Realistic Fiction by Challenge School Librarian https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98 Recommended Reads en-us 2017-07-31 20:42:11 UTC 2023-01-23 02:58:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/180197841 The author of Counting by 7s is back with a funny, quirky story about Julia, who is short in stature but large in personality.   She is cast as a munchkin in her community theater's production of Wizard of Oz, and the challenges and triumphs of her summer will make you smile.  Recommended by Mrs. Draper for readers of all sizes :).]]> 2017-08-06 14:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/180197841 The Losers Club by Andrew Clements kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/180675866 Alec keeps getting sent down to the principal's office...for reading too much!  He  forms  a new school club and names  it the  Losers Club so that no one  else  will want to join and he can read in peace.  But, that's not the way it turns out...
Recommended by Mrs. Draper]]> 2017-08-11 00:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/180675866 Sad and Heartfelt kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/182991253 Sasha has no parents, and after her older brother Michael dies in a fire, she is put in foster care. The story explores life in a poor mining town in West Virginia, and readers will come to love Sasha's spirit as she tries to move forward from loss and finds family and friends she didn't know she had. ]]> 2017-08-27 19:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/182991253 View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188073606 2017-09-15 18:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188073606 Cake Pop Crush https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188076991 Suzanne Marie Nelson
This book Cake Pop Crush is about a girl who LOVES to bake. Her dad even had a bakery. One day a new kid showed up at her school. And they opened a shop across the street. Everyone loved the shop across the street and fewer people went to her bakery. The name of the new kid was Dane. And they both LOVED to bake. One day a girl asked if they wanted to have a competition to bake. What will happen?                 ]]> 2017-09-15 19:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188076991 The Babysitters Club By Raina Telgemeier https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188634985 Mary Anne is part of the babysitters club, and when they all get in a fight, she must do everything she can to keep them together. She meets Dawn, and together they overcome a babysitting emergency! But will the club get back together?]]> 2017-09-18 19:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188634985 Nine Ten a September 11 story By , Baskin Nora https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188639668 Nine Ten is about 4 kids that have their life changed on September 11.]]> 2017-09-18 19:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/188639668 The Monument by Gary Paulsen https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189910583 This is a story about a girl in an orphanage that gets adopted by a man and a women named Emma and Fred. She gets to have coke and peanuts. She has a friend named Mick who has a passion for art and that makes her like art, plus she has a dog named Python because once he swallowed a whole chicken!
Recommended by  Ani.

]]> 2017-09-21 19:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189910583 The Bad Begining : The Series of Unfortunute Events https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189914213 This book is about  three  kids  named Sunny, Klaus and  Violet who's parents died in a fire  and they are sent to a cruel relitive named count olaf. At count olafs house they are treated  cruelley in all different kinds of way find out what happens next by reading the book. I reccomend this book if you like reading adventurous books.
    Recommended: By Sahil ]]> 2017-09-21 19:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189914213 The Penderwicks by Jeanie Birdsall https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189916132 Sky, Rosalind, Jane and Batty are sisters, and they are spending the summer at a small cottage and there is a mansion next door. A boy lives in the mansion, and needs help from the sisters to spy on his terrible mom and her boyfriend. Will they manage to find out what the adults are planning, or will it be to late?]]> 2017-09-21 19:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/189916132 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/190274537 2017-09-22 19:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/190274537 Sunny Side Up https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191840569 Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather in Florida . She becomes friends with a boy named Buzz who is obsessed with comics and she faces the reason why she is in Florida in the first place. 
-Recommended By Sienna]]> 2017-09-27 19:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191840569 The Mysterious Benedict Society https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191842337 Reynard Muldune is an orphan how gets pulled into a world of wonder .
He takes a test were he meets Sticky, Kate,and Conny. He and his new friends get sent on a mission 
were they go to a school that they find out it is E.V.I.L!!! Will they overcome M.R Curten and his executives?

