Student book recommendations: books we love and hope you'll love too!

Well, Melody a 10 year old girl has this ability. She’s super smart. Melody isn’t just smart she is a kind and loving girl, she even has a younger sister. However, she also has Cerebral Palsy which makes it so she can’t move or talk, but she can think. Melody can hold all her thoughts in her brain since she was a baby. She is the smartest kid in school but nobody knows that. The other kids in the school talk to her likes she’s a baby. Until one day when her teacher notices how smart she really is. Melody is so smart that she got into a contest all the way in D.C. thanks to her teacher, but something goes horribly wrong. You’ll have to read the book to find out how Melodys life changes.

I rate this book 11 out of 10 because this book is truly amazing and well written, and it actually changed me. There is not a series to this book but there are other books in this realistic fiction genre, like Rain Reign and Fish in a Tree

-Autumn

Dork Diaries is a comedy book series by Rachel Renee Russell. Dorky Nikki Maxwell never can plan something without something going wrong. With her BFFs Chloe and Zoey,the’re unstoppable!

In Dork Diaries Tales From a not so Happy Heartbreaker, It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Nikki wants to ask her crush Brandon to the Sweetheart dance but doesn’t have the courage.She’s worried that Brandon will say no to her. Mackenzie Hollister is Nikki’s enemy and has a crush on Brandon. Who will he go to the WCD(Westchester Country day) Sweetheart dance with? I liked the book because of the drama,and you’ll never know what will happen next. Something funny might happen too. I give this book a 9 out of 10 since it’s so good.I recommend this book for 4th-8th grade.This series is so good I’m reading all 12 of the Dork Diaries books. - Donnia

Could you imagine having to leave everything behind and work at a factory to survive because of your religion?

Well, Leon Leyson was just a young Jewish boy when this happened to him during the Holocaust. The Holocaust happened during World War II when the Nazis were persecuting and killing the Jews. This book is his true life story about how he survived through his TERRIBLY hard life. A man named Oskar Schindler saved Leon’s life by letting him and his family work at a factory. Read The Boy On The Wooden Box to find out more.

I really like this book because it has good descriptive words that make it easy to visualize Leon’s life. Also I like this book because I really like history. I think it is interesting that Leon Leyson shares his life in this autobiography because it is his life and really tells what it was like to live through this time. I would give this book 9 out of ten stars. I rate this book for 5th graders and up, because it has difficult words, but also deals with a difficult topic. The topic is difficult, but it’s important to know about. That’s why I’m glad Leon shared his life. -Cody

Nim did. She was left on the island by her father Jack who is out adventuring and fishing on the sea and he still hasn’t come back. Also, her mother is gone too because when Nim was 1 year old, her mom went off to study the stomach of a whale, and got swallowed by it. I don’t know the exact location of Nim’s Island, but I think it is somewhere in the middle of Australia and South America. If you want to see a map of Nim’s Island, there is a really good illustration of the island with lots of great detail. Nim has to stay with her seal Selkie and ward off the tourists that come to her island to explore. They are her enemies. Using the internet, she makes friends with an author of one of her favorite books, and they end up doing something amazing together, but that’s towards the end, and I don’t want to spoil it for you.

I recommend Nim’s Island for 4th grade and up. I had a few mix-ups when I was reading it in 4th grade, and that was because it had some really tricky words. This book was amazing, and when I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down! It is an adventure fiction book, which I love, because it has so many sudden events happen that you wouldn’t expect and it was awesome in my opinion. This book was made into two movies. The second movie is called Return to Nim’s Island. I give this book 1,000 out of 10 stars, because I LOVED IT! This book is absolutely amazing, and if you like books with islands and adventures, I would recommend this for you. This is the best adventure book I have ever read out of all of the books I have! I hope you will enjoy this book.

Well the book Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar is about a girl named Tamaya and a boy named Marshall who take a shortcut home, and the school bully follows them. In the woods Tamaya finds a mud puddle that had leaves around it but not on it. She touched the mud. At first nothing happened. Later, when she went home, her hand had a tingling sensation. If you want to know what happens next, read the book.

