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Started Reading- August 29th- Ended August 31st. This is a fiction chapter book that would be great for upper elementary/middle school students to read. I think both boys and girls would enjoy this book, however I think it's geared more towards boys. This chapter book is a series and this particular book is about the main character, Greg Heffley, who thinks his actions fine, but his farther thinks otherwise. His father needs him to not be so wimpy and start shaping up! He only has a little bit of time to convince his father before its too late and winds up in military school.

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Started Reading August 31st- Ended September 2nd. Dork Diaries is fiction chapter book that would be awesome for students who are in upper elementary/middle school to read. This book is geared for girls to enjoy. It's about this girl who is head over heels in love with her crush but then a new boy comes to town! She is torn between both boys now and enjoys writing in her journal about both crushes and what each boy does that day. A young crush that involves two boys. Whatever will she do!

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Started reading September 4th- Finished reading September 6th. Captain Underpants is a fiction chapter book that many students enjoy, including girls. Captain Underpants is about two best friends that write out comics in their treehouse and their main character, captain underpants- comes to life! Life is much more entertaining while walking the halls with Captain Underpants! I would suggest this book for upper elementary/middle school aged students.

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Started Reading 9/6 and ended on 9/6.Dreamers is a non fiction and is a good book for teachers to have in their cultural diverse library in their classroom. This book is about a young mother and her daughter that move from Mexico to the US to seek freedom. It was difficult for them to move here with learning a new language and not knowing where anything is, but they persisted and because of that are now living a better life for the both of them. Geared towards younger students who their families might have faced the same challenges but its good for adults who are privileged as well to read to gain more sympathy.

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Started reading 9/6 and ended on 9/6. Peaceful fights for Equal Rights is a non fiction book that demonstrates how everyone, including all races need to stand up for what they believe for but in a peaceful manner. To still believe in the power of groups and that things can indeed change with enough will power. This book would be great for elementary school aged students- adults. Its a good reminder for all ages. Also good to have this book as a culture diverse book to have in the teachers library in her classroom.

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Started reading 9/6 and finished on 9/6. I Am Human is another great non fiction book that would be great for all ages to be either read to or for students- adults to read. This book is a great reminder that we are human! We are different, unique, brilliant, and because we are human, we are indeed going to make mistakes! Its a good book to remember that everyone needs to be treated equal and we're all different in our own way. Another book demonstrating cultural differences and would be a great addition to the class library.

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Started reading 9/7 and ended 9/7. She persisted is really good non fiction book that is great for girls. This book would be geared to younger elementary school girls who's minds are being shaped and are vulnerable to social media. No matter what people say- girls can do anything when they put in hard work and don't quit. This book is about 13 famous women in history who have persisted and kept up with their goals and have done many remarkable things in time such as Helen Keller, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman even though men and other women told them no. When someone tells you no, keep pushing no matter what.  A good book for culturally relevancy .

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Ladybug girl is a new fiction book that is about a little girl knowing what she wants to be for Halloween. Her older brother asks what she wants to be Halloween and when she tells him, he tells her "No, you were that same thing last year, Pick something else." So despite what she wanted to be, she tries different costumes to make her brother happy. Their family goes to a corn maze that year and a little girl ended up getting lost- well the main character "Ladybug girl" whips out her costume and saves the day- When Halloween comes and its time to go trick-or treating- She walks down the street as ladybug girl and all is well. Started reading 9/7 and ended 9/7. This would be a cute book for all students to read around Halloween time for lower elementary school age.

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Started reading 9/8 and finished 9/9. This would be a good book for younger elementary school aged and for teachers to read to the class for kindergarten. This is a cute book about how Olivia is always going on adventures and how she is finding her way out of things. This is a good starter book for kids who are ready to read independently. This is a new, fiction book that kids would love to get their hands on and could start reading to family, friends or their pets to start practicing reading out loud.

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This is a new, fiction book that is awesome for kids to learn about what people to do with an idea. Its good for younger elementary who are just learning about new ideas. I started this book 9/7 and finished 9/7. This book is about a little boy who has a great idea and he loves this idea. He takes care of it, nourishes it, loves it, but people thought he was odd for this idea so he started to ignore his idea even though he wanted to love it. The little boy decided that he wasn't going to care about what others think of him and that he's going to love his idea no matter what. He starts taking care of his idea again until it gets bigger and bigger and he's able to bring his idea to life.

