The Miserable Mill L 1000

Lemony Snicket

This book continues the story of the Baudelaire children. In this book, the children are at Lucky Smells Lumbermill. It’s hard to explain the plot of the book without giving away the ending to the previous book, so I’ll just say that I really enjoyed reading this book. I really like this book because it left me wondering the whole time what was going to happen next.

By: Amber R.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw 970L

This is the last book in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and it is the best one. The main character is Greg Heffley. He is trying new ways to get popular in his school. His best friend is a kid named Rowley and they are always doing something different. Also, he joins soccer for the first time. This is a good book and you sould read it.

Reviewed by, Nathan B

Eldest

Eldest L970


Reviewed by Brian P

By Christopher Paolini

Eldest is the second book of Eragon. In this book Eragon and Saphira are learning new attacks and spells from a master elf. Also Roran and the villagers are in the story. Roran comes back to learn that Eragon and Brom left the village, but that’s not all. Galbatorix sends some of his men to Eragon’s home along with some Ra’zac. Roran and the villagers take action and take back their home but more bad things happen to them . But that’s not all, Eragon finds out who his father is! But also Eragon learns about a secret that the elves have. I like this one more than the first one it gives it more of a mystery and suspense but that’s not all it also gives a trust feeling to it that you don’t know who to trust.

The Taylor Lautner Album

This book is about the life of the Twilight star Taylor Lautner. Take a journey through his perfect life from childhood to man. From his first role in a T.V. show to The Twilight Saga New Moon. I like this book because I learned a lot of information about my favorite actor. I think that anyone who likes him will enjoy this book.

Elizabeth S.

The Wide Window L 1150

Lemony Snicket
This book continues the story of the Baudelaire children. In this book, the children are at their Aunt Josephine’s house. It’s hard to explain the plot of the book without giving away the ending to the first book, so I’ll just say that I really enjoyed reading this book. I really like this book because it had to do with water and animals.
By: Amber R.

Behind the Bedroom Wall 660L

By Laura E. Williams

     The book I was reading is about a girl named Korinna whose parents hid a Jewish family behind her bedroom wall. There are main people you meet in the book like Eva, Rita, and her parents. And the events mostly take place in spring and winter during World War II. Korinna is in a group called Fungmadel, and it teaches her how to be a loyal German. Her parents have put three Jews in the back of Korinna’s bedroom wall. And Korinna is trying to be a loyal German while there are people she is learning how to hate behind her wall. She has to keep this big secret away from her group, and her two best friends. But when her best friend Rita has a brother who is a Nazi, everything goes downhill. This book has a lot of drama and suspense. I actually loved this book because it was very detailed about everything that was going on, and it also had a peaceful, amazing ending. I think everyone should read this book because the message it gives to people is that you should never judge someone before you meet them.

Destined to Live

Destined to Live- 960L


By: Ruth Gruener

The main character is Rachel Tcharne. She is Jewish and she lives in Poland. She was about four years old when the Holocaust started. So then Rachel’s dad Issac hid her in a closet when the Nazis broke into her home. Then Rachel had to wait a long time in a closet until the soldiers left. Then Mrs. Szczgeil is the person who hid Rachel for the entire four years of the Holocaust. The main challenge is trying to survive the Holocaust. Rachel went in hiding to save herself from the Nazis. At some points Rachel makes too much noise and then people around her hear her. They are in Poland and they are in Mrs. Szczgeil’s apartment and it is very small but useful. She is German and trying to help Rachel. This book I’d say it was ok because it got boring and then there was barely any action. The theme is if you are lucky you might survive the Holocaust.

Reviewed by: Cesar M.

The Reptile Room L 1040

Lemony Snicket

This book continues the story of the Baudelaire children. In this book, the children are at their uncle Monty’s house because they got taken away from Count Olaf. It’s hard to explain the plot of the book without giving away the ending to the first book, so I’ll just say that I really enjoyed reading this book. I really like this book because it had to do with reptiles.

By: Amber R.

Dear Dumb Diary Can Adults Be Human? 1050L

Dear Dumb Diary,

I read another great book, and I loved it. I think that if other people read it that they will like it too. Well anyways it’s about this girl named Jamie who doesn’t know if adults will ever be human, but while she’s figuring that out Jamie accidentally puts one of the mean office ladies in the hospital because she broke her hip. Then when her Aunt Carol comes to live with her she ends up working at the school and all of a sudden all the staff members are nice, and Jamie’s Aunt Carol gets engaged with one of the staff members who is also Angeline’s uncle.

