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Frannie In Pieces is a book about a teenage girl who has to deal with her fathers death. She never knew how hard it was to have your father die. Frannie starts to figure out that everyday things can kill her in a second. One part in this book is when she slips getting out of the shower and then her foot gets caught  and her raiser cuts her foot badly. So then she runs to the next door neighbor but as she is running she saw her dad dead on the floor. As this book goes on she keeps learning about these new events that had happened to her in her life. Then one day she learns about this puzzle that tells her about her life, how her dad died, and many more. Now you should go out and buy/rent this book because I give it a 8/10.

This book is about a girl with a mother who have travled around the USA her whole life. When her mother was married to her dad he said that he wanted to meet her in the park, so as a normal bride would do she went. When she arrived there none was there. She waited for hours. Then one day she found out that he had died. It was not very specific about that part. I was confused on that part but once you keep reading you understand it better. Then as the book goes on the mother meets Willa’s, the daughter, teacher. They instantly fall in love but before anything really happens some unexpected events happen. So if you want to learn what happens to them you should read this book. I recommend it to any girl who loves to read about weddings. This is a fiction book.

Among the Impostors, is another book by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It is a mystery book that is very suspenseful. I have just read the other book about it. It is now about how a girl who worked for the Population Police and was caught. Then she was thrown into a cell. She was in there for about a two weeks. Then she decided to make a run for it. She took three other people that were shadow kids with her. She had to wait a while till it was in the middle of the night because there would be no guard in the building where they were. So when she and the kids made a run for it they made it out and then had to find a place to stay. The first thing to come to her mind was where Lee was. When they arrived to the place he was actually there. Then something happened. Again I am not going to tell you what happens because it is an amazing difference form the other books.

The book, Among the Barons. is a mystery book. It is a sequel to the book Among the Hidden. It is about Lee Grant who is at the school where he is known as Lee Grant and not Luke Gardener. He meets some people that are not that nice to him at all. He met a boy name, Jackle Boy, who was so harsh to Lee. He was a trader because towards the end of the book he calls the population police to come and arrest these boys at his school. I think that he was very mysterious about it because he was trying to be sneaky. Also when Luke found out that he was doing that he hit him in the head. He knew what he did wrong when the boy went unconscious. When you read the end of the book it tells you what really happens. But I am not going to ruin it for you because it is an amazing book.

Throwing Stones, by Kristi Collier, starts off by a flash back with a young boy remembering one of the worst days of his life. That horrible day was when his brother had died in the war. Andy, the boy, had learned when they were celebrating with people when the bad guys in the war surrendered. A women came up to them and handed a telegram that had said that there boy had passed away. This changed their life. His older brother had been an all star on the high school basketball team.  Andy wants to live up to that standards of his brother. He has another older brother that wants to be the high school basketball star but knows that his brother is a lot better than him but every time that the boy says that he gets mad. He has a friend named, Ham, and he is a rebel. He convinces Andy to go to the carnival right after his mom said not to. When they are at the carnival he plays a shooting game against the carnivals best shooter. They went on forever and ever. But at the end  of the shoot out Andy beat him with a lucky shot. This book is a realistic fiction.  As he grows up and gets to play on the high school basketball team he breaks his arm. This injury cause Andy to not be able to play the big game. He becomes an interesting job. Read this book to find out what job he chooses.

I think that this book was a 6 out of 10 just because I wasn’t really drawn into this type of book genre. I also don’t like sad books. But I would recommend this book to people who like a sad book but happy endings. Also if you have lost a family member in the war and had a hard time at first but them got through it with the support of family and friends.

Throwing Stones by, Kristi Collier is a realist book. This book is seemed really interesting to me when I picked it out. I am currently reading a book right now so I don’t have a blog or a review about it. I am wandering though what is going to happen because they are talking about the carnival. It seems that it will be a big part in the story. The main character also talks about that his older brother went to war and never came back. It was sad because the family in the story talks about how they lady who delivers the telegram comes up to them and then gives them the telegram. The family reads it and starts crying because it says that their oldest son had died in the war to protect their country. This seems like it will be an interesting story to read and write about when I am done with the book.

I think that this book will be a encouraging book to the people that have lost someone in their life to war or to anything. This book will probably talk about how they coped through this tough time without the son.