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This is a new fiction book that is great for what I think lower elementary, but when I was student teaching at Alcova, my MT started reading this to her 5th grade class. They seemed to like it but were a little bored with the idea. This adorable book is about how the crayons are sick of either being not used enough, too much or just plain out fighting who the sun truly is (the Orange and Yellow crayon) Each color had a different thing to say to their owner and wrote him a note expressing how they felt. Started reading 9/6 and ended on 9/6

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This is a new, fiction book that takes a spin on mother goose. Mother Bruce, is a cute book about a bear that is really into cooking and trying new hot recipes that he finds online. One day he goes to get some fresh eggs from a goose, but when he tries to cook the eggs for one of his recipes the eggs crack and the goslings start treating the bear as their mother. The bear tries so hard to return the babies but they see the bear as their mom no matter what. The bear ends up loving the young goslings and they end up becoming a big happy family. Started reading 9/10 and ended on 9/10

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This is a new fiction book that is awesome for younger elementary school kids- boys or girls- or for anyone that needs a "pick me up" It's about a little boy that wishes more "sun on a sunny day" "more rainbows when it rains" its a cute book about always wishing more positive things and happy vibes. Started reading on 9/8 and finished reading on 9/8.

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This is fiction book about a tree that keeps on giving its all when the tree has nothing else to give. The little boy loved the tree and would climb on its branches when the boy was younger and didn't know about materialistic things. When the boy got older and would visit the tree the now teenager wanted money but the tree had nothing to give- when the teen got older and came back- he wanted a family so the tree gave him his wood for a house. All in all the tree literally gave the boy everything until it was a stump- and then when the man came back elderly and he only wanted a place to sit he sat on the trees stump. A good lesson for people to learn. The tree gave its all because he loved the boy but the boy took and took and did nothing special for the tree. Started reading this book 9/9 and finished on 9/9

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This is fiction novel book for upper elementary school students to read. It's about these two best friends that enjoy doing everything together! They enjoy hanging out during all seasons and each new season brings a new element of excitement to their lives. Of course theres going to be a downfall where the two friends come into a disagreement but end up working things out in the end because these two friends are bestest friends and friends get through everything together. Cute book that I started reading on 9/3 and ended on 9/4.

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This is an older book by Dr. Seuss that is fiction. Younger to mid elementary school students would really enjoy this I believe. It's about the animal in the book seeing a random pair of yellow pants that would appear out of nowhere and scare the made up creature. The creature would start hiding from the pants because it would scare him. After so long of hiding, the creature got fed up and started to confront the pair of yellow pants. They finally said hello and after seeing that it wasn't bad, the creature didn't hide anymore. Started reading 9/11 and finished 9/11

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Eat Pete is a cute fiction book that i enjoyed reading on 9/3 and ended reading on 9/3. I would recommend this book for younger boys in either K-2nd grade. There's a monster in the main characters room and all the little boy wants to do is play with the monster but the monster wants to Eat Pete! They play their games but at the end of the day the monster couldn't stand it anymore and decided to Eat Pete- after feeling bad, the monster spat the boy back up, he said sorry for eating him and they became friends in the end.

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Dear Girl is new book that I enjoyed reading on 9/5 and ended reading on 9/5. This is a fiction book about the young girl being able to accomplish anything she puts her mind to. The author tells the young girl that she is perfect the way she is and to not settle for anything less than the stars. She wishes for the girl to be happy when there are happy times and to let the girl know when there are sad times it's okay to cry. It's okay to feel all the emotions that human beings experience. It's okay for the girl not to be liked by every single person and its okay if she is picked last for the kick ball team. The point that the author was trying to make was for the girl to be real. To be genuine to who she is and no matter what, at the end of the day she's always going to have herself to rely on so she needs to feel comfortable in her skin. This is a good book for teachers to read to the class or for younger elementary school aged groups to read.

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This is a new fiction book that I've noticed kids adore while shadowing at both Alcova and Duncan Creek Elementary. It's geared towards younger elementary school aged students for both boys and girls. I started reading this book 9/14 and finished on 9/14. It was a quick and cute reading about the two main characters, Gerald and Piggy. Piggy gets his ball stolen from a giant whale and Piggy is too afraid to ask for it back, Gerald being the good friend that he is goes and tried to get the ball back but notices that even the whale scares him. Towards the end of the book the whale returns the ball and they all end up playing ball together.

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This is a cute series, fiction book that I read on 9/8 and finished on 9/8. It's about Biscuit taking his first trip with his family to the Mountains. The family is headed that way for fun in the snow. Biscuit gets to enjoy sledding, snow tubing and even gets to enjoy hot co-co by the fire. The family loves their sweet dog Biscuit and take him everywhere with him as they see him as family. Biscuit loves being included on all the family outings and enjoyed seeing the snow for the first time. I would recommend this book for preschool- to kindergarten/ lower elementary school aged groups.