I loved the book Fuzzy Mud because it had a lot of suspense and action, although it does have some words that are hard to read. It does not have any pictures. However, the book does have something special. On some of the pages, there is script written by another group of people that has something to do with the mud. This is another reason why I like the book. I rated the book 9 out of 10 stars. I recommend it for grades 4 and up because it does get scary. I like this book because in the end the two main groups of people meet, and you kind of figure out what is going on . There is also a cliffhanger at the end of the book. - Aidan

Have you ever wished you had the power to time travel? Well a little girl named Annie had that power. She was with her mom visiting her sick grandmother when she went to sleep. When she woke up, she was back in 1937! Annie met her grandmother when she was a little girl. Molly became her best friend. They went on adventures. If you want to learn more about Molly and her friend’s/grandmother’s adventures, read the book.

I recommend this book for 4th grade and up. It was a fun book to read, but it has some tricky words. I would rate this book an eight out of 10 because it is a really amazing book. I wish I could go back in time to hang out with my grandmother to see what she used to do.

I read Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson. The book is about a character named Rafe and his friend Leo.When Rafe gets kicked out of 2 schools, Hills Village is the only middle school that will accept him. After learning the teachers are evil, he and Leo come up with something called Operation: R.A.F.E ( Rules Aren’t For Everyone). His plan works where he has 3 lives and he gets a certain amount of points for certain rules he breaks. There is a secret about Leo , but you have to read the book to find out!

I give this book 11 out of 10 stars, because it is funny and entertaining. I highly recommend reading the book before watching the movie because the movie leaves out a couple things you should know, and changes the story around a bit. The genre is realistic fiction. So, after reading this book, you will hopefully know what to and not to do during middle school.

Would that be a bad thing, or could it be a good thing? This is what happened to a little girl in Roald Dahl’s The BFG. The book is about a girl named Sophie who lives in a strict orphanage where she can’t fall asleep in the middle of the night. Then out of nowhere, B.F.G takes Sophie and brings her back to his home and then….. If you want to know more, READ THE BOOK!!!

I rate this book 10 out of 10 stars for the creative writing and funky words. I recommend this book for 5th grade and up. It was made into a movie, so it might be fun to watch, AFTER you’ve read the book.

Have you ever imagined waking up and having no memory of your life? Well Jason, the main character of the book, has had that happen to him. Jason woke up on a bus that was coming from a camp called the Wilderness School, which is a boarding school for bad kids. Jason notices a girl named Piper, who’s supposed to be his girlfriend, and a boy named Leo, who’s supposed to be his best friend. The problem is he doesn't remember them. When they finally get to the Grand Canyon, which is where the bus was going for the field trip, a kid named Dylan tries to kill Jason. Then Jason pulls out a golden coin,flips it, and it somehow turns into a golden sword and kills Dylan's minions with a single swing.

This book is about Greek mythology and is one of my favorite book series. Also Rick Riordan is one of my favorite authors. This is why I love this book. I rate this book 10 out of 10 stars and recommend it for 5th grade and up.

Have you ever wanted to read a pirate book that includes super powers? Well, then you should read One Piece! I would give this book 9 out of 10 stars. This book is about a boy named Luffy. He has a mission that he made when he was a boy. The mission is to find the buried treasure, the one piece, that the greatest pirate in the world left behind when he was executed. As I said, this book includes super powers. One person that has super powers is Luffy. He got those power by eating the gum gum fruit. The fruit that gives you powers are called the devil fruit. There are different types of devil fruits that give you different powers. The gum gum fruit that Luffy ate gives him the ability to stretch like rubber. It is good if you eat it because you gain powers, but it is also bad, because you can no longer swim. I recommend this book for fourth grade and up, because there is some slightly explicit language. This is book one, but there are over 80 books in this series. The genre of the book is graphic novel. So, if you like graphic novels, pirates, super powers, and lots of action too, this book is for you!

Could you imagine that you were falling from Mount Olympus, on fire, trying to do anything you can, but can’t!?!? Well, Apollo was doing all those things in the beginning of the book, The Trial of Apollo. He falls into a dumpster, in Manhattan. Apollo somehow got kicked out of Mount Olympus and is trying to get back to the place he belongs.This book is a Greek Mythology Fantasy. I would recommend this book for 4th graders and up. I would give this book an 8 out of 10 stars. By the way if you like this book, you may like the rest of Rick Riordan’s books.