Elizabeth S.

Sticks and Stones 480 L

By:Beth Goobie

Sticks and Stones is about a girl named Jujube and she goes to the dance with this guy named Brent. When he goes out to his car for something, she goes with him and the next day when she walks into English class his friends are telling jokes about her and it goes around the school that something happened when it didn’t. I liked this book because it was really interesting. It didn’t get very boring, it got into detail and didn’t get repetitive.

Reviewed by: Carla K

“Three Little Words” A memoir Lexile 810

Ashley Rhodes- Courter




The main character in this true story is a girl named Ashley. She is the oldest of 4 kids biologically and the youngest out of 2 when adopted. The main problem in this story it that Ashley has been in 14 different foster homes during her life and when she begins 8th grade she finally finds a couple who want to adopt and they eventually adopt Ashley. In some of the foster home that she lived in were abusive and not eligible to keep kids in the home. Ashley had a brother named Luke who was younger and was in the same boat as she was. She also had a baby brother who died when he was only forty-eight days old. She was put in foster care because her mother was caught doing drugs and the boyfriend was abusive. I did not read this book on audio. I would suggest other people to read this book on audio because it is a confusing book and you will get lost during it. I sort of liked the book even though it was confusing in some parts, because it was interesting to hear about what she had to put up with. Ashley Rhodes- Courter (the author) has in fact written another book and it is New York Times bestselling author. It is called “The Women Who Raised Me”. It is another memoir.

“Reviewed By: Melanie M.”

Dear Dumb Diary Never Do Anything, Ever 1010L

Dear Dumb Diary,

I have to tell about this really good book that I read! It’s about a girl named Jamie who is competing with the popular girl named Angeline to see who has the most “inner beauty” by doing as many charities as they can. Then when Jamie and her best friend Isabella do a Jump-Rope-A-Thon for their school Angeline has a problem. She can’t jump rope by herself! So Jamie steps in and helps her out. I really enjoyed this book and I think others will too.

Elizabeth S.

A Child Called It 750L

By David Peltzer

This book is mainly about a little boy named David, and he gets abused by his mother. The main characters are David and his family. This book takes place throughout a whole year. The main conflict is David needing to survive through the abuse. David is just a little boy who has two other brothers and he’s the only one who gets treated badly. David’s father tries to do something about it but all he does is makes the problem worse for David. The stuff that David’s mother does to him is so cruel. You would never expect a mother to have so much hate for her child. I really liked this book because it’s a true story. David himself is the author, so you know for a fact that the story is true. I also liked this book because it showed that everyone can get through the toughest time. I think everyone should read this book because it gives people a chance to know that not everyone has a perfect life.

Review by Sierra

Gamer Girl-660L

By: Mari Mancusi


The main character is Maddy star and she draws manga.

One problem that Maddy has to overcome is her parents’ divorce.

I liked this book a lot because I play video games.

One theme of the book is that you can find friends where ever you go.

Reviewed by: Chris d

New Moon 690L

This book is about a girl named Bella Swan whose love of her life is a vampire whose name is Edward Cullen. After a horrible disaster at Bella’s 18th birthday party, Edward leaves her and sends Bella into a deep depression. She can’t eat, sleep without having nightmares, or just do anything. Then finally Bella starts to hang out with her friends because her dad Charlie Swan wants to send her back to her mom’s house in Florida. The one person that she hangs out with out of her friends is her best friend Jacob Black who later she finds out that has a big secret of his own. I like this book a lot. It was one of my favorite books in the Twilight series.

Elizabeth S.

The Bad Beginning 1010L

By Lemony Snicket

The main characters are siblings. Violet is the oldest child of the Baudelaire children she likes to invent things and have her brother test them out. Sunny is the youngest, she enjoys bite things with her four front teeth. Klaus is the middle child he enjoys reading and learning new things. Count Olaf is an actor, the orphan’s guardian now that their parents died. The Baudelaire parents just died in a house fire. I really like this book because it always left me wondering what will happen next.

Amber R.

