Milkweed

     A 208 page book written by Jerry Spinelli, Milkweed is a fantastic novel filled with cliff hangers. Milkweed is a great book about a Gypsy/ Jew named Stopthief who has to try and survive a ghetto in Warsaw. Milkweed is a great story for any mature kid who loves reading a awesome book with a fantastic moral.

Kira-kira

     Kira-kira is a great novel by Cynthia Kadohata with 244 pages filled with sadness and hapiness. This book is  about a girl named katie and her sister Lynn. Kira- kira is a fantastic book and has a awesome moral.

Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of Anne Frank was written by Anne Frank and is a 268 page diary. The diary's main characters are Anne, Pim (Anne's Father), Anne's mother, Margot (Anne's sister), and the Van Daans. The diary is an auto-biography of Anne Franks life in the 1900s from when she was 13 to 15. It tells of Anne's feelings, problems, what she hears of the war, and more. Anne and her family are Jews hiding in the "Secret Annexe" a place for them to hide while the Holocaust goes on. The main setting in The Diary of Anne Frank is the "Secret Annexe".

"The Secret Annexe" is the main setting in The Diary of Anne Frank. This hiding place was very important since it was were the Franks and Van Daans were living. That is also the place where Anne wrote in her diary and everything interesting happened. The Diary of Anne Frank is a great auto-biography and is recommended for any Girl and has a fantastic moral.

Fairest

     Fairest a 326 page novel by Gail Carson Levine is a wonderful story about a very ugly girl named Aza. The story tells of Aza who is a wonderful singer, but is very ugly and in the end she finds that lifes purpose isn't to be beautiful its about the inside. Fairest is a great book and has the best moral.

Blubber

     Blubber, a 153 page book by Judy Blume is a great story. Jill, Caroline, Wendy, and Linda are the main characters in this book. Linda also called "Blubber" always has Caroline, Jill, and Wendy picking on her. When Jill gets on Wendy's nerves Wendy turns everyone against Jill and makes "Blubber" her new best friend. In the end, Jill finds a way to turn Caroline against Wendy and make Wendy hate Linda, and Jill ends up making a new friend named Rochelle. The theme in this book is what goes around, comes around.
     What goes around comes around is the theme in Blubber. In the story Jill makes fun of Linda, and in the end Jill ends up in Linda's place. Linda split up the friendship between Caroline and Wendy. In the end Linda ends up being alone again and Caroline and Wendy end up having different friends. This story is great and shows that doing bad won't always end up good.     

Pride & Prejudice

     Pride and Prejudice a 472 page book by Jane Austen is a wonderful story about a women named Elizabeth and a man named Mr. Darcy who fell in love thanks to fate. This book is fantastic filled with love and much more. Recommended for the mature this book is a good read.

The wizard of oz

The Wizard of Oz by Eloise McGraw is a 198 page book filled with adventure about a girl named Dorthy. The book tells about a girl named Dorothy getting stuck in a cyclone and being sent to the land of Oz. In the Land of Oz Dorothy goes through a serious of adventures, but soon returns back to Kansas from the powers of her shoes. The Wizard of Oz is a adventures story full of excitment recommended for any one who loves a good novel.

Boy of the Painted Cave

Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel has 158 pages filled with drama, adventure, and action. The main characters in this story are Tao, Ram, and Graybeard, with clan leader Volt as the antagonist. In the book Tao is an unloved, bad footed, 14 year old, cave painting boy that does taboo. In the story painting is forbidden even though Tao does it any way. And when Tao leaves his village to go off on his own he meets Graybeard a cave painter who helps Tao become a real cave painter. Slough is an important setting in Boy of the Painted Cave.
Slough is an important setting in this book, because many differnt events happen in this beautiful, green, full of game, wilderness. If Slough hadn't have been in this book Tao would not have had enough food for himself or the Valley People. Tao would've also never met Ram a wolf dog if Slough wasn't in the book. But the most important event in Slough would be Graybeard and Tao meeting, because that's the event that makes the book Boy of the Painted so interesting.

Princess Academy

The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale has 334 pages, about girls who go to a academy where one gets picked to marry the prince. This book is mostly about a girl named Miri who doesnt get picked to marry the prince, is in love with a boy named Peder. This book is great with a nice moral.

The Tale Of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo is a adventures 290 page book full of love, and fright. In this story a unordinary mouse is the star and in this book he befriends a young princess named Princess Pea. In the book a rat named Chiaroscuro tries to control a girl named Gor and tries to make her kill the Princess pea. But in the end Despereaux comes in and saves his true love and the rat and Gor are sent to the dungeon. The main setting in this book is the castle.

The main setting in this book is the castle. In the castle Despereaux and his family of mice live in the walls. The castle is also where Chiaroscuro tries to make Gor kill the Princess Pea. The castle is also were Gor was sent to be a maid but then got sent to the dungeon.The books real moral is never do what some one tells you if its bad, you will pay for it. The Tale of Despereaux is a great book for all ages.

Hatchet

Hatchet a well written 191 page book by Gary Paulsen is filled with adventure. In the book Brian Robeson a thirteen-year old boy is flying out to see his father, but the pilot has a heart attack so Brain tries to fly the bush plane alone which doen't work. After many hours of Brian flying the plane himself he crashes into a lake in the forest and now its just him vs. nature which is the main conflict in this story. In the end, after two months of thriving on his own Brian is finally found by a man in a plane. The main conflict in the book Hatchet would be man vs. nature, because Brian has to try and live on his own.

In this book the main conflict is Man vs. nature. This is the main conflict, because Brian had to learn to survive in order to live. Also because Brian had many encounters getting hurt because of nature, like getting pricked by a porky pine. This book is recommended mostly for people all ages who love a great adventure book. The book Hatchet is probaly trying to show that you shouldnt give up and you should stay strong.

Nancy Drew the Secert of the Old Clock

Nancy Drew the Secret of the Old Clock, written by Carolyn Keene, has 18o pages filled with adventure and mystery. Nancy Drew the main character in this book is trying to help some of her new friends find a hidden will that belonged to dead Mr. Crowely, a beloved friend of many people.As Nancy finds many clues leading to this case she bumps into many problems. When Nancy finally finds the will she returns it to her father a lawyer and makes many of her friends happy. A main theme that really emerges in this book is courage.

Courage is one of the big themes in Nancy Drew The Secret of the Old Clock. Nancy had to have courage to help her friends solve the mystery. Nancy also had to have courage to try and steal the old clock back from to sneaky robbers. The moral of this book is to always have faith in yourself and others. This book is mostly recommended for people young and old who love adventure and mystery.