6th Grade
Zane and the Hurricane - it was ok. Maybe more elementary.
Prince of Shadows - pretty good. ending seemed abrupt. Ms. Cosgrove-Davies likes this book better than Romeo and Juliet!
Inside Out and Back Again - enjoyable, written in verse - reading it as part of the 40 book challenge
Gregor the Overlander - really good, intense sci-fi fantasy. Fast paced
Blood of Olympus is an abomination - didn't live up to expectations
Pendragon books - a series in sci-fi fantasy
8th Grade
March 7th - NOVA Teen at Washington-Lee
Heart of a Samurai - sprinkled with Japanese so a little hard to follow. Interesting meeting of cultures.
Brisnger - movie not as good as the book - changes in plot and cast of characters
Positive - a memoir, read it in 24 hours. Middle school girl has HIV, tells a friend and is bullied
Popular - a memoir about a girl in 8th grade who does an experiment to see if "rules" she applied from a book from 1951 will make her popular
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Though Different - he was interesting and unlikable which made for an interesting read. He was hard to work with and for
The Selection, The Elite, The One - boy meets girl/ prince and lower class girl
Matched was enjoyable - 2nd book was awful - 3rd gets mixed reviews - it is important to care about the characters in order to root for them and want to continue in their world
Abandoned, Underworld - retelling of Persephone story
Hero's Guide to Saving your Kingdom
False Prince - ending was fine, why keep going?
Frustrating when authors kill off characters because they don't know what to do with them.
King of Attolia - better than the False Prince, series starts with The Thief
The Storyteller - an odd book
7th Grade
Awesome Selection series - must order The Heir
Fantastic Lunar Chronicles - must order Fairest and Winter
AKA (Also Known As) second book called Going Rogue - spy books. girl goes on missions around the work. Moves to NY and has a mission. Probably headed for love. Not as good as the I'd Tell You that I Love You but then I'd have to Kill You.
She's Not Invisible - a really good book. A slow start, but stick with it - it's worth it.Journey of a blind girl and her younger brother as they travel to NY to find their father. Had details that were surprising, like sounds etc.
Uprising - about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Waistcoats and Weaponry - not as good as the rest of the series
Things Not Seen - invisibility, blindness
The Geography of You & Me - ok book told in alternating chapters. a slow read.
Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight -
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