Slam 740L

By Nick Hornby

This book is about this kid Sam who likes to skate. He goes out with this girl Alicia and they have a child that he has to take care of. One message of this book is not to have sex unless you’re ready. I like this book because Sam skates and I skate too.

Review by Brandon

Heroes Don’t Run 650L

By: Harry Mazer

This book is about a 17 year old boy named Adam. He has joined the Marines. His grandfather had signed for him. This is right after Pearl Harbor was bombed. I liked the book because I like war. The main lesson is don’t give up on what you want to do.

Review By: Chris D

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 880L

By J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was a very good book. I enjoyed it a lot. I have seen the movie and I wanted to see how the book and the movie are different from one another. It turns out that the book has many different parts than the movie. Personally I thought the book was better than the movie. I’m not saying the movie was bad but it could have had some of the important parts in it. While I was reading it I would stop and think for a minute. I would think of what the setting looked like in the movie and what the author said the setting was like. I would definitely recommend people to read this book because it’s interesting, funny, and serious. If you like the movie you will like the book better. There is also a second book in this series it’s called Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Reviewed by Lizzy

Brian’s Winter 1140L

By Gary Paulsen

This is the sequel to Hatchet. Brian has already spent the enter summer in the Canadian wood and now he has to last the fall and winter. Brian lives in a cave with a wood wall around it. He lives on rabbits in the summer and fall until the rabbit’s change their color to make the snow. Then, Brian had to change in the winter to eating moose and deer meat. I like this book but because it was as good as the last one.

Reviewed By Tyler K

Hatchet 1020L

Hatchet is a book about a boy whose name is Brian Robeson. He was going to his dad’s house in Canada in a plane, when the pilot had a heart attack and the place crashed in an L-shaped lake. So Brian had to find out how to survive on his own by making fires, catching fish and surviving dangerous storms. One storm turned into a tornado. One theme of this book was that you should not take life for granted. I liked it, but would not recommend it because it has a lot of boring parts, and I did not listen to it on audio.

Reviewed by Nathan B

Among the Hidden 800L

Margaret Peterson Haddix

This book is set in the future and there is a law that says you can’t have a third child. Luke is an illegal third child who has to hide so the population police don’t find him. Jen is another illegal third child whos step dad works for the population police. What happens when Jen and Luke meet is Jen want to go to the president’s house and tell the president has no right to do that to a third child. Third children have the same rights as everyone else. I like this book a lot because it always makes me wonder what is going to happen next.

Review by Amber R.

Dear Dumb Diary My Pants Are Haunted 990L

By Jim Benton

Jamie is a middle school girl with a lot on her mind and that’s what she writes in her dumb diary. Jamie goes through a lot in this book; for example: boy troubles, the mean girls, parents, a dog with a big appetite, and EVIL HAUNTED PANTS. When she first bought the pants she didn’t think anything of them, actually she loved them, but when she started embarrassing herself in front of her crush and others, she thought that the pants were haunted. So, she did everything to get rid of them. . . but you have to read the book to find out if she got rid of the pants or if she’s going to be haunted for the rest of her life. I like this book because it deals with real life problems that happen at school almost every day. I think it’s an easy book to read and that any girl teenager may like it.

Review by Elizabeth S.

Esperanza Rising – 750L

By Pam Munoz Ryan

Esperanza is a 6 year old girl from Mexico who lives on a ranch and is very rich. The book begins in 1924 during the Great Depression when her life was wonderful until one day everything suddenly goes wrong. She got forced to move to move out of the ranch and into California were everything is different, the clothes she now has to wear, the people, the area, everything. At first she hated the people and the clothes but then she learns to like it and get used to it. I like this book because it deals with situations that could really happen to someone, and because you never know what’s going to happen next. I thought that it was really easy to read and that anyone who reads it will like it.

Review by Elizabeth S

Someone to love me - 700L

By Anne Schraff
Cindy Gibson is a girl that hates going to school, because a lot of people make fun of her. The main challenge that Cindy has is getting away from this guy she met at school. His name is Bobby. Bobby and Cindy were at a party and Bobby was acting really strange and not himself, and all of a sudden something happened to Bobby. I think this book was really good because it’s full of surprises. I thought it was an easy book to read.
Reviewed by Ariane

Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures - 930L

     By:Allan Zullo

      In this book there are plenty of main characters because there are many different stories about how people survive when they encounter dangerous animals.   I liked this book a lot because it said that there were real live people who were attacked by the animals and they all survived those attacks.One of the themes from this book is there is a wide range of animals that are dangerous and being with other people can help you survive.

      Reviewed by Cesar M.

