Storm Runners by Ronald Smith

 book 1 in the Storm Runners series

 Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Anywhere bad weather strikes, they are not far behind. Chase is learning more on the road than he ever would just sitting in a classroom. But when hurricane Emily, the hurricane of the century, hits he will be tested in ways he never could have imagined.

 This book is probably for boys and girls from age 8 to 12.

Like this book? Read book 2 The Surge and book 3 Eruption.

Beacause of Mr.Terupt by Rob Buyea

  It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in. Alexia, a frenemy, your friend one second, your enemy the next. Peter, class prankster and troublemaker. Luke, the brainiac. Danielle, who never stands up for herself. Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast and Jeffrey, who hates school.

  Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all. He makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn’t let them get away with much.

 Comments:  This book is very good. If you like surprises this is a book for you.
 This book is probably for boys and girls from age 9 to 12.

Mr. Terupt Falls Again by Rob Buyea

 sequel to Because of Mr. Terupt

  Fifth-grade was full of unforgettable events for Mr. Terupt and his class at Snow Hill School. Seven students were particularly affected by Mr. Terupt. Now those seven students are back, and they've been granted the rare opportunity to send one more year with their beloved teacher before they graduate from elementary school. 

  Peter's parents expect him to attend private school after sixth-grade, but Peter has plans to stay right where he is. Eager to grow up, Alexia gets in over her head with some older kids. Danielle suspects that her family is keeping a secret from her, and she's determined to find out what it is. Jeffrey makes a life-changing discovery. Curious about her teacher's past, Jessica uncovers startling details about Mr. Terupt. Anna finally decides she's ready for the truth about her absent dad. And Luke's keen observations lead to questions with unexpected answers.                                                                                                                                  

  It's a roller coaster of a year as Mr. Terupt helps his students be the best they can be—and enlists their help to pull off an extra-special project. But will there be a happy ending for all?                                                  

Comments:  I absolutely love this book. My teacher read Because of Mr. Terupt to my class and I really liked it so I got book 2. I personally think this book is better.

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 9 to 12.

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

 

Meet Alex Rider, the reluctant teenage spy.

 When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down.
 Within days he’s gone from schoolboy to super spy. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he’s off on his first mission.
 His destination is the depths of Cornwall, where Middle Eastern multimillionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers. Sayle’s offered to give one free to every school in the country - but MI6 think there’s more to the gift than meets the eye.
 Only Alex can find out the truth. But time is running out and he soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first assignment may well be his last.

This book is probably for boys from 9 to 11.
 Like this book? Read the series. Book 2 Point Blank, book 3 Skeleton Key, book 4 Eagle Strike, book 5 Scorpia, book 6 Ark Angel, book 7 Snakehead, book 8 Crocodile Tears and book 9 Scorpia Rising.

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

 

 book 1 in the Ranger's Apprentice series

They have always scared him in the past—the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people.

 And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger’s apprentice. What he doesn’t yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. Highly trained in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people. And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. This time, he will not be denied.

This book is probably for boys from 9 to 11.
Like this book? Read the other books in the series, book 2 The Burning Bridge, book 3 The Icebound Land, book 4 The Battle for Skandia, book 5 The Sorcerer of the North, book 6 The Siege of Macindaw, book 7 Erak's Ransom, book 8 The Kings of Clonmel, book 9 Halt's Peril, book 10 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, book 11 The Lost Stories and book 12 The Royal Ranger.

The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

The Candymakers is now in the WHITE HOUSE LIBRARY!!!

Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to create the world’s best new chocolate. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew?

Logan, the Candymaker’s son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alone?
Miles, the boy who is allergic to merry-go-rounds and the color pink?
Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy like it’s a feather?
Or Philip, the suit-and-tie wearing boy who’s always scribbling in a secret notebook?

This sweet, charming, and cleverly crafted story, told from each contestant’s perspective, is filled with mystery, friendship, and juicy revelations.

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 8 to 10.

