The Invisible Rules of the Zoe Lama by Tish Cohen

Zoe was one of those girls who were popular, but not mean. She liked to help her classmates, and soon all of them were asking her advice. Zoe liked this. She decided to have "clients". When a new girl comes to the school with a bad reputation, Zoe starts to train her, so that Maisie can become liked by all the girls in the school. Zoe is overrun by all her clients. Almost everyone in her grade is a client, and some older kids need Zoe's advice as well, not to mention Maisie, who is very difficult to train. Maisie's training starts out with a 100 word report on "What is a best friend". Zoe corrects Maisie's work and asks her to do a 50 word report on "What boy do you like, and why do you like him?" When Maisie's report gets out into the school, everyone hates her, and ignores her. Maisie is furious with Zoe. Not only does Maisie's training fall apart, but Zoe's own grandmother comes to pick her up from schools in footie pajamas!
Can Zoe fix Maisie's mess, and get her grandmother to stop embarrassing her??

This book was really good. The invisible rules of the Zoe Lama shows that even the Zoe Lama can't fix everyone.

The Mysterious Bendedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Four smart kids. One very dangerous mission. Reynie Muldoon, Sticky washington, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contrairie are four of the last children to pass the test that Mr.Benedict tested them on. But now, as they face their enemies, Mr.Benedict's twin brother, Mr.Curtain and his crew, they are scared out of their wits. can Kate, Reynie, Sticky, and Constance stop Mr.Curtain before he does something horrible? Read this book to see how The Mysterious Benedict Sociiety proves that children can do anything.

Rules by Cynthia Lord

I loved this book because Catherine sounds a lot like me.

Catherine just wants to be normal. But that is just too big a wish if you have an eight year old little brother that has a serious case of Autism. When Catherine's new neighbors move in with a twelve year old like herself, she's so happy. But will Kristi like David, Catherine's brother even though he's sometimes wacky? And how will Catherine feel when a disabled kid from David's occupational therapy place asks her to a dance?
Read this FANTASTIC book and have a whole different understanding of families with disabled kids.

Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Chicken Boy is about a boy named Tobin McCauley. His sister and brothers, Summer, Shane, and Patrick are troublemakers in their schools. His father never has any time at home, and his mother's dead. The McCauley kitchen hasn't been cleaned in months, and all they usually have for dinner and lunch, is pizza and soda. For breakfast one day, Tobin can't find anything to eat, so he finds himself eating a bag of mini marshmallows and drinking some coke. When Tobin starts his first day in seventh grade watching his Granny get aressted, Tobin knows he's going to have problems. To make matters worse, Tobins one an donly friend, believes chickens have souls. I loved this book so much and hope you will too!

Philippa Fisher and the Dream Maker's Daughter by Liz Kessler

Philippa is missing Daisy a lot, and she wishes to see her everyday. Philippa goes on a vacation with her parents and makes friends with a local girl named Robyn. When Philippa gets to know Robyn and her father more, she starts to feel that there is definitely something wrong with the Robyn and her father. Daisy is missing Philippa just as much as Philippa is missing her, so Daisy decides to break an ATC rule and visit Philippa. When Daisy and Philippa are reunited, Daisy starts to mess up her new ATC project. With this, Daisy, Philippa, and Robyn are all in danger. Philippa realizes that she wil have to work hard to save herself and her her friends. Plus, Robin doesn't really like Daisy, so how in the world can Phillipa help them if they just won't work together?
Read this fantastic book to find out what happens!

I loved this book tons because tit shows that anyone can be friends.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

When ten year old Winnie Foster finds Jesse Tuck out in her woods, the Tucks capture her and take her away to their home. When they get there, the Tucks spill their secret: years ago, they were on a journey and they and their horse took a drink from a spring, and after that, none of them ever got hurt, and they never got any older, and worse, they would live forever and ever!! Winnie, instead of being afraid, decides to become friends with the friendly strangers. When Mae is taken prisoner and is subjected for hanging for shooting a man who was trying to capture Winnie, can the Tucks and Winnie be able to rescue her before they try to hang Mae and find out they can't? Read this great book to find out!! You will love it!

I loved this book right from the beginning.

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.Rowling

Harry Potter's parents are dead. Harry Potter lives with his ugly and fat aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon, and his cousin, Dudley. They're called the Dursleys. They tell Harry that his parents died in a car crash and that explains his lightning bolt scar on his forehead. When Harry gets a letter, his uncle snatches it away before Harry can even take a look at it. When Harry finds out that the letter tells him that he's been accepted to a school called Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry can't wait. When Harry arrives at Hogwarts, he finds the Mirror of Erised and two extremely odd Professors: Snape and Quirrel. And, he finds out how his parents really died.

Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister by Liz Kessler

Philippa is just a regular person, but her parents are NOT. They are party performers. They do neat magic tricks, but they also drive around in a car with clown pictures on the sides! Poor Philippa is so embarrassed when her dad drives her to school in his pajamas! One day, when Philippa was sad about her best friend Charlotte moving, Philippa picked a daisy. She didn't know that at midnight, the daisy would turn into a fairy. When it finally happens, the fairy, who's' name is Daisy, want to finish her job as soon as possible, and doesn't even want to be friendly with Philippa! Daisy must grant Philippa 3 wishes before the life span of a picked Daisy runs out! If Daisy is still in the human world when it runs out, Daisy will die. Daisy doesn't even spend time getting to know Philippa. Philippa tries her very best to make Daisy feel at home, but Daisy just won't realize that Philippa wants to be friends. Will Philippa and Daisy finally be friends? And will Daisy get back into fairy world before time runs out? Read this book to find out what happens!!!!

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

Eggs is a great book. Its about a boy, called David who is 9 and doesn't want friends, and a girl called Primrose, who is 13.
David's mother died, David's dad has to work all week, and David has to live with his old grandmother who tries to act like a mother. Primrose lives with her very weird mother who thinks that she can read peoples' fortunes. Primrose's father got a divorce with her mother when Primrose was little. When David and Primrose meet, they never would think that they would be best friends. David one moment is braiding Primrose's hair, and the next moment Primrose and David are screaming and fighting. When Primrose takes David on an adventure to Philadelphia, David realizes how fun friends can be. Read this book to learn more about Primrose and David.

The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M. M. Blume

This book is about Piano, and spying. Franny Hansen is a Piano prodigy. Franny's best friend is Sandy Hellickson, who is sort of like a tomboy, and thinks that Franny doesn't like the piano. Rusty Nail is the smallest town ever. There is only one traffic light, one school for all grades, one grocery store, one church, one lawyer, one doctor, one bar, and one old drunk person. Everyone is afraid of some people called "Commies" who come from Russia. So, the whole town gets suspicious, when a "Commie" arrives in Rusty Nail. Some people even start a club against Commies! This Russian's name is Madame Malenkov, but her first name is Olga. But no one knows that Olga is not a Commie. Olga is a world famous Pianist, and when Franny's teacher can't teach her anymore, Franny asks Olga to teach her. Olga, a hot tempered lady asks Franny to work for her lessons. Can Franny work hard enough to earn Piano lessons? And who will play better at the surprise at Rusty Nail's school, Franny or Franny's enemy, Nancy Orilee? Read this book to find out!!
I loved this book, because I am a musician to!!

The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon

This book is about a boy called Mario who lives with his mother and father. They are very poor and make their living selling magazines and newspapers at their newspaper stand. Mario has been wanting a pet for a long time, but doesn't get one. His time comes when he adopts a pet cricket called Chester. Living in a newspaper stand is nice, but gets nicer still when Tucker mouse, and Harry cat enter his life. But as soon as Chester shows off his singing talent, Mario's family put him in a cage and make him sing concerts! Chester loves to sing, but only for fun. This kind of singing gets him wanting to go back to his home state, Connecticut. Can Harry cat and Tucker mouse make him stay, or will Chester catch the train, back to Connecticut?



I really like this book because there are animals in it.

Porcupine by Meg Tilly

Porcupine, is not really about Porcupines. The book has a little bit of Porcupine in it, but not much. Porcupine is about a girl called Jacqueline (Everyone calls her Jack) and her younger sister and brother, Tessa and Simon. Jack is a tomboy, Tessa acts like a princess, and Simon is shy. The thing I really don't like about this book is that there are some REALLY bad words. But otherwise, this book is fabulous! Jack, Tessa, and Simon have hard time after their dad was killed in a war. Even worse, their mom dropped them off at their great-grandma's house, and left! Find out how Jack, Tessa, and Simon survive living with their ill-tempered and grouchy great-grandma by reading this book!! I suggest this book to 10 year olds and up, because of the bad words.

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

This book is about a boy named Roy Eberhardt. He just moved to Coconut Cove in Florida, but he wishes that he could be back in Montana. As a new kid in Middle School, he gets bullied by the meanest kid, Dana Matherson. One day on the bus, he noticed the running boy. It was a boy around his age, only he was running away from the bus, and had no shoes. Roy decided to investigate. In investigating, he makes friends with a girl named Beatrice, who won't say how she is related to the running boy. Roy and the Running Boy work together to save some special owls.


This book is really funny and has police officers in it.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

I loved this book. I would suggest this to kids 10 and up, since it has romance in it.
When a new girl shows up at the high school, Leo Borlock and his friends go crazy, since the girl is so different and has such an unusual name: Stargirl. Everyone loves her! The girls invite her to join the cheerleading team, but when they find out that she cheers for the enemy (other team), nobody likes her anymore, except for 2 special people...
I would recomend it because it is funny and Stargirl went through high school, even though lots of kids didn't like her.

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.

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Opal wants a dog really badly, even before she moved from her home town, Watley in Florida, to her new town, Naomi in Florida. Her dream comes true, when her father, "the preacher" asks her to run to the market to buy a box of Macaroni and Cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes. At the market, she finds a dog. The manager of the market threatens to call the pound, but Opal stands up for the dog and tells the manager that the dog is hers. She brings the dog home, even though where she lives, in a trailer park, dogs are not allowed.
Read this book to find out how she helps the dog, and how the dog helps her!!