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.

Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan

This is a continued story from Sarah Plain and Tall.

Caleb's Story is about Anna going to work for a doctor in town, and Caleb's new little sister, Cassie.
Cassie finds an old man in the barn, but Caleb doesn't believe her. Is there really a man? Read this book to find out if there is!



I really liked Sarah Plain and Tall, and I was so happy to find that there was another book about her!

This book is really good; you should read it!

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.

Iggie's House by Judy Blume

This book is about a girl named Winifred.

It all starts when Winifred's friend Iggie moved away. The people who moved in were black. There were no black people on Winifred's street. Winifred thought it was special. The people who moved in were the Garber's. There are 2 boys and a girl. They are from Detroit. Winifred thinks there from Africa she is a little disappointed when she find out that they aren't.
Down the road there is this girl. She is not allowed to play with black people and she hates them. So does her mother. So they make a petition and they put up a sign right in the Garber's front yard telling them to leave! Can Winifred convince them to stay, or will they move again?

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

I loved this book very much. I think that you will too! This book is about 4 kids and 1 parent. The oldest is Rosalind, who's practical and responsible. Next is Skye, she is stubborn and feisty. Jane is the next oldest and she is dreamy and artistic. Then last but not least is little Batty, who does not go anywhere without her butterfly wings. There dad is Mr. Penderwick.
The Pnederwicks go on a vacation where they excpect a old dirty looking cottage to stay in. But instead they find a huge castle looking like place called Arundal Hall. The sisters have warned each other to stay out of trouble and out of Mrs. Tiftons gardens. Mrs. Tifton is the owner of all the land. The Penderwicks live right next to the garden of Mrs. Tiftons! So it happened that Skye wanted to go into Mrs. Tiftons gardens to look around. So she walks around the bushes and thorns that make a divider between Mrs. Tiftons gardens and where they are living. Skye finally finds a place to sneek in. She walks around in the garden and is amazed at all the flowers. But then she goes home and on her way out she was going so fast that she bumped into a boy...