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck is a book about a girl that has to her life style. She must go and live with her grandmother because of the great depression. This a hard change for Mary Alice, having to move from her ma and pa. Mary Alice goes to the train with her beloved cat, Bootsie and her old radio.  Mary must go to a different school than her old one, she must live a different life style than she did before. She must make dramatic changes in her life. Read the book and find out what happens to this girl.

This book was not my favorite book I have ever read. At some points it was not very interesting and I wanted to just stop wear I was and drop the book. Also, at some places it was very interesting to see that the Great Depression could effect so many people.

I would give this a 6 out of 10 because as I said in the paragraph above that it wasn’t that moving and i wanted to drop the book like right away.

Ruth Chew wrote the book, The Hidden Cave, about a brother and a sister who discover a magician, Merlin, who was enchanted. They meet him in the forest behind their house. They don’t know why he is there so they go up and ask him what he is doing. When they go up and meet him he scares them. As they go on they try to find a place for him to stay. They decided that the sewage pipe would be good for him. When they go in there, normally they must be on their hands and knees to go across but they can stand straight up. They leave because they must go in for dinner. They promise come back the next morning. When they go back they take Merlin to the other end of the sewage pipe. When they get out to the other end they see that it is a garden. They go in and see the nice bushes and roses. As they walk along they see that Merlin pulling the leaves and herbs from the trees and plants. As they are leaving Merlin says, ” These are magical herbs and leaves.”As time goes on this is a continues action. When ever they see Merlin they some how end up going to a place that is not in their neighborhood. Read the book and see how Merlin, Alice, and Tom figure out a way to save their pool from the pirates.The theme of this book is adventure and the genera is realist fiction.

What the author I think was trying to say is that if you have an imagination you can do anything that you set your mine too. This book really shows it because the kids imagine a or of ideas. Merlin helps them an extreame amounts of ways.

What I liked about this book was that it was really interesting to see the places that they went. It makes me want to go there. What I didn’t like about this book was the ending. It was just not the best I thought.

If I were to recommend this book to is the ages of 5th grade to 8th grade. Also to anyone who likes adventures. This is because they go to some many places and see so much stuff. The second reason is it is a quick book and can really make you laugh. The last reason is because if you like to see what it would be like to have an awesome imagination.

Jerry Spinelli wrote the book, Eggs, is a book about a boy who has lost his mother. He had been a very juvenile boy when his mother was alive but ever since his mother died he has been an extremely nice boy. He moved in with his grandmother. He was not found of that idea when his dad told him that. His dad works in Connecticut during the week and comes home during the weekend. David went to the park on Easter to hunt for eggs and found out that he had a very good interest in for eggs. He went to go and see a “psychic” person to tell him the his future. As he got there he saw that the lady who was the psychic was really creepy. As the lady was about to examine his foot, a girl came in and said to let him go. She was mysterious and looked really scary looking.

David went with the girl and left. But as I said before she was mysterious and she was the daughter of this “physic” and did not believe that her mom was a physic? The girl take him to her room but it was actually in a car. They could not live in their house because they could not afford it so they live in their driveway. The girl take him and leads him into meeting some bad people and doing some weird adventures. Read this book to find out if David meets some weird people and some interesting adventures.

The book Eggs is a adventure book. This book has a weird theme which is honesty. This book to me means trusting your family and friends. If I were to give this book a score I would give it a 6/10 because it is a interesting book but at some parts I was really bored.

The book, Bounce by Natasha Friend is a realistic book. It tells a story of a girl that has to move into another house with another family because her dad has found a new wife. They first were living just the three of them Birdie, Evan, and Mackey until one day his dad told them that they were going to move to Boston. When Evan heard that she was so surprised that here dad just was going to forget about her mother. Evans mom died a couple of years ago just to let you know. When they moved into the house with Eleni and her children everything went wrong. She thought that Eleni was perky women that had too many kids, but towards the end of the book it changed.The theme of this story is never giving up.

The author was trying to tell the reader, in the case me, that if you are moved into a different situation that you should not freak out and expect the worse. As in this book when she moves to a new house and finds out that this is a very nice and gentle family. Even though at first you might be scared you can always find a bright side of the situation.

I would recommend this book to people that are in situations that are hard like moving into a new house with a brand new home and family. This a book that is a 7 out of 10 because it is kind of intense but it does not keep you guessing.