jess by Mary Casanova

This book was suggested by one of my good friends; her name is also Maia.
Jess McConnell and her parents are spending five months in Belize at an archeological dig of ancient Maya ruins! Jess is excited about traveling for the first time out of the United States, being home-schooled, and going on a trip without her older sister and brother.
When Jess and her new Mayan friend go on a eco adventure, Jess learns lots of things about the jungle, and about the ancient Mayans who lived there.

The Big Book for Girls by Bart King and his 5 sisters

I loved this book from the start! But it does have some parts I did not like at all! Do you want to know what that is? The dating, and kissing parts. But other wise I love the book. It's me! It also has some cool facts and some not so cool facts.

I think this book would mostly be recomended for 8 year olds and up.
My favorite parts are the parts where you can choose a nickname if you don't have one, the pet part, and the part where it tells what level the laters in your name are.

This book is a real girly girl book! I like those kinds of books. If you want to find some interesting facts, and your a girly girl you will want to read this book! I loved it!

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

This book was recommended by our friend named Emma. At first I thought that the book was not interesting. But I was wrong. It turned out to be a great book!


This book is about a girl named Emmy. She has this mysterious nanny named miss Barmy. People later call her the Barmy lady. Her nanny uses magical potions to make no one notice Emmy that much. Emmy's parents are usually away so when her parents come back miss Barmy makes special treats with magical potions in them for Emmy and her parents!


But one day she went to school and she heard the class pet which was a rat grunt and groan. She was trying to forget about it and told herself that it was not true. But after class one of the boys named Joe heard the rat too. Joe asked her if she had heard it. She grinned.

Later in the story Joe, Emmy, and Rat become best friends. But then Emmy and Joe get bitten by Rat and they figure out that he is the incredible shrinking Rat! But how will Emmy grow to her normal size before her parents come back from there trip?

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a little girl who has very terrible parents. They call her unsmart, even though she is four, and can read adult books! She is so smart, that when she went to Kindergarten, she could already do her twelve times tables!
Everyone at Matilda's school is afraid of Miss Trunchull the headmistress. Even the teachers are frightened! Miss Trunchbull is so mean, that when someone does something wrong, she might throw them into the air, or hold them into the air by their ears!!

This book is delightful to read millions of times!!

Marley a dog like no other by John Grogan

This book is special because it is about a naughty dog. Marley, a Yellow Labrador, who is extremely rambunctious. As he becomes an adult dog, Marley eats lots of stuff, like pillows, pieces of a sofa, and even his owner's jewelry! The Grogans buy him a crate to try and stop him from eating the whole house, but he even smashes the crate! What are the Grogans going to do?? I loved this book because it is about a dog.

Champ by Marcia Thornton Jones

This is one of my absolute favorite books. It is about a dog that has three legs, and a boy who is bad at sports. The dog used to be a Champion Show dog until a car accident made him have three legs. After Champ recovered, he was adopted by the boy, Riley. His former owner didn't want him because he had three legs. Once he was adopted, he and Riley did Agility trials.

I loved this book because it's about a dog that does Agility.

Seeing Lessons by Spring Hermann

Abigail, and Sophia Carter are both blind. They live on a farm with their mother, father, two older brothers, and younger brother. When two doctors from Boston come to tell their father that Abigail and Sophia could go to a school for the blind, Abigail is thrilled!!! As soon as she and Sophia get there, Abigail's life changes completely. Read this book to find out how!!

Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

When I first started this book, I thought it was hard to understand because they talk differently. I also thought it was for older children than I. They said "purty" for pretty and "ain't" for isn't. It took a while for me to understand them. Once I got used to it, the book was so exciting!

The book begins when the Slaters find out they have new neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Boyer. Mr. Slater gets into fights with Mr. Boyer. Mr. Slater also gets drunk. Mr. Slater doesn't like the new neighbors and is always making trouble for them, such as cutting their fence! Bad Slaters!!!

Mrs. Slater wants to help the Boyers, but she has to listen to Mr. Slater who tells her not to help them. The main character from the Boyer family is Berthenia Lou, but they call her Birdie! The main character of the Slater family is Jefferson Davis (Shoestring).

If you want to find out what happens to these two families...you have to go to a library or buy this book!

The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street by Sharon G. Flake

This book is about a girl named Queen. At home she acts like a queen! Her family treats her like a queen!! But her teacher in school hates her. In school a new kid comes! Everyone hates him at first......but then everybody wants to be his friend, and everybody does not want to be Queen's friend!

But then the boy, his name is Leroy, comes to visit Queen's house and her parents and Leroy ignore her........What will she do?