The Last Present by Wendy Mass

 book 4 in the Willow Falls series

The latest volume in the Willow Falls series finds Amanda and Leo trying to save a young girl through a series of eventful time-traveling adventures. Magical, mysterious Angelina D’Angelo has set out quite the task for best friends Amanda and Leo. For 10 years, Angelina has been thwarted as she attempted to place a benediction on a young girl named Grace, who now is stuck in a coma. Amanda and Leo must time travel to Grace’s prior birthday parties to ensure that the benediction successfully occurs, and they must get it right not once, but three times, to save her. Or so Angelina says. The friends discover that the story is more complicated and that it is wrapped up with Angelina’s own closely guarded secrets. Amanda and Leo do a lot of growing up as a relationship evolving from friendship into romance.

This book is probably for girls from age 8 to 12.
Like this book? Read book one 11 Birthdays, book 2 Finally and book 3 13 Gifts.

Comments:
3 words, BEST.SERIES.EVER. Totally love this book.-Bella
Available on nook and kindle

The Fairy Tale Detectives by Micheal Buckley

 book 1 The Sisters Grimm series

The Fairy Tale Detectives introduces two orphaned sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, who, after their parents mysteriously disappear, are sent to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm. Grandmother Grimm lives in a strange town in New York State, known for it’s extraordinary number of unexplained and unusual crimes. As soon as the sisters arrive, they begin to unravel a mystery that leads to their ancestors’ magical beginnings. Sabrina and Daphne learn they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, who were actually detectives of the magical phenomenon perpetrated by the Everafters, a parallel race of magical beings. They soon discover it is the Grimm family’s legacy to keep the Everafters in line and the two sisters are the sole heirs to this challenge.

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 9 to 11.
Like this book? Read the other books in the series, book 2 The Unusual Suspects, book 3 The Problem Child, book 4 Once Upon A Crime, book 5 Magic And Other Misdemeanors, book 6 Tales From The Hood, book 7 The Everafter War, book 8 The Inside Story and, last but not least, book 9 The Council Of Mirrors.

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

 

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there’s no delete button. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school—but NO ONE knows it.

Most people—her teachers and doctors included—don’t think she’s capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can’t. She can’t talk. She can’t walk. She can’t write.

Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind—that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 9 to 12.

My 5th grade teacher read this book to our class. Everybody loved it.-Bella

I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter

book 1 in the Gallagher Girls series

The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school teaches advanced martial arts in PE, chemistry always consists of the latest in chemical warfare, and everyone breaks CIA codes for extra credit in computer class. So in truth, while the Gallagher Academy might say it’s a school for geniuses what they really mean is spies. But what happens when a Gallagher Girl falls for a boy who doesn’t have a code name?
 
Cammie Morgan may be fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti), but the Gallagher Academy hasn’t prepared her for what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she’s an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through a mall without him ever being the wiser, but can she have a regular relationship with a regular boy who can never know the truth about her? Cammie may be an elite spy in training, but in her sophomore year, she’s doing something riskier than ever—she’s falling in love.

This book is probably for girls from age 10 to 13.
Like this book? Read the series,book 2 Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy ,book 3 Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover,book 4 Only The Good Spy Young, book 5 Out Of Sight And Out Time and finally book 6 United We Spy.

Comments:
I really like this series. I'm on book 3 and I can't stop reading it. -bella

The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

 book 1 in The Land of Stories series

When the twins’ grandmother gives them a treasured fairy tale book, they have no idea they’re about to enter a land beyond all imagining: the Land of Stories, where fairy tales are real.

But as Alex and Conner soon discover, the stories they know so well haven’t ended in this magical land—Goldilocks is a wanted fugitive, Red Riding Hood has her own kingdom, and Queen Cinderella is about to become a mother!
The twins want to get back home. But with the legendary Evil Queen hot on their trail, will they ever find the way?

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 8 to 11.
Like this book? Try the other book in the series, book 2 The Enchantress Returns.

Best book I've ever read. It's also hilarious.- Bella

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

 A #1 NY Times bestseller - A School Library Journal Best Book of 2010 Winner  -  Children's Choice Book Awards 2011: Best Book, Grades 5-6

Book 1 in the Kane Chronicles series

Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie Kane have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.

One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kane's. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

This book is probably for boys and girls from age 8 to 12.

Like this book? Check out the other books in this series, book two The Throne Of Fire and book three The Serpents Shadow .

Like this series? Try the other series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and The Heroes Of Olympus.

