper. She is the perfect student. She is class president and is basically the queen of the school. On the night of homecoming Harper's most anticipated night of the year, something happens. She goes to the bathroom to re- apply her lip gloss. While in the bathroom her school janitor runs in and has a stab wound to the chest. He then locks the door and tells Harper she is brave. He then takes off his disguise and gives Harper powers. She is now a Paladin. A protector. From then on it gets very good. 

This book kept me up very late every night and I definitely recommend it.

Reviewed by a 6th Grade Student

Lexile 780

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

This book is about a girl named Tris, running from faction to faction trying to build an alliance with all of them so at the end they all will attack Erudite. While they are traveling, Erudite are testing Divergent, they think they are the problem in the world, but they are wrong. 

Reviewed by Katie ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 710

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Carley was left on the steps of a foster care home after what happen with her mom & her boyfriend. She didn’t know how it feels like to have a real mom take care of her, but her mother wants her back, Will she stay with the family or leave? 

[Spoiler ALERT]

When I saw that her mothers boyfriend was beating her and her mother didn't stop him I felt mad and upset for Carley because her mom didn't even help her. If you like drama, sad stories, funny, loving books you will definitely like this book because in this book there will be lots of tears and smiles and sometimes a frown.

Reviewed by Kimberly ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 520

Daniel's Story by Carol Matas

The book I read was full of ups and downs. This book is about how Daniel's family suffered through the holocaust (Nazis), what they eat, sleep, feel while they are in the camp. Daniel said that the pillows and blankets were full of lice and the rooms were very little for 5 people. This took place in the 1930. My reaction to the book was sad, happy and disgusted. I would give this book 9.5 out of 10 stars. I recommend this book to people that like to learn about what the Nazi's did to people in the camp. WARNING: it is disgusting.

Reviewed by Raul ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 720

Diary Of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Diary Of a Wimpy Kid is a wonderful book. The main character is Greg; he’s entering middle school but he finds himself going through a lot of rough situations. Greg is having a rough time trying to fit in with all the other kids. He also has a hard time trying to meet girls. On the other hand, his friend Rowley is not really trying to bond with other kids nor get to know any girls, but it seems like he is doing a better job than Greg is and that’s him not even trying! I recommend you read this book because it’s really hilarious, but it also might tick you off because of the way Greg acts with his friend and other people. He can be kind of selfish!

Reviewed by David ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 950

Swindle by Gordon Korman

The book I read is called Swindle written by Gordon Korman. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes robbery or adventure books. The book Swindle is about a boy named griffin who challenged all boys to go to an old house where he found a valuable card that could change his life he went to go sell the card to a guy named palomino who tricked them and said it was worthless when it actually was worth one million dollars griffin thought he should teach palomino a lesson and steal the card back but when they were about to steal the card they found out it wasn't there. If u want to know where it is or if they get the card check out the book and see what happened trust me its a good book.

Reviewed by Ricardo ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 710

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Its about a girl who suicides herself but she sends tapes to the people who made her life miserable they are thirteen people she sends it to if the person already heard it they pass it on to the next. Their is one main character in this story his name is Clay he listens to every recording. In each side of the tape it has a side A and B they represent another person because she only has seven tapes and as I said each tape has a side A and B. I do want you to know that in the 6 tape side B I think is the most upsetting one of all.

Reviewed by Natalie ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 550

* This book is available at your local public library.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline moves to an old house, she's bored and she feels abandoned by her parents. She finds a hidden door that's made of bricks and passage way are bricks. at night, she crosses the brick passage and finds a world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, and In that world everyone is the opposite.

Reviewed by Kaylyn ~ 8th Grade

Lexile  740

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I really liked The Hunger Games because even do its not my time I liked the main idea. It makes you realize things about the feature you hadn't before. I also liked it because the author uses great writing. I would recommend this book to others because The Hunger Games is more than what's seen in the cover. The Hunger Games is a story of mystery, suspense, and action. After the destruction of a place once known as North America, lies the Nation of Panem. Panem is made up of 12 districts -once 13- and a capitol, who are cruel rich people. The capitol creates/held and annual event called the Hunger Games. They force kids to participate in the Hunger Games, and in order to live they have to fight to death while they are been watched live on TV. There is a legend that explains the Hunger Games. At the reaping-the ceremony and election before the Hunger Games- 1 boy and 1 girl from each district gets picked to participate in the Hunger Game at the reaping. Katniss a sixteen year old steps up in place of her sister.  I wonder why did she do it? Will she survive? Especially with those mean people from the capitol you have to do everything they say. But before Katniss discovers her future she has to go to training. As she enters the Hunger Games she realizes its not as easy as it seems. She will meet Peeta, a boy who could be good or bad? But worst of all will Katniss survive and get to see her family, or even worst, will she be brave enough to kill?

