Winter Break is a Great Time for Reading! What novels have you read that you think other middle schoolstudents would also like? Instead of the traditional book report, use this blog to tell us about a good book that you have read. Make sure that you have capitalized the title of the book and the author’s name before you post. Do not forget to underline the title of the book.
Until We Meet Again
By: Anne Schraff
This book is about a girl who has fallen in love with this boy named Hakkeem but he is moving. But she had to go through a lot more in her life other than that. Her grandmother passed away, her sister is still finding herself, and her parents were trying to reconstruct the relationship they once had before he abandoned their family for five years. I recommed this book and the rest of the series because the books are very interesting to read and hard to put down.
One good book that I read is
Brothers in Arms
by Paul Langan and Ben Alirez The story is about a 16 year old named Martin Luna, who has a brother named Eric but they call him Huero. When Martin is hanging with his friends his brother comes out to hang out with them to, but some gangbangers start shooting and they shoot his brother Eric. When he dies Martin wants revenge, but his mom decidees to move so that nothing will happen to Martin but in the new house and school he still looking for revenge and then it continues. I think this is a good book and I recomend it, its intresting and fun to read.
DON’T EVER WONDER
by Darren Coleman is the book that I am reading now.
“DON’T EVER WONDER” is about a Man his ex and his wife. His wife is the sister of his ex.I recommend this book because the first part of this book is very interesting.This book is a DRAMA and if you like dramas you might like this book.If you don’t like drama books you should read this book and it will change your mind about drama books.
One of the good books that I have read is
Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes
This book was about a girl called Sadako. Sadako had leukemia and she got the leukemia from World War 2, when United States Air Force dropped an atom bomb to her city Japan. Sadako Was a great runner at her but one day Sadako started to feel sick and thats when she found out that she had leukemia. Sadako was so weak she couldnt walk, she was very weak and she was sent to the hospital, Sadako stayed there for a long time. One day in the hospital Sadako heard in the hospital that if you make a thousand paper cranes you get good luck, Sadako started to make the thousand paper cranes, ahe was almost dont with them but one day Sadako was very Ill and tryed to fit the sickness, one morning Sadako never woke up.
This book was a very good book and i think kids in other schools should read this book. I know i really didnt explain the book good but this book is very good.
In Japan they have a statue of Sadako for a memory of her.
Beacon Hill Boys
by:Ken Mochizuki
There’s a war in Vietnam,and his family seems less, worried aboout the draft than the length of his hair. And as if things weren’t bad enough, asking about Japanese American history gets him labeled an “agitator”at school ,and neither his parents nor “perfect” older brother Brad like what does to the family name. But Dan doesn’t want to be llike Brad. Brad might have major sports talent ,straight As,and a scholship to stanford, but he also has a corny haircut and some seriously outdated views,. It’s 1972, and with political and cultural change all around them, Dan and his friends Eddie Kanegae, Frank Ishimoto, and Jerry Ito are tired of the pressure to assimilate. they want to do exactly what’s unexpected of them. Dan Inagaki is ready to rebel.
TITLE:
FELITA
Author:NicholasMohr
This book is about a girl name Felita who has to move because her father and mother thinks it’s best for them to leave.Felita does’nt want to move because she dont like to make new friends with other people.She think that the only friends she will have is her best friend named gigi.Gigi an Felita had been friends all there lives.Now Felita has to move an she thinks her an Gigi want be friends any more.The day that Felita an her family mover things didn’t go so well on there new block.After all Felita an her family moved back to there old block things are not the same,even Felita dosen’t thinks she’s the same anymore.
The Hunger Games
was an fantastic story by Suzzanne Collins also I would refer it to other readers.
Title:
BestFriend
Author: James Cover This story that i raed is about two girls name ana and love they wrere best friends when they wrere 4 and now they are 13. One day a new student come to there school an her name rose trying to be friends to every body. Know one want to be her friends because she was one of the girls that was no good. So love was walking to anas house so rose had call love and love was still walking so love had look back and told her stop calling me. And rose told her do you need some help so love said with want all because you look lost, and rose told her to come with me so she did. The next day the to girls wrere both missing and now ana does not have her best friend.