Breaking Dawn 690L

In this book the love triangle ends when Bella decides who she loves. During their honeymoon Bella finds out that she’s going to have a half human baby that might kill her. I like this book a lot because it had action and romance at the same time. I think that anyone who reads it will enjoy it.
Elizabeth S.

Summer of Secrets 710L

By Paul Langan

    This book is about a girl named Darcy, her family, and her friends. She lives in the city, currently in the summer, so there is no school. The main characters are, Darcy, Brisana and Tarah, and Darcy’s mom, dad, and sister. Darcy’s main problem is that something happened to her with her and her boyfriend and she doesn’t know how to forget about it. There are a lot of issues with her family and friends. Like her mom and dad are fighting constantly, Darcy’s best friend Brisana choose the worst boyfriend for her, and Darcy is worried about her sister that is dating already, she’s pretty young. I really liked this book because it had a lot of drama, suspense, romance, and action. Every page of the book had a huge surprise, one after another. This author has made at least 6 other books, but this book was the best of all. Hope you read it.

Speak 685L

By: Laurie Halse Anderson


Melinda is a girl who is at an end of the summer party and something bad happened so she calls the cops. Everyone at the party thought she called the cops because she was ratting on them when it was really because something bad happened. I liked the book because it went into detail and didn’t get boring.

Reviewed by: Carla

The Time Hackers 880L

Gary Paulsen

There are two main characters in The Time Hackers. First is Dorso and then Frank. Dorso is a seventh grader at school and so is Frank. They are two best friends that go to the same school. Then something happens that they both have to solve.

The idea of this book is that there’s someone who can make a time machine.

The main challenge of this book is when Dorso finds a dead body in his locker and he doesn’t know who did it. The problem that Dorso has is he needs to find out who did put the dead body in his locker.

The setting happens anywhere in the past because that’s where the time hackers had programmed it to be there.  The setting also happened at school for about an hour then it all started to happen.

I liked this book a lot because it was about the past.

Reviewed by: Cesar M.

Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust 730L

By: Elly Berkovits Gross

This book is about a girl named Elly. Elly was sent to a concentration camp in a cattle car with her mother and brother. Elly lost her mom, dad, and brother when she was only 15 years old. She survived the Holocaust. The main challenge of Elly’s was to survive the Holocaust, because they didn’t have food or water, and the soldiers there worked everyone to death. This is a true story of the holocaust and it took place during World War 2. I really like this book because it tells you more background information about the Holocaust and what really happened to people there.

By:Amber R.

Crank NP

Ellen Hopkins

                The main character in this book is a girl name Kristen (Bree). The main idea in this book is that Bree was a good girl and a good student but then she turns into a drug addict. So in the book you will find out all the problems that she starts to have when she went to her dad’s house and when she came back home to her mom’s a totally different person. I really liked this book. It had a lot of interest to me and now I’m reading the second book of the series.

Reviewed by: Briana

Eclipse 670L

Eclipse is about a girl named Bella who is trying to decide between the two loves of her life Jacob Black and Edward Cullen. While she’s trying to decide, Edward and Jacob try to fight for their life to make her choose one or the other. In the end someone’s heart gets broken and someone wins the fight in this love triangle. But the one that she will choose may not be the best choice for her. I liked this book because it had action and romance, and it was easy to read. So far it’s my favorite book. I think that anyone who reads it will like it.

Elizabeth S.

A Boy No More-650L

By: Harry Mazer

Adam is trying to go meet his friend Davi and get his family and him out of the camps where the Japanese were held after the bombing on Pearl Harbor.

Adam had to deliver a letter to Davi from someone.

I liked the book because Adam has to deal with his dad’s death and not tell his sister, and just because I like war books.

One of the themes of the book was do not give up, and another one was that the Japanese were not treated fair after the bombing.

reviewed by: chris

Percy Jackson, the Lighting Thief 740L

By: Rick Riordan


This book is about a boy named Percy Jackson. Percy is not the brightest kid, he has been kicked out of many schools. During the summer he lives with his mom and step-father, Gabe. He and his mom take a trip to a place that Percy loves, a cabin on the shores of Long Beach. That is the last normal thing Percy does. His friend comes as a half goat-man and they leave for a camp. Percy and his friend make it and arrive at this magical camp where there are sons and daughters of gods, and a load of mythical creatures. It turns out that Percy is the son of one of the big three. Soon after they and another girl leave on a quest that will that takes them to the underworld and back again to save the world from a great war. I loved this book because it has adventure and has a lot of excitement.

