Book Review

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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics – Read It and Rate It

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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics Mr. Lemoncello #2 by Chris Grabenstein Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Mr. Lemoncello is throwing a competition to find his true library champions for people all over America. However, when books start to disappear, the library Olympians need to work together to find the books. Review #2 * * * * Stars (Great!) Mr. Lemoncello invites library lovers across America to take part in his new … Read more

Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race – Read It and Rate It

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Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race Mr. Lemoncello #3 by Chris Grabenstein Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Mr. Lemoncello is having a competition to teach his trustees about research. However, when Mr. Lemoncello is accused of stealing ideas, his trustees need to find a way to clear his name. Review #2 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Mr. Lemoncello has a new game, a library race to win a trip across … Read more

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane – Read It and Rate It

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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Underland Chronicles #2 by Suzanne Collins Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Gregor has to go down to the Underlands again because a new prophecy has come up. Gregor has to journey to kill the Bane. I liked this book because it was surprising and fun. Review #2 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Gregor goes down into the Underland after his sister is … Read more

How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom – book review

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How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee Funny LGBTQ Realistic Fiction Romance * * * * Stars (Great!) Nolan Grant’s family loves him like crazy, but his slightly older sister takes her sisterly responsibilities a little too seriously and intensely sometimes. She wants to make sure Nolan is adequately prepared for life – particularly life after she goes away to college and can’t be there for him constantly. Her goals (for … Read more

Benefits of Being an Octopus – book review

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The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Zoey is in 7th grade and she tries to keep a low profile because other kids have opinions about her that she can’t do anything about. She’s poor, she’s moved around a lot (when her family wasn’t living out of her mom’s car), sometimes she doesn’t have enough to eat or clean clothes to wear, she’s got 3 … Read more

Miscalculations of Lightning Girl – book review

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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Lucy Callahan is a math savant. She acquired her “superpowers” after being struck by lightning and suddenly developed an affinity with and for numbers. There were some negative side effects, though – she also has some obsessive-compulsive tendencies and a fear of germs that other people often perceive as weird or freakish. Raised by her Nana, and homeschooled since … Read more

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish – book review

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Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya Realistic Fiction Tween * * * * Stars (Great!) Marcus Vega is an enterprising 14-year-old, who looks much older than his actual age (6 feet tall, 180 lbs, mustache). To help his single-parent mom out with bills and emergencies, he runs a number of different businesses – charging kids at school for littering or using their cell phones (both against school rules), and offering a fee-based protection … Read more

Low Men in Yellow Coats – Read it and Rate it

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Low Men in Yellow Coats (novella) by Stephen King Mystery Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) I was a little disappointed. I thought for Stephen King’s books would captivate me from the very beginning. I had to push through, hoping to get to something interesting. I finally got there. He did give amazing detail on the Low Men. I could clearly see it in my mind’s eye.

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess – Read it and Rate it

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From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess book #1 by Meg Cabot Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) 6th grader Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison suddenly starts getting bullied by Annabelle, a fellow 6th grader, for being a princess. Olivia has no idea why because she is NOT a princess! But she finds out that she actually is when Princess Mia picks her up from school one day and … Read more