Blonde Ambition A-List series #3 by Zoey Dean Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) I liked this book because it had many detailed descriptions. Although I wouldn’t recommend this book to kids going into a grade lower than 6th (foul language). It’s about a teen named Anna Percy. She gets a job on the hottest new TV show, Hermosa Beach. Anna’s boyfriend’s name is Ben, and her best friend’s name … Read more
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Adventure Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) I liked this book because it is very heart warming. And it shows how friendship and love are very strong. The plot for the story is basically about a young boy named Billy (main character) who is trying to get two coonhound dogs, but his family is too poor to buy him some. … Read more
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * Stars (Just ok) Think back to New York in the 1920s: The Jazz Age – a place where the wealthy inhabitants of the East get their lives tossed around because they have nothing better to do. The story surrounds the romance of Jay Gatsby and Diasy Buchanan – what it could have been if Daisy hadn’t married Tom … Read more
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) It’s a book about a guy named Slam. He’s a senior in high school and living in Harlem, New York. He’s really good a basketball and he’s on a team at his school, Latimer. Meanwhile, his best friend, Ice is playing at Carver, Latimer’s #1 opponent. But this book’s not all about basketball. Mtisha, Slam’s crush, tells him that Ice might be … Read more
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book was great. It was about a 15 year old girl (Melinda) who had a horrifying secret about Andy Beast. Then her ex-best friend (Rachel)starts dating him. What will she do – save her ex-best friend from Andy Beast or let Andy Beast do what he did to her? Review #2 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson … Read more
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann Martin Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book is really good because it’s basically about 2 best friends, Elizabeth and Tara, and Tara moves away to Ohio and leaves Elizabeth. The whole story is the two BFFs writing each other letters back and forth about what’s happening in their lives. It’s not boring and if one really liked it they could … Read more
Avalon High by Meg Cabot Adventure Fantasy Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book was awesome. I loved it because it taught me more about the King Arthur legend, but it was written like a fiction novel. It is about a girl (teenager) that briefly moves to a new town and finds out that she and some of her new friends are the reincarnated forms of King Arthur and … Read more
The Prophet of Yonwood Books of Ember #3 by Jeanne DuPrau Dystopian Realistic Fiction Mystery Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is almost as good as The City of Ember. It is its prequel and has the same charm. A teenage girl is going with her aunt to her deceased grandfather’s house to fix it up and sell it. She finds that she loves the house and wants to stay. But, there … Read more
ttfn (Ta-ta for Now) Internet Girls series #2 by Lauren Myracle Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is the sequel to ttyl. It is witty and creative and is told entirely through IMs. Angela learns a family secret that is going to change her life, Zoe tries to keep something secret from Angela, and Maddie falls head-over-heels in love. Will they make it through their next year
Trial by Journal by Kate Klise Realistic Fiction Mystery Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is a great read. It is fairly short, but it is told in letters, e-mails, newspapers, and interviews. It is very creative. Lily Watson is now a juror in a murder trial – and she is only a kid! She must figure out what really happened to Perry Keet, and is Bob White a murderer? Or is … Read more