Cut 660L

By Patricia McCormick

Callie was a very quiet girl. She didn’t say much. She rarely said anything at all. When she got home one day she picked up a knife and pressed it to her wrist. When she looked down she saw that there was a line of blood dripping down her wrist. She felt relief so they sent her to Sea Pines or as she called it “Sick Minds.” She didn’t talk at all at Sick Minds but when she started to talk things came out that she never knew were there. Callie met some girls she became close to; she studied the girls and their problems. Callie had a cutting problem. She wanted to get rid of it. I liked the book because it wasn’t over thought it was completely real about what happens.

Reviewed by: Carla K

Perfect 590L

By Natasha Friend
This book is mainly about a girl named Isabelle. The main challenge is her trying to overcome being bulimic. She has trouble with her family and some friends. It takes place mostly at her school and her house. I enjoyed this book a lot because it talks about trouble that many teens are going through. I recommend this book to anyone really. I think a lot of people would be interested in this book because at times it’s funny and kind of suspenseful.

Review By Sierra W.

The 7 habits of highly effective teens – 870L

By: Sean Covey


This book was made mainly to help kids get through high school. It has many stories from the author when he was a kid, and also it has some real quotes from some famous people that he put in the book to try and help you stay positive. I didn’t really like the book, and would not recommend it to anyone. I didn’t like the book because it was too long and had a lot of boring parts. You can listen to this book on audio, but I did not. Sean Covey wrote this book by inspiration of his father who wrote many books like Sean’s.

Reviewed by: Nathan B

In the Line of Fire 590L

By Tod Olson


The main character’s name is Keith Tabor and he is in World War 2. The main challenge is to win World War 2 and push the Germans out of Europe. It takes place in Europe and it is 1941. I kind of liked this book because it is about war. One theme of the book is that war is hell and to make it out alive you have to work hard.

Reviewed by Chris.

Soldier’s Heart: 1,000L

By: Gary Paulsen
Charley was a 15 year old boy from Minnesota who wanted to join the union army in the Civil War. He lied about his age to join the army. After the first battle he was sure he would not make it home. Charley thought that he was going to die every day. The battles started to become too much for him right away. He was in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. I really enjoyed this book. It has a lot of action and shows what the soldier’s life was like in the Civil War. Soldier’s Heart has some life lessons in it. One of them is “Most things are not what it appears to be.”
Reviewed by: Doug

The Doom Stone- 810L

By: Paul Zindel
The main character is Jackson he first found the creature and it attacked a young man. The plot is Jackson looking for the creature. The other challenge is he has to kill the creature. The problem that Jackson has is that he needs help to kill it. The setting is in London by the stone hedge where it all happens. I liked this book a lot because there was mystery and suspense and there was also horror. One of the themes of this book is that people finally get to relax, but not until the danger is over.

Reviewed by: Cesar M

Out of War 910L

By. Sara Cameron

This book is about 9 kids that have been in violent situations. They all live in Columbia. I liked the book because it showed 9 kids who took a bad situation and made it good. People can learn to not think of their life as bad because they don’t have it like those kids do. I listened to it on audio.

Review by: Carla K.

Hatchet - 1020L

By Gray Paulson


Hatchet is about a boy name Brian Robeson. He is on his way to his father’s place in the Canadian oil field in a small bush plane. On the way the pilot suffers a heart attack and the plane crashes into a lake. He survives the crash and makes it to land. Brian now has to survive the Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet and his brain. In his adventures he gets attacked by a moose, and caught in the middle of a tornado, which makes him start from the beginning again. I liked this book because it has two of my favorite things, the wilderness and airplanes. I hope that the next book is even better.

Reviewed By: Tyler K

Star In The Storm – 600L

By Joan Hiatt Harlow

Star in the Storm is about a dog that was misunderstood, and happens to help some humans out a lot. Maggie is the main character. Maggie and Sirius (he’s the dog) were in a tunnel and a black dog and another one chased a sheep into the river. A person thought it was Sirius, so then he was banned and never to be shown again. I liked this book cause I’m a dog lover. And whoever loves dogs should take a look at this book!

Review by Tabytha S.

Rem World 700 Lexile

By Rodman Philbrick

Ten year-old Arthur Woodbury is tired of being called the fat kid at his school and there’s only one thing that will make him happy, eating. So one day he orders a REM sleep device that will allow him to lose weight, but when he puts the helmet on he’s on the ride of his life.
One reason I liked this book very much is because I can compare Arthur to me, because back in grade school, I was picked on and I was kind of fat, too.
I liked this book very much because the book is like a movie. I mean a really good movie that has interesting characters and a good plot. In the story it keeps you wondering what will happen next. There is tons of action in the story that will keep you reading and wondering.

Reviewed by good boy-117