Reviewed by Jessica ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 810

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

In this book you will learn that Kristina is forced to meet a “monster” when she is peer pressured into using drugs. Before she met “the monster” she was always an “A” student; she always did her homework and turned it in on time. Ever since her friend forces her to meet the monster her whole life went downhill. Kristina was never doing her homework, and she failed all of her classes. When Kristina was on drugs she found a guy that she liked and he also like doing drugs. Whenever she thinks about doing drugs the “monster” comes in her head. She starts hallucinating without doing anything like out of the blue. Therefore Kristina had a terrible life after she did drugs. Do you think she will tell her mother about this mess?? Find out what obstacles Kristina goes through in her next books… P.S. This is why you don’t do drugs. Your whole life will go downhill and will not be fun. 

Reviewed by Megan ~ 8th Grade

* This book is available at your local public library.

Empty by Suzanne Weyn

The book Empty make you think about society today and gives you some thought provoking questions in which makes you think what you're doing in life is worth it or not. I am personal fan of post-apocalyptic books. So this book was practically made for me. The story begins with a little bit of romance, as a schoolgirl crush develops. Soon enough the madness begins. When oil and gas runs out, you’d think we would go electrical or solar powered or something. But ironically all these different types of power supplies need oil to start up! Anyway it’s up to a group of teenagers to save the human race, or DIE trying.

Reviewed by Yinka ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 790

The Emancipation Proclamation by G. S. Prentzas

The Emancipation Proclamation is about the process of which the Emancipation Proclamation was made. Some things I learned from reading the story was that I would not be a free citizen without it. Also that I would not be in this country without it. I also learned that slaves were one of the reasons why the Civil War was started. I think I could give this book a 7 out of 10 because the book didn’t keep me as interested as it could have, also the book was poorly separated with different segments and non-essential information. Overall the book was pretty good if you want to learn a few things on the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation.

Reviewed by Yinka ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 980

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

The book The Cay is a captivating book about a situation that just seems crazy in it’s own time. The Cay is about a boy who is lost at sea with a black man who has to teach him how to survive, because soon enough the old man dies. There are many things to be learned from this book. Such as not to judge a person by their appearance, or maybe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Anyway throughout the book there has been many quotes. Many of the quotes were deemed rude or just unfit for people to read back in the 70’s. But about 10 years later the standards changed for that book and it was put back on the shelves.

Reviewed by Yinka ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 860

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

This book is about a girl named Hazel Grace who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Her mom is making her go to this kind of support group that other cancer kids go to. she thinks it is the stupidest thing known to mankind. But when she meets dreamy eyed Augustus Waters she regrets saying she doesn’t want to go to support group. At first she thought he was some freaky creep stocker who was extremely charming staring at her. But then she starts to talk to him after support group and finds out he is a survivor and that he had foot cancer. 

[SPOILER ALERT]
But slowly starts to fall in love with him he tells her that his whole body is getting infected with cancer and that he is dying. Then three weeks later he asks her for a eulogy because he wants to know what she is going to say about him in his funeral. Then he invites her for a  practice funeral for her and his friend Isaac. 

This is what Isaac said in the clean version  “Augustus Waters was a self-aggrandizing buddy. But we forgive him. We forgive him not because he had a heart as figuratively good as his literal one sucked, or because he knew more about how to hold a cigarette than any nonsmoker in history, or because he got eighteen years when he should've gotten more. I'm telling you, Augustus Waters talked so much that he'd interrupt you at his own funeral. And he was pretentious: Sweet Jesus Christ, that kid never took a sip of water without pondering the abundant metaphorical resonances of human waste production. And he was vain: I do not believe I have ever met a more physically attractive person who was more acutely aware of his own physical attractiveness. But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to go away because I do not want to see a world without him."

The Fault in Our Stars also this is Hazels “My name is Hazel. Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won't be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears. Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because like all real love stories, it will die with us. As it should. I'd hoped that he'd be eulogizing me, because there is no one I'd rather have. I can't talk about our love story, so I will talk about math. I am not a mathematician, but I know this. There is an infinite between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many days of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You have me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful."

- John green the fault in our stars. I recommend this book to everybody even animals yes its that good. The genre of this book is That no matter how a person acts or whatever everybody deserves a little infinity in their life.

