BABY SITTERS CLUB THE TRUTH ABOUT STACEY By Raina Telgemeier

The baby sitters club is about a group of girls who baby sit to earn money. One of the girls name Stacey. Stacey has been lying to all the other girls in the club. Stacey has to go to the hospital.

The saddest part of the book is when Stacey says why she moved here.

I would recommend this book to girls ages  6-10

rating****


marina

FRINDLE by: Andrew Clements

This book is about when this boy named Nicholas Allen made up a new word. The word was frindle it meant pen. Nick said frindle everywhere but the teachers forbid it at Nicksschool Lincoln    elementary school.

The most hilarious part of the book is when Miss granger and Nick echanged gifts on christmas.It was funny because it seemed as if they didn't like each other.

I'd recommend this book for both boys and girls from ages 10 to 13.

*****

The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

This book is about four kids named Brenton,Kelsey,Judy,& Sam that use a homework machine to do there
do there homework to find the computers using them...


The scariest part of the book is when a kid called the police so they could investigate...


I recommend this book to boys and girls 10-14 years old.


*****





                                                           

UNGIFTED by Gordan Korman

This book is about a kid named Donavan Curtis that is a troublemaker. He is in detention, and the person giving him it leaves to watch a basketball game.Suddenly, he looks out of the window and sees his friends who were even worse troublemakers making faces at him. They help him out of the window and escape. On the way out, Donavan randomly walks to a statue of Atlas a greek god that supposedly holds up the world. Donavan picks up a fallen tree branch and smashes the branch on the statue. Suddenly, he realizes that the bronze statue and the bronze "world" are two pieces and are poorly bolted together. The globe falls off the statue and rolls toward a parking lot, destroying no cars but rolling toward the school, where the basketball game is. It rolls through the glass doors instantly destroying them and causes a lot of property damage. No one was injured, but Donavan was caught. He was put in even worse detention, and the superintendent giving him detention made Donavan write his name.After Donavan was set free for the day to take the consequences another day, and a lady came into the office asking where the gifted program list was. The superintendent says it is on the desk, where he left the paper with Donavan's name on it. And Donavan is put into the Gifted program.




My favorite part was when Donavan realizes he would be in huge trouble while the globe rolls toward the building.

I would recommend this book for boys and girls, who are 10 to 12 years old.

RATING: *****

By: Andy Z

2013 JGMS SUMMER READING

WONDER by R. J. Palacio
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

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 What did you think the author was saying to you?
 How did the book make you think about your own life?
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THE HOMEWORK MACHINE by Dan Gutman

This book is about a group of kids who invent a homework machine to do their homework instead of doing it! Then people find out about it so they plan to destroy it. While all of this is happening a guy named R.Milner is stalking the four kids and they don’t know why!

The scariest part of the story is when R.Milner guy shows up at one of their houses! The girls start running around screaming and it is just total chaos!   

I think both boys and girls ages 8-12 will enjoy this book

RATING: ****

SCHOOLED by Gordon Korman

This book is about a kid named Capricorn Anderson also called cap, and he lives in Garland wear the hippies live. When his grandmother Rain breaks her hip Cap is forced to live with Mrs. Donnelly and her daughter Sophie who is not very nice to him. Sense he was home schooled it is a whole different world for him to go to public school. He has never heard of television cell phones or anything else. People try to tease him but nothing gets to him. When they make him 8^th grade president to embarrass himself he actually might end up as the greatest school president ever.   

My favorite part is when most of the school starts to like him. They learn things that he used to do in garland and it helps them more in life. They don’t try to tease him any more they actually hang out with cap and consider him as a friend.

I would recommend this book to both boys and girls ages 8-12

RATING: ****

       

DEENIE by Judy Blume

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WHEN THE TEACHER ISN'T LOOKING by Kenn Nesbitt

This book is about school poems. Some poems talk about embarrassments students had during school. my favorite poem is "GOOD MORNING DEAR STUDENTS". It's about the principal saying very strange things to the students. I think both boys and girls would like this book. RATING: ***** AA

THE SECRET SCHOOL by Avi

This book is about a girl named Ida who wants more than anything to go to high school. But then, her teacher needs to go out of state.

My favorite part is at the end, when a school inspector opens up a closet and finds inside a mule that they brought back!

I think girls ages 10-12 will enjoy this book.

RATING: ****

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Seeking Sugar by Cynthia L. Brinson

The book is about a girl named Kate and she hated school and then when her 4^th grade teacher let her set in the front she liked My favorite part of this book was when Kate found out that she was as Sugar Rose

I think children who are 7-9 years old will enjoy this book

I think girls will read this book

RATING: ****

Rainbow Girl

Lunch Money by Andrew Clements

A boy named Gregory Kenton who loves making money. His greed and love for money may even force him to team up with his arch enemy Maura Shaw. My fvorite part is at the beginning when he describes how he made money as a tot. I think both boys and girls ages 8-12 would like this book. RATING: ***** by shopaholic