Reviewed By Tyler K.

Diary of a wimpy kid 950L

By Jeff Kinney

This is a book about a middle school boy named Greg Heffley. His best friend is a kid named Rowley and they both love video games. Greg also has a big brother and they fight sometimes. Greg is always trying new ways to get popular at school. I liked the book because it is a good book and has no boring parts.

Reviewed by Nathan B.

Dear Dumb Diary Am I The Princess Or The Frog L1040

Jamie was having a good life but then she asked herself “Am I the princess of the frog?” When she received her first love letter in her locker one day from M.P. Jamie is struggling to figure out who this mystery person is. Will she end up being the princess or the frog? I like this book because it’s funny and easy for me to read I think others will enjoy it.

Elizabeth S.

Eragon 710L

By Christopher Paolini




Eragon is set in medieval times. The book is about a sixteen year old boy who finds a polished blue stone in the forest. He tries to sell it to some people but when he tells them where he found it, every one refuses to buy it. But one night the stone starts to move, then it starts to hatch, and a dragon comes out of it. He then tries to hide it from the town’s people but then two strangers come looking for the stone and Eragon’s adventures begin. I like this book because it has action in it. Also, it’s one big adventure. There’s a second book called Eldest.

Review by Brian

A Child Called It Lexile: 850

Author: Dave Pelzer

The main character is a little boy named David. He is the oldest of three children in his family. The main problem in this story that David deals with in this story about him, is he was abused his whole entire life by his mother. His father had never abused him. His mother would not only hit him, kicked, punched, she even starved him. I didn’t read this book on an audio. I would suggest to some people to read it on the audio because there are some big words and some confusing parts in the story that I learned. I liked this book because it deals with a problem solving situation which I liked to read about. I wouldn’t suggest this book to people under 12 because it deals with some violence and some things that are confusing for the younger ages and not appropriate for their age. David Pelzer, (the author) has written some other stories like these that I have not read about yet. These books are called, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave, Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness, A Teenager’s Story of Longing for Acceptance and Friendship, and the last book is called Real Life Advice For Real Life Challenges.

Reviewed by: Melanie M.

Americas Most Haunted 950 L

By: Cameron Banks

This book is based on events that happened in the past that have to do with ghosts.  It is all about different events people have experienced that ghosts are true.  I liked this book because it had to deal with ghosts, and I like to read about scary things.  One theme is that there are ghosts everywhere in the world.

Reviewed by Cesar M.        

Jaws

By: Peter Benchley


This book takes place in a summer community called Amity on Long Island. The main character is named Martin Brody. He is the chief of the Amity Police Department. His wife is named Ellen Brody and they have two sons named Martin Jr. who is twelve and Sean who is almost six.

Brody’s main problem is that there is a creature eating people as they go swimming. The creature is a great white shark swimming in the ocean off the shores of Amity. Brody closed the beaches. But the mayor and some other people forced Brody to open the beaches again.

An old friend drops into Amity to study the shark. The man name is Matt Hooper. He is Ellen’s old boyfriends’ little brother. And now Brody and Hooper have to find a way to kill the shark to allow Amity to survive.

I really enjoyed this book because there are a lot of events you just don’t see coming and this book is really descriptive. I would recommend this book to someone who loves adventure, horror, and excitement.

Reviewed by Doug E.

Lush 550L

by Natasha Friend

This book is about a girl named Samantha and she has a father that’s an alcoholic. The book mostly takes place in her school and at home. A lot of drama happens when her father gets involved with the family and when Sam is at a party. You will not want to set the book down once you start reading! I think a lot people should read this book because if people have family problems with drinking this may help them. I really liked this book because it was interesting and exciting; I would read this book over again.

Review by Sierra

Dear Dumb Diary Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

By Jim Benton

Jamie is a girl that is suffering from school drama. But, this book isn’t about Jamie’s problems; it’s about Angeline, the prettiest and most popular girl in the school’s problems. It started when half of her hair had to be cut off because it got caught on one of the jillion things in her backpack, and that’s not all, she also almost gets sent to private school because of all the things in her permanent record. I think that this is a good book, but some of it was a little boring because since it’s the first book of the series it has to explain a lot about the characters. It is a very easy book to read and I think other people will enjoy it.

Review by Elizabeth S.