Dave Pelzer wrote this book called
A Child Called It
The main character’s his mother is very mean to him she makes him do everything in the house he also haves brothers they dont have to clean up and get hit if he takes his handz out the dishwater he gets Smacked and he cant get up crying because he will get hit in the face.One day in school his teacher pulled him out the class she asked him whats going on at home tell me but he was scared if they call home he was gonna get it when he went home so than they went to the principal”s office and they were all talking to him even a plice officer when he got done telling them they called his mother annd told her your son is not coming back home and hung put the phone he was happy.So after the officer took him to get some food and that was the end of chapter.
I have read alot of good books but one I could recommend is
THE SKIN I’M IN
by Sharon Flakes.
This is a great book. It’s about a girl name maleeka people make her feel bad about her self by teasing her.She gets into alot of trouble trying to fit in.When ms.saunders comes along she shows meleeka that she can be her own person.
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
is about a boy name Steven and he has a big crush on the cute girl in his classroom. His brother is sick and their parents try to keep the family in one piece.
If you what to read it you half to find out in class, 303 we have the books.
Title:
Letters to A Young Sister, Define Your Destiny
Author:Hill Harper
Summary:This book is an informational book.Hill Harper wrote this book to inform young women on how the real world is.The book also helps young women on their problems and how they can deal with them.It helps with relationship problems, problems at home, problems with self-esteem and problems at school and with friends.I think this book is very good book.I recommend that all women young and old read this book.
A good book that I am reading is:
Girl, Make Your Money Grow
By Glinda Bridgforth and Gail Perry-Mason
This is a interesting book! Im not finishied reading it yet! But so far it’s about teaching women how to deal with there money. The book teaches you how to get out of debt! It also teaches you stratigies to keep your money under control. It doesn’t matter wether your in debt or not! I recommened this book to any one in debt, or having trouble to manage their money!
The Book that I recommend is Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
This is the 7th and final instalment of the epic Harry Potter seris.
Harry has turned seventeen and nw he’s vurnerable for attack any day from the Dark Lord, Voldermort , and his followers ( Death Eaters and Dementors ) ,now he’s on the run with Ron and Heromine. They are now fugitives and since the whole wizarding world is under hidden control by Voldermort Harry has no where to run but the wilderness and under protective spells. Now Harry’s goal is to find all the Horcruxes and destroy them all to kill the Dark Lord and Voldermort will do anything to stop him !
I am reading manga called
Doubt
by Yoshiki Tonogai. Manga is basically Japanese comics. The book “Doubt” or “Rabbit Doubt” is about a cell phone game were the players are separated into groups. Each player is a rabbit but among them is a wolf, one by one the players are get picked off unless they are able to find who the wolf is. The story starts when six people that play that game meet in real life. They end up trapped in an abandoned building and one of the group members was already dead. To get out of the building and save themselves they have to play a real game of Rabbit Doubt and find the wolf.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes horror and suspense. It is very well written and the author is also the illustrator (that’s kind of cool
I am still reading “Doubt” and I really look forward to finishing it.
Hi 8th Grade,
I enjoyed reading your reviews of books. Now I will have to do lots of reading over the break!
Taylor, do you only like funny poems? I am not sure of the exact title, but you might like “If You’re Absent, Raise Your Hand: A book of School Poems.”
Victor and Rashaun you need to read each other’s books and then come talk to me. Do you think there is too much romance in those books? What do you think will happen in the third book?
Samantha, have you read all the Twlight books? Going to see New Moon, the movie doesn’t count. Some people have told me that they thought the 4th book had a predictable ending, but I’m not sure I agree.
Has anyone in the 8th grade read the bestseller “The Lost Symbol?” It was written by the same person who wrote “The Da Vinci Code.” You would like it if you like conspiracy theories. Let me know if anyone would like to borrow it.
Also, has anyone read “The Giver?” I have two copies of the sequel if anyone would like those.
The book that I recommend is title
Fly On The Wall.
It is about a fly that follows around three different couples. And it tells a story how three are all different. Then at the end it shows that the youngest couple had the best relationship. I like this book and recommend to all.