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I Am Enough is a fiction book that would be good to include for culture awareness books in the teachers class library. It's a good book for younger elementary school aged kids to read for both boys and girls. The book is about a little girl who is enough exactly like she is. There doesn't need to be any changes for her to be more loved or accepted. She is brave and bold and loves the person that she is regardless of the color of her skin. It's a good lesson for not only kids of color but for all races as well. Be proud of who you are! Everyone is special in their own unique way. Read on 9/10 and finished on 9/10

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My Wish for You is a great fiction book that is also good to include in a teachers class library for culture awareness. This book is similar to I am Enough. It's about how the author wishes great things for kids of all ethnic groups and wants them to feel loved and included regardless of how they might look. The author wishes them nothing but confidence and love for their future destinations. Started reading 9/10 and finished reading 9/10. I believe this is geared to younger elementary school aged groups.

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When I was a preschool teacher, this book was all the rave! I've still continued to see it at both elementary schools that I'm student teaching at. Pete the Cat is a series book that students love! Students get to sing a long and get to see that Pete the cat isn't afraid of anything! This particular book is a spin off of the tortoise and the hare. Pete the Cat decides to race his friend. His friend is in a big shiny sports car but Petes on his bike. Mr. turtle thought this was going to be an easy race since Pete is on the bicycle so the turtle starts to slack off. The turtle stops for lunch, and even a nap! Once the turtle wakes up from his nap he realizes that it's too late and that Pete is about to cross the finish line. The moral of the story is to go slow and steady; which applies to a lot of things in life, for instance dieting. I would recommend this book to lower elementary aged students. Read on 9/14 and ended on 9/14.

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This is a series fiction book that is awesome for students of lower elementary school ages to read. I started reading this book on 9/10 and finished on 9/10. The llama llama books are all about different life lessons about learning how to swim, to be a friend, to share.. this particular book is about how to swim. How the llama is afraid to go to the beach with his friends because he doesn't know how to swim but doesn't want to let his friends to know this... the llama goes to his mama and the mama starts giving the llama and his grandpa swimming lessons so the little llama isn't afraid to go swimming at the beach with his friends.

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Clifford's Birthday Party is a cute series fiction book that would be good for lower elementary school students to read. Clifford's books are filled with all the adventures that he and Emily Elizabeth experience together. This particular book is about Clifford's Birthday party and what all he gets for his special day. At first none of his friends are at the party so he and Emily go searching for them. They find his friends playing at the park and when they ask why they aren't at the party, they respond "We were ashamed of our gifts so we didn't want to come" Clifford says don't be so silly! I'll like anything you give me. The other dogs race home to get their gifts and Clifford's party turns out to be a success after all. Started reading 9/3 and ended reading on 9/3

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This is an older classic that I read on 9/13 and finished on 9/13. It's about a mom and daughter that go to play and the little girl brings her bear, corduroy. Corduroy ends up getting loose from the girl and wants a closer look at the band, the bear gets closer and closer until it ends up on stage. The bear ends up being in the final act and gets a better view than front row. The bear takes a bow with the crew after the play is over and the little girl comes on stage to claim her teddy bear. I feel like this would be a good book for younger elementary. K-1st grade.

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This is classic book that I read on 9/12 and finished on 9/12. It's a fiction book about this sparkling fish that is proud of her pretty scales. Other fish in the sea who are bland, the prettier fish wants nothing to do with them. Once all the "boring" fish in the sea leave her alone she gets lonely and seeks an old wise fish. The wise fish tells the fish to give each one of her friends a scale and then they would want to be her friend again. After doing this, she only has one scale left and she's okay with it. The pretty fish learned a valuable lesson about sharing with friends and this makes her happy.

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This is a newer fiction book that I read on 9/8 and finished on 9/8. A quick but cute read that would be good for parents to read to their kiddos who could be nervous about going to school and need some reassuring or kids who are about to go into Kindergarten, or the night before when the nerves really set in. This would also be good for preschoolers. This book is about how everyone in the neighborhood is getting ready for kindergarten tomorrow by laying out their clothes, eating dinner as family, packing lunches and making sure that their bags are packed. Once they arrive at school, the kids are seen laughing and playing and have no trouble with school but its the parents that end up crying. Too cute.

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This is a new fiction book that I read on 9/8 and finished on 9/8. It was an easy read that I would recommend to kindergarten or a pre-k class. It's a sweet book about a mom and her child. The mom says I've loved you since forever, before you were even a thought, she keeps going on about the ways she's loved her child and will continue to do so until they both are gone. The love a mom gives her child is priceless.

