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...

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!!