]]> 2017-09-27 19:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191842337 The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191843229 Evan and Jessie are getting ready to lemonade war. The  two kids are fighting to see who has the most money. With the help of friends and family ,can one win? Who will win and who will lose? Find out by reading the Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. Recommended by Nisha. K.]]> 2017-09-27 19:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/191843229 How to Speak Dolphin by Ginny Rorby https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/192538059 Lily has an autistic brother who loves dolphins. Lily's brother starts a therapy with a dolphin who is young. Lily''s friend believes they should release the dolphin to her mom. Lily's step-dad believes they should keep the dolphin. Will Lily let her brother benefit and the dolphin suffer the rest of her life or will she convince her step-father to release the dolphin? Read the book to find out... Recommended by. Shrishti ]]> 2017-09-29 16:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/192538059 Inside Out and Back Again https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/232607728 Ha is a young girl that lives in Saigon. Ha can not think of a better place to be, that is, until war rages...
Ha has to move to the U.S. Due to teasing and bullies, Ha would rather be in the destroyed country of Saigon than peaceful Alabama. Will Ha ever live in happiness again? Will she ever get used to this exotic place called Alabama? Written in poetic verse, this book is great to read anytime!]]> 2018-02-17 17:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/232607728 kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760320 2018-03-21 20:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760320 How do you grieve the death of a brother? kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760426 2018-03-21 20:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760426 Clayton Byrd goes Underground kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760926 2018-03-21 20:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/244760926 Girl genius... https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274441044 At the age of 11, Millicent Min is going to be starting her senior year of high school. Her IQ is super high, and she excels at everything in school. Except for making friends. Apparently no one wants to be friends with a genius. But when she meets Emily, at the volleyball class that her mom forces her to take, things start to change...]]> 2018-08-21 22:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274441044 Are you brave enough? asolomon91 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274683718 Nora is about to take the journey of a life time to Paris! With her beloved grandma but when things take a turn for the worse things don't work out the way ]]> 2018-08-22 18:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274683718 Book Title: Island of The Blue Dolphins https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274684786 2018-08-22 18:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274684786 Wonderful Thriller! https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274685475 Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library is about a group of kids facing off to get the prize of getting to be in Mr. Lemoncello’s advertisements, as well as a large amount of money. They are all making teams, and they have intense rivalries, competing in a high tech library. If you like good, thrilling sci-fi books, this book is for you!

]]> 2018-08-22 18:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274685475 This book is so good-I'm out of my mind! https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274719711 Do you remember what Principle Tushman said? He said that Auggie cannot change the way he looks, so maybe we can change the way we see. Melody Brooks has not spoken one word. . .she’s eleven years old. People stare at her when she joins the ‘normal kid’ classes-what qualifies a person to be ‘normal’ anyway? She wonders this throughout the book, while people whisper and murmur that she is stupid or a retard, she is finally able to prove them wrong when she finds a way say what’s in her head. Fans of Auggie’s adventure in R.J. Palacio’s Wonder or Ally’s story in Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s Fish in a Tree DO NOT want to miss out on this great story. -Deryn B.


]]> 2018-08-22 21:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274719711 Boy with amnesia https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274722599 Chase Ambrose was an ordinary boy until, one day he was on his roof and he fell to the ground landing on his head. He woke up in the hospital and does not remember anything. You can find out what Chase has to go through when you read this book.
      By Nicole R.]]> 2018-08-22 22:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274722599 The Island of the Blue Dolphins https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274729064 This girl was left alone on the island,no friends or family members.She is very scared and has no idea to do but,has many adventures  throughout this journey. She has so much roller coasters that are hard to get through but she manages to stay tough.Only a few things keep her happy, and motivate her to keep working hard, and that is.............]]> 2018-08-22 23:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274729064 Keys to the City https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274744751 Lindy can't wait for summer. Her family is opening a bed and breakfast. She'll meet new people, visit her friends in Brooklyn, and spend plenty of time getting curled up with a good book. 
Or maybe not...
Lindy's class gets an assignment, to find their "true passion". Their thing. Something they love and they're great at doing it.
During the summer, Lindy goes out with friends and explore New York to find Lindy's true passion. Can Lindy find her true passion before school starts again? Well, if you want to find out, then why not read this book!]]> 2018-08-23 01:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274744751 My oh my .This is gonna be intresting https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274752390 Nora is going on a trip of a lifetime to Paris . When things don't go as planned they take a turn for the better. She meets a nice girl Named Phoebe they go on an exciting adventure. They don’t know what's in store for them. I recommend this for people who like books that take interesting  turns this way and that.

]]> 2018-08-23 02:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/274752390 Girls in Pants: The third summer of the Sisterhood https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275038945 Best friends Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget go through the crazy summer before college battling options, love, and their parents. This book is great for anyone who loves a romance and a Kasie West’s books. You will be sure to fall in love with the four freinds and all 5 books in the series. 