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Moonlight is a cute book that is fiction. Started reading 10/2 and finished on 10/2. It's a quick read for younger students who are in grades K-2nd. This book explains about the moonlight that shines into the little kids room at night and that he can't wait until it gets dark at night so he can he see all the stars, planets and light that is offered at night.

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This is non fiction chapter book that would be geared more towards young boys in grades 3-5th. I read this book to Gabriel, my student in the extra reading program at Alcova and he really seems to like it. Horrible Harry in room 2B is about Harry, who does horrible things to his friends and teachers but everyone seems to love him because of all the excitement and wonder that he brings each day to school. Everyone is curious what his costume is going to be for Halloween.

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This is non fiction book about mammals. This book is good for lower elementary school aged kids. K-1st grade. This book explains the different types of fur and what the importance of fur is for each particular mammal. This a good book for students to learn about no only the different types of animals but what the fur does for the animal also. Read this book on 10/1 and finished on 10/1.

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This is fiction book that I read on 10/3 and ended reading on 10/3. This is a very low level reading book that would be good for K-1st grade. This book is about the a little girl who gets a camera and takes pictures of her family all through out her house. She takes pictures of her mom in the bathroom getting ready, her dad raking the leaves, her brother on the phone and a picture of her sister outside eating an apple.

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This is a fiction book but also teaches students a good lesson about Solar Eclipse's. This would be a good book for lower elementary school students to read and even preschool for the teacher to start introducing space to students. This family teaches their daughter what a solar eclipse is by demonstrating one out of a flash light, and two small round fruits. The daughter enjoys learning a new concept and the family is proud that they were able to explain a fun fact to their daughter. This book would also be good to have in the classroom for culture relevancy. The family is of color and its good for students to see different colors of characters besides white. Started reading 9/5 and ended on 9/5.

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Started reading this book on 9/6 and ended on 9/6. This a very easy, low level book that would be good for preschool-1st grade. This book is a non fiction book about the sea and how many different ways we can view the sea. By the humans perspective, maps, outer space and by maps and globes. All though there are many different ways to view the sea, the sea remains the same.

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The Chip Chop Ship is a cute book that I read on 9/8 and ended on 9/8. This is a fiction book.This is an easy read because it's quick but there are some tongue twisters in here! It's a good rhyming book for students. This would be appropriate for school students ranging from 2nd-3rd grade. The Chip Chop Ship is about a duck and frog that want to keep eating their favorite foods but the food becomes too much on the ship and they need to get rid of it before the ship tips!

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This book is very similar to the Chip Chop Ship as it's a good book for 2nd- 3rd graders to read. This is a fiction book about the cat, Stripe and the nice mice. The cat loves the mice and tends to them like their own babies. Like the book listed above, this book contains a lot of rhyming words. I read this book on 9/7 and ended on 9/7

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My Spring Robin is a fiction book that I read on 10/1 and finished on 10/1. This is a cute book for younger elementary school aged kids to enjoy. It's about a little girl who plays outside and makes friends with a small Robin, the robin sings to her everyday and one day the girl notices that the Robin is gone.Her father explains to her that the Robin has flown south for warmer weather and that she would be back in the spring time. The little girl anxiously waits for spring to arrive so she can hear her friends voice again when she plays outside again.

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Chicken Soup with Rice is a good book for students to read because it goes over all the different months and how they are different. The main character LOVES soup and has soup to eat for every meal for each month. The little boy even eats soup under water and in Spain and Africa! The book would be good for K-3rd grade. I've read this book to both my students who are in the learning program at Alcova and they seemed to love it. They learned about different places on earth and the different months. This is fiction book that I read on 9/29 and ended on 9/29.

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This is a book that I read on 10/3 and ended on 10/3. This a fiction book that would be good for mid elementary school students to read. This book is a about the homeowner and his cat who are living peacefully in their home. They tell each other everyday that they love where they live and the things they have. One day Rats come knocking on the door and proceed to move in. After a couple of miserable days, the homeowner and the cat try to get rid of them to no avail. Finally, they find a tiger who scares them off and everything goes back to a peaceful home after a long hard clean up of the mess that the rats left behind.

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This is a sweet book that would be good for younger elementary school kids to read. This book is a fiction book about a little girl and her favorite Teddy Bear. Each day the teddy gets injured and the mother fixes teddy each day that he gets hurt. Finally, Teddy gets his head torn off and the mother is able to fix him but there is enough damage done to the bear that its time for the little girl to get a new one. The girl loves her new teddy but will always love her old teddy the most. Read this book on 9/4 and finished on 9/4

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My dog talks is a fiction book that I read on 10/4 and finished on 10/4. This book is about a little boy who teaches his dog tricks and discovers that he can talk! The little boy is so happy that he introduces his dog to all his new friends at school and even his extended relatives. This book would be good for lower elementary school kids to read and even for pre-schoolers. This is a lower level book but is pretty good for new readers because of the pictures and sight words.

