Posted by patapscomiddle on February 3, 2010
Rachel is a senior cheerleader with a weird little sister; her sister is going out with a punk rockstar who hates cheerleaders, especially Rachel. When Rachel’s little sister, Adrian’s, boyfriend, Rick, starts writing bad songs about cheerleaders, she is doing everything in her power to try and get Adrian to break up with Rick. But then, Rachel meets Tanner. Rachel and Tanner get along well and then Tanner invites Rachel to have dinner at his house with his family. She finds out that Tanner’s little brother is Rick! The tension between Rick and Rachel mostly affect Adrian. Since both Rachel and Rick love Adrian, will they set aside their differences before Adrian flies off to her dad’s house?
Janina
Posted in Fiction, Janette Rallison | Tagged: Brothers and Sisters, Cheerleading, Dating, High school | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 3, 2010
Hattie lives in a tiny town where she knows everyone and everyone knows her. Then she finds out about her autistic uncle, Adam, and her life will never be the same again. How will she deal with all of the people making fun of her uncle? Will she be able to live by her Nana’s strict guidelines?
Janina
Posted in Ann M. Martin, Fiction | Tagged: Disabilities, Family, Uncles | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 3, 2010
The new kid in town, Scotty, loves football, but he is not very good at it. Instead, he is a very intelligent person. Chris Conlan, the middle school team’s star quarterback, is dyslexic. Can these two team up so both of them are good students and football players?
Janina
Posted in Dan Gutman, Fiction | Tagged: Comeback Kids series, Dyslexia, Football, Schools, Series | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 2, 2010
Stevie wins an essay contest and he gets to go to the Final Four. He meets the other winner of the essay contest, Susan Carol Anderson, at the Final Four. While checking out the arena they come across some mysterious men planning a blackmail. Will these two teenage journalists find enough facts to prove the innocence of Chip Graber before it’s too late?
Janina
Posted in Fiction, John Feinstein | Tagged: Basketball, Gambling, Journalists, Mystery | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 2, 2010
Molly’s mom just died of cancer. Her dad is the famous basketball superstar, Josh Cameron. You might think that Molly has no problem, because she has a famous Boston Celtic for a father. WRONG!!! The problem is, Josh doesn’t know that he has a daughter, and when Molly tries to tell him, he refuses to believe it’s true. A few weeks later, Molly finds out that she and the family she is currently living with is going to move to L.A., the day after Christmas. Will she be able to convince her dad that she is his daughter? Do you believe in Christmas miracles?
Janina
Posted in Fiction, Mike Lupica | Tagged: Basketball, Fathers and Daughters | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 1, 2010
Mallory is going to sleep away camp for two weeks. She is very nervous. Mallory’s mom says it will be alot of fun, but things are going to change. This girl named Caroline becomes her annoying bunkmate. Caroline does everything with Mallory and messes it all up. I really like this book because it’s funny and sad.
Kristin
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Camp, Friendship | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 1, 2010
I like this book because it has a lot of action. It is about a boy named Alex who is a spy. He saved a boy’s life, and the boy’s dad turns out to be a VERY rich man. He gets to stay with them until he discovers a secret about the rich man.
Kevin
Posted in Anthony Horowitz, Fiction | Tagged: Adventure, Orphans, Spies, Terrorism | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 1, 2010
“Sure Fire” is a fabulous book with action, compassion and bravery. A mom dies who has twins, Jade and Rich, who see a strange man who meets them. He’s their father. When they move with him to London, they have many suspicions about his life. Later on, they figure out their father is a spy who stole a very valuable item and many people attacked him and he was kidnapped.
Abraham
Posted in Fiction, Jack Higgins | Tagged: Adventure, Father, Spies, Twins | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on February 1, 2010
This book is about four kids that are 5th graders. This boy named Brenton builds a time machine. The other three kids all go over his house and use it. I like this book because Sam is kind of like me.
Christopher
Posted in Dan Gutman, Fiction | Tagged: Cheating, Friendship, Homework, Humor | No Comments »
Posted by patapscomiddle on January 31, 2010
12 year old Libby Ryan lives in Nowhere, Indiana. And every year there is a Practical County Fair. In this fair many people show and sell cattle, many or some girls enter the beef princess pagent, and others go to just enjoy the fair. So with the pressure of winning grand champion in the cattle competiton and winning the pageant Libby’s life becomes crazy. To top it all, the meanest girls of all, the Darling sisters, are also entering both competitons. Want to find out what happens to Libby? Well, you’ll just have to read the book!
Rachel
Posted in Fiction, Michelle Houts | Tagged: Farm LIfe, Indiana | No Comments »