A good book that I’ve read is
How my super secret journal became a best seller
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This book was about a girl who was supposed to do a history report on her friends’ laptop. She ends up making a story about a fictional character named ‘IS”. When she thought she e-mailed her teacher the report, she ended up sending her teacher the story. In class the next day, her teachber reads the story because a boy she had a crush on was in the class while he was there.Her teacher’s friend got it published andshe was all over the media and it became a best seller.
I want to recommend
Money Hungry
. This book is about a young girl named rasberry who loves money and will do any thing for it she sell’s things such as candy but its statrs to make people sick so she has to stop.her mother is dating her friend dad and she never see’s her that much because she has a job and school only time she see’s her is when she takes her to school…money is all she wants and she works hard to get it!
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins
I would recomend this book to anyone who likes adventure suspense and a little romance. This book is about a girl who has to fight for her life against other people in an arena. In the arena lies killer bees, meancing werewolves and venomus snakes. while in the arena she finds what her parter calls love but she not to sure. So if you like that type of stuff then read this book.
Where the Sidewalks End
by Shel Silverstein
The book I read is a poetry book. This is the best poetry book ever. I don’t really like poetry like that but after this book . I could read poetry forever. I read some of the poems to some people and they loved it.
Catching Fire
by Suzzanne Collins is a GOOD book!
This book is about a girl named Kantis That is a hunter.In this story it is about a thing that people from diffrent citys who fiht in battles called the hunger games.I would recommend this book to someone because it would be good for people who like to read adventure books they would realy love the book.
The Hickory Toothpick
By Tony Deluna
This book is about a man living up away from pine mountain South side. he was always work a cuting trees.this bo0ok has alot of stories in it.It was fun to read this book but at firts it was boring but then i like it this book was one of your books Mrs.Smith.
TWILIGHT
byStephenie Meyer
This book is about a vampire who falls in love with a human and tries to restrain his vampire nature to try to protect her.Instead he gives in and falls deeply in love with her.When thay run into some nomads one of them find out that Bella is a human and now wants to kill her.Edward must now save her.
Dawn and The Impossible Three
by Ann M.Martin
The story that i am reading is about a girl named Dawn who had just joined the baby-sitters club.The president of the club (Kristy) didnt really want her there because she believed that everything was better without Dawn around.On Dawn’s first time babysitting she wasnt able to control the kids but she wasnt giving up until she showed Kristy that she was the right one for the job.Once Dawn started to get the kids and Kristy saw that she was doing a great job controling the kids Kristy started to talk to her.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
I would recommend this book to everyone. This is a wonderful book. After reading this book I want to read more books by Shel Silverstein. I read some of the poems to my family and friends and they loved them. I liked this book so much I didn’t want to give it back.
The Case Of The Missing Babe Ruth Baseball
By: Lucinda Landon
This story is about a young girl named Meg, her grandfather had told her about the day he went to the Babe Ruth baseball game, he had catched the ball autographed by Babe Ruth himself, but just as he showed his sister back at home, she took it and hid it somewhere around the house. Meg was so curious in trying to find the baseball, her grandfather’s sister left some clues for him to follow. Meg took a look at the first clue, it takes her about a few days to solve this mystery. When her grtandfather was telling her to give up she did not, she knew how much this meant for her grandfather, and was also worth a fortune. Some of Meg’s friends were trying to help out, but nothing was found. They had a problem with the last clue but Meg kept on trying, she never gave up until she found it, and she did, it was in her grandfather’s old Teddy Bear. When Meg found the ball her grandfather was sleeping, she woke him up and he didnt belive it.
Monster
by Waltert Dean Myers
I read a book about a boy name Steve. Steve is a 16 year old boy going on trial for life because, Steve and some friends killed a 60 year old man tring to rob his store. Steve is going on trial for life,while Steve is going on trial he starts to write about the things thats going on in jail and at court. Thats what I read about in the book Monster.
One good book that I’ve read is
Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen.
This book is about a kid named Cole Matthews who goes to a island to serve a jail sentence for beating up a kid named Peter. During his short time there he is attacked by a bear unable to move he realizes how insignificant his life is.Later he will return to the island to finish his jail sentence and to help a friend.