See You at Harry's
By: Jo Knowles 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, Realistic Fiction Lakein Madison 8th Grade See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles is about a family who sufferers when a family member pasts and the whole family feels lost. They have to put the pieces back together. Trying to make life go back to normal, even though it will never be the same again. The author teaches the reader don't take what you have for granted, because it won't be there forever. The book See You at Harry's is one of the best book I have ever read. I recommend this book to people who love reading sad story. Reading this book I promise it will warm your heart.
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The Hobbit
By: J.R.R. Tolkien 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, Fantasy Russell Dunker 8th Grade Bilbo Baggins a hobbit a lazy hobbit with adventurers blood meets Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo tells the old wizard to go away, but he ends up throwing a party for dwarfs and becoming there Burglar. Bilbo and the dwarfs meet many perils and adventures, trying to retrieve there dwarf gold. I Love the book, I recommend people who love adventure and fantasy, Not recommended if you don't like Fantasy or Adventure game changers
By: Mike Lupica 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, Realistic Fiction J.F 8th Grade Shawn is a quarterback and his dad was a pro quarterback and his dad want's Shawn to be a quarterback but Shawn don't want to be, he's not gonna say he don't want to so Shawn and a friend start practicing on getting rushed and throwing the ball at the same time so he can be better in game. 1. It's about football 2. it's a very motivating book The Giving Tree
By: Shel Silverstein 5 Stars Genre: Fiction 8th Grade The theme in this story is If you love something you will have to sacrifice some things.A boy and a tree become best friends.Then the boy grows older and he keeps asking the tree for things.The tree keeps giving the boy everything that he wants.In the end the tree asks the boy for something and the gives it to the tree.If you love something you will have to sacrifice things that means you will have to give things up for the people you love.The tree gives the boys things that she needs but the tree gives it to the boy.But in the end the tree asks for something and the boy gives it to the tree. I rated the book the way I did because I thought it was interesting. And I think that other people should too. Harry Potter and The Deathlt Hallows
By: J.K. Rowling 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, Fantasy 8th Grade Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling is a book about the magical war between the Boy Who Lived and the Dark Lord. Harry and Voldemorts final showdown is in the near future. Harry, Ron, and Hermione have to leave their loved ones to search for hourcruxes to take down the Dark Lord. They lose touch with the entire outside world until their search for hourcruxes brings them back to Hogwarts. The final battle takes place on the schools grounds. 15 main characters die in the final battle of the wizarding war, 38 die in the course of this single book alone. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows teaches that love leads to loss. I highly recommend this book as long as you've read the first 6 of course. It hooked me from the start. I would stay up until the early hourse of the morning with this book. I probably cried about 5 times. Shelter
By: Harlan Coben 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, mystery Krysta Rawlings 8th Grade Shelter by Harlan Coben- Living with his uncle Myron, Mickey struggles to find his place in the new town. While his mom is in rehab for unknown substances, he is just trying to fit in. An old woman then comes out of her house and tells him that his father who he watched die is still very much alive. He longs to find out what she means. With his new friend Ema by his side he learns that perseverance always pays off when it comes to something that your very passionate about. I think that Harlan Coben really hit a home run with this book! The intensity of the book is just outstanding to me. This is a great book and I encourage anyone who loves mystery as much as I do, needs to read this book! See you at Harry's
By: Jo Knowles 5 Stars Genre: Realistic Fiction Emilia Davis 8th Grade See You at Harry's, written by Jo Knowles, The main character in the book is Fern. She is twelve-years-old and feels invisible. Her dad is always brainstorming new ways to make their family restaurant better. Charlie is the knew member of the family. He is an unexpected child that happens to be the "center of attention." Her mom is never around because she is always going off to meditate because she stresses about the restaurant and ferns dad always stresses her out. Her sister, Sarah decided to take a year off of high school. Her brother Holden reveals a huge secret to fern and they're family, than unexpectedly tragedy strikes leaving the family depressed and hopeless. No one knows what to do except cry. This is a book that will rip your heart out and put it back together again. This is one of my' favorite books I recommend reading it. The Unwanteds
By: Lisa McMann 5 Stars Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian 8th Grade “The Unwanteds” by Lisa McMann starts out in the world of Quill where twin boys live. Alex and Aaron Stowe both 13 years old, it is the day of the yearly Purge where the group of 13 year olds will be determined Wanted, Necessary, or Unwanted. While the Wanted brother Aaron goes off to university the Unwanted brother due to his many creative infractions will be sent to the death farm with the rest of the Unwanteds. When suddenly they are saved and the lake of boiling oil turns into a magical lawn with a huge mansion. A man by the name of Mr.Today is waiting for them. From there the Unwanteds will learn and train to use magic and their creative skills as they face challenges from Quill. While all their lives the children of Quill were taught that creativity is a bad thing- they are now discovering that creativity might just be the most powerful superpower. The Unwanteds is a very amazing book. It is well written and easy to follow. I recommend this book to anyone seeking a good book to read. |
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