Animal House and Iz by Betty Hicks

Iz lives with her father, step-mother, and step-brothers, Logan, Jack, and Joey. But unlike most kids, Iz loves her new mother more than her old one! And she loves her new home with all of them more than anything. At the moment, Iz's new family, has one porcupine, a goldfish, some Praying Mantises, and lots more. Iz gets warned when her real mom says she can permantly live with her real mom, Elizabeth. She hates it when her mom, Elizabeth calls Iz Elizabeth. Iz loves her new name her step-brothers named her, Iz better than Elizabeth which now seems weird and long. Iz really wants to stay with her father, new mother, and brothers instead of only with her mom. And with project GAD (Get A Dog), can Iz convince her mother to let her choose who she really wants to live with without hurting her mom's feelings? Read this cool book to find out!!!!

The School Story by Andrew Clements

Natalie's mother works at a company who chooses books to publish. Natalie herself is a great writer, and would love to get her writing published when she got older. But when she writes an amazing book called "The Cheater" her best friend, Zoe, convinces to try and get her book published. But can Natalie's mother realize that Natalie not only is a writer, but is a great one too? And can Natalie, Zoe, and their teacher, get "The Cheater" published? Read this book to find out!

Other books by Andrew Clements: The Landry News and No Talking.

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!

Rissa Bartholomew's Declaration of Independence by Lynda B. Comerford

Eleven year old Rissa Barhtolomew has had the same friends for her whole life. She has four friends, Beth White, Jayne Littleton, Kerry McGrew, and Angel Franzetti. She would call Beth her best friend, because their mother's were best friends, and Beth and Rissa were born on the same day , in the same hospital, in the same ward. But when Beth starts wanting to be called Bethany, she starts to get annoyed, especialy when all her friends start getting obsessed with boys, make-up, and malls. When Beth's mother plans Rissa's party which is shared with Beth, Rissa makes up her mind to make new and different friends. Will this be as easy as Rissa thinks? And will Beth and the others realize that they lost a good friend? Read this great book to find out!!

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.

The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

When Emily Windsnap has her first swimming lesson, she finds out a big secret about herself. She's a mermaid. Part time, actually. She can turn into a mermaid when she goes into the water fully. When Emily makes friends with a full time mermaid, Shona, she finds out that her father who left her and her mother when Emily was an infant, didn't want to leave her and her mom. And, she tries convince her mom not to think about Mr. Beeston, as a "nice, charming" light house keeper, who works for the merman king who took Emily's father away. Read this book to find out where and why Emily's father is! I hope you love this book as much as I did!

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.