Reviewed by Hadeel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 850

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

The Heffleys are going on a road trip. Its suppose to be fun right?. Well your wrong. The Heffleys had several wrong turns. A runaway pig, a lost key, sea gale, and no money. Will Greg ever survive the road trip? Or will he be lost in the outdoors?

Reviewed by Benicio ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1000

The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen

The book titled The Legend Of Bass Reeves is about this young boy down south as a slave in the western frontier where we start the story as him as a little boy about 6 years old and he learns how to be polite to his master.  Then we time travel (not literally or in the book) to when he is about 10 years old.  He learns how to ride a horse but he has to sneak out or his master will beat him. 

[SPOILER ALERT] 

Then when Bass is 13 his master teaches him how to hunt.  Then when he is about 17 when he runs away.  Then he has a rifle, pistol and a horse with him and he hides in the west and becomes a marshal.  A great marshal.  Hunting bad guys and putting them in jail.  

Reviewed by Zach ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 950

Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R. L. Stine

Do you like scary or mystery books? If you do, then this is a good book for you. I think these books are very interesting or great books if you want a break from the world. These books bring you into all the scary and mysterious things that happen in them. This book is about a girl who wants to have the best Halloween mask to scare her friend who always scares her. She goes around to every store and then she finally finds the perfect mask. But! The guy who is working the store warns her, telling her that the mask will turn her into a mean person, but she still buys it. She puts on the mask and she starts to act differently, just like the man warned her. She talks back to her mom and says some really mean things to her--but she doesn't even mean it! But... she can’t help it! It’s the mask! She tries to take it off... but she can’t! WIll Carly act mean for the rest of her life? Will she be able to EVER get the mask off?! Read this book and find out what happens to her... if you dare!

Reviewed by Dina ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 580

Wonder by R. J. Palacios

This story is about a kid who was born with a facial deformity that prevented him to go to a mainstream school-until one summer his parents decided for him to actually go to school as many things await for him will he make it with his facial deformity or make it with total humiliation and scared from his looks. But just remember looks don't matter. really great book 5 stars really suggest this book to anybody. 

Reviewed by Emmanuel ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 790

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

Sunny Reynolds, is the most bravest and most curious girl I have read about. This is a fiction book on Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles. This is about a girl named Sunny, with things getting a little better until she got a letter from her dead sister. That more or less ruined her day. Let me tell you how this whole thing begins. When Sunny’s older sister, Jazz, ran away to New York, Sunny was secretly relived. Everyone loved Jazz,  talked about Jazz, wished they could be Jazz’s friend. Jazz was perfect and Sunny was... well not Jazz. Then Jazz’s apartment burn down tragically, and Jazz was presumed dead. Sunny’s family, already broken by divorce. While the dad’s drinking is sky high, and mom’s depression hits rock bottom. And Sunny’s left to cope with it all. Then Sunny found a letter in the mail from Jazz saying she is fine and coming home. But how? Jazz is dead, isn't she? Read the book to find out!  I enjoyed this book because I liked the suspense and how mysterious it was. I think the theme was that, you don’t need to be someone else to be noticed. Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be; don’t try to be someone else. Be yourself  because everyone else is already taken. I recommend this book to people who feel self conscious about themselves.

Reviewed by Jasmine ~ 6th Grade 

Lexile 550

Frozen Man by Peter McCarty

On September 19, 1991 two German tourists Erika and Helmut climbed the "Final Peak" in the Ötztal Alps. They spotted a body at a altitude of about 10,500 feet. The body was found naked. His bones showed and he was frozen. This ice man was rumored that he was more than 500 years old.  I liked this book because it talked about how the ice man was found and how he died. I recommend this book because it's good to learn about how people used to live many years ago.

Reviewed by Anahi ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 860

*This book is available at your local public library.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide To Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald grabs your attention from the very first page. This book is about a teenager in middle school who does not like to read and he is Charlie Joe Jackson. Whenever it’s lunch time Charlie sits with his best friend Timmy and makes him read all his books. When he is finish with one Timmy needs to tell him the whole summary about it. They have something called an arrangement- Charlie will buy him an ice cream sandwich and Timmy will tell him all about the book. When Charlie's birthday comes by he always receives books as presents from his parents and he does not like it, except for one time he got a book about his favorite baseball player Billy’s Bargain. Will Charlie ever like reading?