 
]]> 2018-08-24 01:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275038945 The (short) story of my life https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275043463 Micheal Jordon does not play basketball, he does not like basketball, and you wouldn't pick him because he is way too short. Micheal is one of the shortest sixth graders in the school, and things are not looking up, people are thinking he's younger and many more reasons. Everything changes when an 8th grader starts being nice to him. Micheal starts to like her, and it appears she likes him too. and who knows what can happen from there?]]> 2018-08-24 02:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275043463 A Story of Resilience https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275061673 How would it feel to have said no words at the age of 11? To have all of the thoughts, but not be able to express them. Out of My Mind is a heartwarming novel about a girl that has cerebral palsy. She goes to a public school and has to overcome obstacles that most kids never face. Will she and her classmates learn to accept  their differences or will they forever be separated in their own worlds? Read this inspiring story to find out.]]> 2018-08-24 03:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275061673 Heidi https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275138337

Heidi is a book about a girl who lives in the mountins with her grandfather in a cottage. Peter is a goat herd and he is one of Heidi’s friends, one other of heidi’s friedns is clara a girl about heidi’s age who’s legs dont work. Clara lives in the city and heidi goes to clara’s house for home school with her. heidi want’s to take clara to the mountins , heidi thinks the mountins will make her legs better. Will heidi be abe to get clara to the mountins, read the classic and hart warming book, heidi to expeirance what happens.

]]> 2018-08-24 14:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275138337 What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275571843 Sixteen- year- old Lara Jean Song keeps all her love letters in a blue hatbox that her mother gave her although these aren’t letters filled with other people gushing their feelings into letters. These are ones that she has written herself. One for every boy she’s ever loved-five in all. When she writes, she spills her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in reality, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day when a secret someone mails her letters all at the same time, and suddenly Lara Jean’s love life goes from mythological, to unmanageable.

]]> 2018-08-27 15:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275571843 Fish in a Tree https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275678454 Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt book is about a 6th grade girl , named Ally, who cannot keep up in school at all. Her teachers hate her and her classmates ridicule her, especially a girl named Shay who charges her “friends” for friendship bracelets and makes fun of everyone. Shay really hates Ally because Ally can’t read. Another problem Ally has is the fact that her mom works very late hours and wishes Ally would get better grades in school. Seemingly, the only good thing in her life is her supportive dad who is in the Army and her big brother who dropped out of college. Despite these complications, Ally tries her best. Until the day when one special teacher arrives. He changes her world.

Recommended by Kanshita Dam

]]> 2018-08-27 19:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275678454 Island of the Blue Dolphins by:Scott O'Dell https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275708539 How do you live without your family? Karana lived on an island with her people and family until she has a great lose. Karana needs to cook, sleep, hunt all without her family or tribe members. All she has is her pet dog Rontu, her spirits and lot of people that don't like her. Follow Karana in her adventures with sadness, happiness, exitment and true will to live in Island of the Blue Dolphins.
By:Naia Williams

]]> 2018-08-27 22:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275708539 Graceful by Wendy Mass https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275714854 Graceful is the last book in the series 11 birthdays. Even if you don’t read the first few books you will soon understand what is going on. Grace gets magical powers and her friends and her must figure out how to use the key to unlock the grocery store in order to save the world from a big disaster. Grace is still trying to recover all of her powers from the last “save to world moment” they had. Still trying to control her powers, will Grace be able to save the world? Will they be able to recover her power? Read Graceful to find out!
-Recommended by Manisha K.

]]> 2018-08-27 23:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275714854 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275890372 2018-08-28 14:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/275890372 The Adventure of a Lifetime https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276061175 Summer is here in Utah and the Great Brains adventure is about to begin! It starts with a toilet but skyrockets all the way up to teaching a peg-legged boy how to play and do chores like normal. The story is told from the perspective of the Great Brain’s younger brother, J.D. Each time a problem comes The Great Brains way he uses his great brain and finds a way to solve it. This story involves action from start to finish and If you haven’t read it you should! I highly recommend this book for anyone above the age of 8 who is seeking a thrill! Read This Book Now! 