If the Shoe Fits by Sarah Mlynowski

 book 2 in the Whatever After series

"This time the mirror swept me and my brother into Cinderella’s fairy tale. Now, we are NOT messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she’s supposed to.
Uh-oh.Cinderella broke her foot, and there’s massive swelling. The glass slipper won’t fit, the prince won’t know she’s the one for him, and they won’t live happily ever after. And it’s all our fault!We just have to get it all done before the clock strikes twelve and the chance for a happy ending is gone . . . forever!"

This book is probably for girls from 7 to 10.
Like this book? Try the other books in the series, book 1,Fairest of All and book 3, Sink or Swim.

The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies

Starred review, Booklist Booklist's Top 10 Crime Fiction Titles for Youth, Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year, Nominee for the Dorothy Canfield FIsher Book Award (Vermont), Nominee for the Virginia Reader's Choice Award (Virginia).

Book 2 in The Lemonade War series

"On the fourth day of fourth grade, Scott Spencer walks into school and announces that he just bought the newest Xbox system. Jessie and Evan wonder where he got the money for that. Convinced that Scott stole the $208 that went missing from Evan's pocket at the end of the summer, Jessie decides to take Scott to court to prove his guilt. But things don't work out the way Jessie planned, and so it's up to Evan to find his own path to justice."

This book is probably for boys and girls from 8 to 10.

Like this book? Try the other books in the series, book 1, The Lemonade War, book 3 The Bell Bandit and book 4 The Candy Smash.

Chloe Diggins and The Eternal Emperor by Jennifer Amiel

"Tom grew anxious.  He picked up their backpacks and urged Chloe to leave.  “Just grab it. We gotta go. There’s a policeman coming…Glancing quickly up the street, Chloe recognized the man in the police uniform.  “That’s no policeman, that’s Perez, one of the guys who took my dad!”

 "Twelve-year-old daughter of a famous archaeologist, Chloe has her summer vacation turned upside down when she discovers an ancient Inca artifact, races to find a lost treasure, and struggles to save her family.  Along the way the self-doubting girl must learn to trust her heart, follow her instincts, and believe in herself again."

This book is probably for girls and boys from 9 to 12.
Like this book?Coming soon book 2, The Ring of Carrie.

Save The Cupcake by Lisa Papademetriou

"My life is SO not sprinkles and sunshine"

book 1 in the Confectionatly Yours series

  " Hayley’s world is far from perfect. Her parents have divorced, her mom has lost her job, and she and her sister Chloe are stuck sharing a bedroom in their grandmother’s apartment. Luckily, Hayley has a knack for baking cupcakes? Cupcakes always make life just a little sweeter! But all of the changes in Hayley’s life are taking a toll on her best friendship. Then, to top everything off, Hayley’s school decides to ban bake sales and homemade treats. Can Hayley find a way to save the cupcake?"

This book is probably for girls from 8 to 10.
Like this book? Try the other books in the series, Taking The Cake and Sugar and Spice.
                                                                  

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

#1 New York Times bestseller  #1 USA Today bestseller  #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller  #1 Indie bound bestseller

#1 UK bestseller

book 1 in the Heroes of Olympus series

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.
 
Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunk mates  insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god. 

This book is probably for boys and girls from 9 to 12.
 Like this book? Try the other books in the series, book 2 The Son Of Neptune, book 3 The Mark Of Athena, and coming soon, book 4 The House Of Hades.

 

13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

 book 3 in the Willow Falls series

It doesn’t take long for Tara Brennan to realize that breaking into school to steal a goat while wielding a can of pepper spray is not a good idea. As punishment for her misdeed, Tara’s parents send her to the sleepy little town of Willow Falls to stay with relatives she hardly knows, including her eleven-year-old cousin Emily, who, the last time they were together, ate an entire stick of glue. Tara quickly learns that Emily isn’t even remotely the strangest person in town. There’s a boy who sings in the bottom of an empty pool, two best friends who use blackboards to communicate, and a green-eyed girl who may—or may not—be dating the world’s hottest teen movie star. Due to another huge lapse in judgment, Tara finds herself beholden to perhaps the strangest person of all: Angelina D’Angelo. If Tara can’t collect thirteen mysterious objects for the old woman in time for her rapidly approaching thirteenth birthday, the consequences will be REALLY BAD. Like losing-her-immortal-soul kind of bad. And that’s just for starters! Tara’s adventures take her and her new friends to places they’d never thought they’d find, some in the real world, and a lot deep inside themselves.