Reviewed by Adolfo ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 830

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson is one of the most dramatic books I’ve ever read! If you’re a person who’s interested in high school drama this is hands down a book to read. It all goes down-hill when someone steals ALL the money they received from the prom tickets, will they find out who it is and get the money back? Will there be no prom their senior year? What are the things they can do to get it back? 

Reviewed by Kelly ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 690

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not So Glam TV Star by Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries is a realistic fiction and a graphic novel book. Niki Maxwell is a girl who has a crush on Brandon and she always thinks about Brandon.  Then she has her own reality show by someone famous. Nikki has an enemy named Makenzie- they both hate each other and they both have the same crush. But Brandon kisses one of them who do you think it is? Is it Makenzie or Nikki?  Find out who when you read Dork Diaries.  

Reviewed by Leslie ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 710

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Delirium by Lauren Oliver this book is a journey with government rules, and romance, and adventures. Lena is forced to be cured so love will never exist in her. Lena has anger and compassion and emotions throughout this whole book. She believes in the rules but something changed something that made her want to run away and never come back , and she doesn't care if the disease is growing inside of her she wants to be free. If you like the Divergent series then you will love Delirium. 

Reviewed by Nicole ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 920

Half brother by Kenneth Oppel

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel is a good book. It is about  Ben, a boy that was an only child for 13 years until Zan shows up. It takes time for Ben to get use to Zan. This book has everything, comedy, action. Ben and his family are trying to teach Zan, who is a chimp, to act like a human by learning sign language. It is so much fun to read. If you like realistic fiction you will love Half Brother.

Reviewed by Jorge ~ 7th Grade

Lexile 680

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake is the first of the series. This book is paranormal/horror, mystery, fiction, and romance. Cas is a boy who falls in love with a ghost who murdered many people. Her name is Anna. Known as Anna Dressed in Blood. I recommend this book to people who like ghost stories and are hopeless romantics, unlike myself. I also recommend this book to people who like mysteries and horror books. 

Reviewed by Hailey ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 690

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fouls is a 12 years old human that is a genius and he figures out things that he should know. I like this book because it is so interesting. I would recommend this book if you like magic, dangerous cool things.

Reviewed by Shinya ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 600

Dog Tags: Prisoners of War by C. Alexander London

The book is about the main character Miguel.  He is a medic in the U.S Army.  He goes to war and fights the Nazis.  In the war he finds a Nazi dog and becomes friends with him.  Read the book to find out what happens in the war.  The genre of the book is historical fiction.  I enjoyed the book because I like to read books when there is adventures in it.  I would recommend this book to 6th graders who like books about adventure.

Reviewed by David ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 770

I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson

I Funny: A Middle School Story is a book about a disabled kid named Jamie who is really funny but shy at the same time. He eventually goes to a long island funniest kid competition but doesn't tell anyone. After the competition he tries to make his family laugh but they its very hard to make them laugh but he still tries but they don't laugh so he gets depressed and doesn't think he is funny. Later on he goes to another competition and invites his friends and family but instead of using actual jokes he makes up jokes about his family and friends and hurts their feelings but later when they are going home they understand the jokes and think that its actually funny.

Reviewed by Jeovanni ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 610

The Barrio Kings by William Kowalski

Rosario Gomez, an ex gangster tried to become a better person by getting out of his gang, called the "Barrio Kings." Rosario tried to have a better job and get promoted while finishing school. However, an old friend named Juan from his old gang tries to convince him to come back to his gang. Rosario is having a hard time if he should go back or not because he is going to become a father soon. Rosario wants to be a good father to take care of his baby with his girlfriend named Connie so he promises her to stay out of trouble and to not go back in the gang, but he is having a difficult time to choose whether to have a good or go back with his gangster friends.

Reviewed by Eduardo ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 310

* This book is available at your local public library.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney

This book is about a kid named Greg Heffley that change his life from bad to worse. His best friend Rowley has dumped him for some girl. Every time Greg tries to make things better, it gets even worse. One day Greg had found a magic A ball and he thinks it might make his life better. Will a magic A ball turn Greg's life around? Or will he stay into a hard luck life? What I think about this book is its funny and interesting. I would recommend this book to people that likes bad luck books.

Reviewed by Benicio ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1020

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

The book I read is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is fiction. I liked this book because it was funny and had some adventure with it. The theme of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is that its better to be alone than to be with people you don't want to be with. The issue in Diary Of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is that Greg doesn't have a date to the Valentine's dance and doesn't know what to do. I recommend this book to girls and boys grades 4-6 who like adventure and laughter.

Reviewed by Hugo ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 1060