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= = Shienklin, Steven Two Miserable Presidents This book is about the Civil War. It has tons of facts along with tons of funny stuff too. It also has lots of quotes by famous people like Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, etc. This also covers most of the very important battles that ocurred during the war like Gettysburg, Bull Run, Shiloh, Vicksburg, etc. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who really wants to learn the facts, but doesn't want the book to be so boring that they have to put it down after reading a few pages

Smiles to go Smiles to go is a book about a boy named Will Tuppence who has planned out his whole life step by step until something happens, a proton dies which he thinks it will change his whole life and in millions century's everything in the world will come to an end and vanish so this is a really great book for people who like realistic fiction.

Bradley 5th grade Shipley =Selden, George= The Cricket Of Time Square the book the cricket of tie square is a phenomenal book which should be read be all children any age! on a scale of 1-10 i would definately rate it an 11 thats how good it is! its about a boy who sells papers in times sqare new york,n.y. which nobody buys. then one day he finds a mouse which is put into a match box. the next day he finds a cricket, _ hense the title the cricket in times square.

**Snyder, Zilpha Keatly**
The Egypt Game The imagination of 2 girls and their younger brother start a game which includes Egyptian rituals, and speaking to an oracle. The children play this marvelous game in the backyard of an old mans creepy antique store. This book explains a lot about Egyptian life. It's a suspenseful, amazing book.

Emma and Turner 5th Grade FSH

= Stand, Rebecca = When You Reach Me I love this book. It has a very strong sense of suspense. The best part, in my opinion, was when the letter was found in the shoe. I love the way the author used strong descriptive words to make you think. I recommend this book to ALL readers. This book should be on every reader's list.

Read on and Rock on!!

Alanna 5th grade FSH

=Stewart, Trenton Lee= Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society is an amazing combination of adventure and mystery. This book is about a group of runaway children that see an add in a newspaper that calls for all special children. Then Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance (special children) go on a fantastic adventure to try and save the world. When I read this book I couldn't put it down my mom had to take it away from me.

Alyssa 6th grade FSH

=Spinelli, Jerry= Eggs This is a realistic fiction story about a boy named David who's mom died and he has never been the same since. Primrose is a homeless teenager living in a broken-down van, and who's dad left when she was just a baby. Their lives could not be more different, and when the collide, each has something to give to the other,like happiness, in David's case, or a real friend who doesn't fire eggs at her van, for Primrose. This heart-touching story will inspire a lot of people who like to read about real-life stories.

Chloe 5th grade 2010 =Spinelli, Jerry= Stargirl When an irregular girl moves to Mica, Arizona, nothing could be more different. And when Leo Borlock meets her, his ordinary life turns upside down. He falls for the strange and different girl. But as soon as he starts visiting her, or walking with her in school, he's invisible to other students. They don't see him, don't brush him or say hi. Now Leo has a very hard choice to make: Stay with Stargirl Caraway or pick his high school friends. If you enjoy amusing romance stories, Stargirl is definetely one to pick.

Chloe 5th grade 2010

=Spinelli, Jerry= Stargirl When a girl named stargirl moves to Arizona, everything is different. Her crush, Leo, tries to help her become normal, well, that fails. She goes back to her ordinary life. Leo has a decision to make. His friends,or his girl. This is a great book I highly recommend. It's so good have food next to you because you cant stop this book.

Isabella 5th Grade Shipley

=**Spinelli, Jerry**= Crash Football fans heads up. This book is about a boy who has a nerdy neighbor who he has known since the first grade. It has funny, romance, and, well, football. This boy is named John but everybody calls him crash since he was very little. He meets the girl of his dreams but she is falling for the nerdy neighbor. Penn Webb( nerdy neighbor) may have something crash may never have. This is one of my new favorite books. If you like football, romance,and funny this is the perfect book for you.

Isabella 5th Grade Shipley =Sherman, Alexie= The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian

I loved the novel, //The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian//, by Sherman Alexie. It broke the truth to the reader, which I enjoyed. The novel included humorous stereotypes of different races that I realized are not always true, but thought about certain races. For example one time Sherman Alexie used the main characters love to draw to express that he was scrawny and could not dance like most Indians. I thought it was interesting that Sherman Alexie was Indian and made fun of Indians in her book. As well as she made the main character an Indian who made fun of Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is about a young Indian boy, Junior who lives in modern day. He lives on an Indian reservation. He goes out of his way to go to school in a different community because he wanted to try something new. He makes the basketball team and faces many conflicts. His biggest one, having friendship problems with his closest friend and hiding the fact that he is poor, and his life is not as grand as it seems to be. The novel also has a serious twist to it such as when Junior’s family members due to being drunk. If you enjoy reading novels with suspense, comedy and friendship, this is the novel for you.

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