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Morning Star was one of my favorite books growing up. I re-read this book on 10/5 and finished reading on 10/5. This book brought back the sweet memories I had as a child reading it. This book would be good for grades 1st-3rd. Morning Star is about a solo star that is curious about the sun. The moon keeps trying to get the star to hide when the sun comes up but the little star refuses and hides. She just has to know what the earth looks like during the day time! The sun discovers that the little start is watching him and they start to talk. They form a friendship and the sun convinces the moon to let the little star stay out when the sun comes up so they can continue talk and enjoy each others company. Morning Star is a fiction book.

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This is a easy, quick fiction book for K-1st grade. I read this book on 10/2 and finishes on 10/2. This book talks about all the different types of books there are out there and how the moon-bear likes reading them all. For example, thin books, fat books, tall books, short books. The bear reads them all regardless of what they look like.

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My Wonderful Aunt is great fiction book that would be great for 1st-3rd graders to read. This is a fiction book that I read on 10/4 and ended on 10/4. This book has a good way of explaining that sometimes you need to ditch the chores and go on an adventure! This Aunt has dishes to do in the summertime but it is too hot and decides to go out on sea. Once she is out there she sees a pirate who tries to take her packed lunch. The Aunt doesn't bother being afraid yet hits him on top of the head instead. The pirate ends up apologizing and does her dishes when they get back to land. Now every time when she wants to go out on sea, she brings her new friend the pirate with her!

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This chapter book is great for upper elementary-middle school aged groups. I believe both girls and boys will like this book but mostly the boys. This Bow Wow book is a suspense/thriller book that will keep you on the the edge of your seat but isn't too scary for our kiddos. Bow wow, the main character, a sweet dog is about to be on a big adventure! This book is about a mysterious shark that ends up in the swamp! Is it true or is it just fantasy? Nobody knows...some shady things start happening in town and people are going missing. There is a big cash prize who can catch the shark and take it out of the swamp to ease peoples mind. Will Bow Wow end up being a hero and save the day or will something happen to Bow Wow?

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This chapter book is great for upper elementary-middle school aged groups. I believe both girls and boys will like this book but mostly the girls. I know I used to love reading these series when I was younger and loved seeing it in the stores to read for a second time. A series of Unfortunate Events is about a family that has children.. The mother and father unfortunately end up getting killed and now there kids are left being orphans. The kids end up living with their Uncle who is rich and has a nice house but very strange and unusual things start to take place. The uncle is uncertain of the kids are fist but then starts to form a bond towards the end of the book.

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This chapter book is great for upper elementary-middle school aged groups. I believe both girls and boys will like this book but mostly the boys. Max is a dog who is bred to be a war hero, best friend and marine to his handler, Kyle. Kyle served in Afghanistan and was away from his family, the only thing to comfort him was his canine friend, Max. The two grew incredibly close but one day it was Kyle's last day on earth and Max was left alone and devastated. The Marine's took Max back home to America to be with Kyle's family. Max didn't connect to anyone in the family except Justin, Kyle's little brother. Justin didn't want to care of his late brothers dog because it brought back too many sad memories but ended up forming an inseparable bond between Max & Justin. They both needed each other to help heal the hurt from Kyle being gone.

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This chapter book is great for upper elementary-middle school aged groups. I believe both girls and boys will like this book but mostly the boys. Harry Potter is an all time classic and I would still recommend it to my students even though there was a big fuss about it in the school systems years ago. This chapter book is composed of many sequels and this is the first one. Harry Potter becomes an orphan and is sent to live with his Aunt & Uncle and cousin. He doesn't like them very much because of the way they treat Harry so unfairly. Harry spends a good deal of time alone in the closet and being sad. Harry finds out he is a wizard through strange things that happen. He ends up going away to wizardry school and learns all about magic and spells. Harry finds a group at his school that he becomes close with and they are now his new family.

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This chapter book is great for upper elementary-middle school aged groups. I believe both girls and boys will like this book evenly. Towers Falling is a chapter book that is about a 5th grade teacher who asks her students to write about what used to be out of their window, the two twin towers. The 5th graders are confused about what had happened to the large buildings that used to be there. The main character, Deja sets out on a new journey to find out what happened to the towers with her new friends what happened. Deja wants to know also why when she brings up the tower, her papa gets upset.