This book is probably for girls from 8 to 12.
Like this book? Read book one 11 Birthdays, book 2 Finally and coming soon book 4 The Last Present.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The New York Times #1 best-selling series

book 1 in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

  " Percy Jackson is about to get kicked out of boarding school ...again. But that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. But worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master bolt has been stolen, and Percy is prime suspect.
   Now Percy and his friends have just 10 days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief: he must come to terms with his father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of the betrayal of a friend; and unravel a treachery  more powerful than the gods themselves."


This book is probably for boys and girls from 8 to 11.
 Like this book? Try the other books in the series, book 2 The Sea Of Monsters, book 3 The Titans Curse, book 4 The Battle Of The Labyrinth and book 5 The Last Olympian.                                                                  

 

Athena the Brain by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

 

            book 1 in the Goddess Girls series

"Athena has always been above average. She's never quite fit in at Triton Junior High, but who would have guessed she's actually a goddess? Zeus's daughter to be exact. When she's summoned to Mount Olympus Academy, Athena thinks she might fit in for the first time. But in some ways, school on Mount Olympus isn't that different from school down on earth. Athena also has to deal with the meanest bad girl in history- Medusa."

 Authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams put a modern "spin"on the classic myths with the Goddess Girls Series. This book is probably for girls from 7 to 9.

Like this book? Try the other books in the series, Persephone the Phony, Aphrodite the Beauty, Artemis the Brave, Athena the Wise, Aphrodite the Diva, Artemis the Loyal, Medusa the Mean, The Girl Games/Super Special, Pandora the Curious, Pheme the Gossip and coming soon Persephone the Daring, Aug 2013 Cassandra the Lucky, Dec 2013 and Athena the Proud, April 2014

Beauty and the Beast by Wendy Mass

Beauty and the Beast in the Twice Upon time series by Wendy Mass is a wonderful,exciting and awesome
book. Here's a little overview about the 2 main characters, Beauty and Prince Riley.


   "When your stuck with the name Beauty, people expect a lot from you - like beauty, grace,courage and a sense of style.But what if you have none of these things? What if all you like to do is read books and look for odd objects that people drop? Oh, and you have a perfect older sister who really should have your name instead of you.
     And when you're a price, you're supposed to be athletic, commanding, brave and tall. But what if you are none of these things? What if all you like to do is play bagpipes[badly], study the stars and try to figure out how to make worms live forever? Oh, and you also have a perfect older brother who is a lot more princely than you’ll ever be.
   But when Beauty's life turns completely upside down  and she is forced to head out into the world she has to figure out who she wants to be. And when Prince Riley suddenly grows fur and nails as sharp as knives, he has to learn that appearances can be deceiving. Before Beauty and Riley can save each other, they have to save themselves."






This book is probably for girls from 8 to 10

  Like this Book? Try The Other Books In The Twice Upon A Time Series: Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty

Wendy Mass, author of 11 Birthdays, Finally and 13 Gifts 

Nothing Ever Hapenns on 90th Street

Characters	Stance In Settings	Character Discretion
Eva	main character	young girl
Mr.Sims	supporting character [SC]	actor
Mr.Morley	SC	dessert chef
Alexis Leora	SC	dancer
Mrs.Martinez	SC	soup maker
Mrs.Friedman	SC	mom
Sondra Saunderson	SC	famous person
Mr.Chang	SC	fish seller

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.Morris Lessmore

 7/9/13

The story The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.Morris Lessmore by William Joyce makes me think about the power of a book. So strong you can get lost in its pages. The story about Mr.Lessmore really talks about how special each book is and it unique story. I really like how the story 'ends' with the 'beginning'. I also like the amazing text. It has so much feeling.Example: Morris slowly walked inside and discovered the most mysterious and inviting room he had ever seen. It was filled with the fluttering of countless pages, and Morris could hear the faint chatter of a thousand different stories, as if each book was whispering an invitation to adventure. This book is for anybody who enjoys fantastic picture books.

An animated short film was created, based on this book. It won an Academy Award in 2012. Here it is.