-Max Udall


]]> 2018-08-28 22:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276061175 Ungifted by: Gordon Korman https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276062650 Donovan Curtis is a regular kid going to Hardcastle middle school. But he has a problem. Sometimes his body takes over his mind and does things that he doesn't want to do. One day at a big basketball game Donovan sneaks out of detention with his two friends Daniel S and Daniel N. At his school there is a giant statue of Atlas holding up the world. Donovan goes up to the statue and not thinking and whacks the bottom of Atlas with a stick which causes Atlas’ globe to roll into the gymnasium where the basketball game is held. But thanks to a mix up he is sent to a academy for scholastic distinction instead of getting in trouble. Can Donovan fit in or will the word gifted overpower him?

]]> 2018-08-28 22:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276062650 Some Friendships are Meant to be https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276065530 Chet Bullens, a mean bully, pulls a trick on an innocent and shy boy, Virgil Salinas, in the woods where they were both at  the same time for some odd reason. And while that is happening Virgil’s friend, Kaori Tanaka, senses that her friend is in trouble and heads to the woods with her sister, Gen, and her new friend, Valencia Somerset.  Virgil has been trying to talk to her a long time. Where all four meet. What will Virgil do? Is it fate or just a coincidence? Read it and find out. Hello Universe is a book full of adventure and friendship. Corresponded by  Yohanna Gideon 


]]> 2018-08-28 22:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276065530 Charmed Life: Caitlin's Lucky Charm By Lisa Schroeder With summer camp ending, Caitlin had mixed feelings about her friendships because she is going to a new school when she gets back home. Caitlin bought a special bracelet and the girls decided to take turns wearing it. The bracelet was very special to them and everybody was looking forward to their turn with the bracelet. The bracelet gave many great summer memories that the girls will cherish forever. As Caitlin wears her bracelet, will she have the courage to make new friends or will she stick to her camp friends? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276106790 Recommended by Sarah S.]]> 2018-08-29 03:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276106790 Hello Universe By E E Kelly https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276109121    When Virgil Salantas and his guinea pig  goes adventuring he runs into Chet Bullens, and Chet decides to  pull a unthinkable prank on Virgil, and Virgil gets lost, and its up to Valencia a classmate, her sister Gen and Kaori  a friend of his, to find him.Will they find him in time?
- By : Sienna Moore
]]> 2018-08-29 03:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276109121 Will she do it? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276185983  Dirt Diary is a book you won’t be able to put down. Rachel helps her mom who’s in a cleaning job business. While helping she finds out they are cleaning the most popular girl in school’s house, Briana’s. On the way she finds out some secrets. Her crush. Steve Mueller, wants her to snoop in her house in exchange for money. Will she tell him and get money that her family needs or will she keep her secrets with her? Read the book to find out! If you love realistic fiction this is the book for you. 

-Shrishti

]]> 2018-08-29 12:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276185983 Perseverance ssibriye https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276190282 Fifth Grade was the worst year in Mark's life. He had bad grades, he couldn't swim, he couldn't do a single pullup, and worst of all he always got bullied by the king of the jungle gym Kenny Williamson. Then one day his mom tells him that his uncle who is a Navy Seal will be staying with them all summer long. Will Mark's uncle help him become a warrior? Read Way of The Warrior Kid by Jocko Willink to find out. I recommend this book to people who like to laugh and hear a good story and for people who want to gain confidence.

-Saadaq Sibriye]]> 2018-08-29 12:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276190282 A Story of Love, Adventure, and Forgiveness https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276201539 Do you want to hear a heartwarming dog story? Then read Because of Winn Dixie. India Opal was going to buy groceries when she stumbled upon a stray dog. She wanted to keep him and she got to, and named him Winn Dixie. Winn Dixie loves India, and will stay by her side everywhere, and he has made a few friends here and there. Winn Dixie has a pathological fear of thunderstorms, and runs away because of one. Will it take the courage of an old lady, a pastor, a pet shop keeper, two bald headed babies, and India to find him? Or will all hope be lost? Read Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo today.  Recommended by Tensaye Yalew ]]> 2018-08-29 13:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276201539 Perseverance ssibriye https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276202057 Fifth Grade was the worst year in Mark's life. He had bad grades, he couldn't swim, he couldn't do a single pullup and worst of all he always got bullied by the king of the jungle gym Kenny Williamson. Then one day his mom tells him that his uncle Jake is staying with them all summer long. Will Mark's uncle help him become a warrior. Read way of the warrior kid to find out. 

-Saadaq]]> 2018-08-29 13:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276202057 short legs, big heart https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276285276 11 year old Micheal Jordan is short. he was NOT named after the Micheal Jordan. Everyone thinks Micheal is in elementary school and his little  sister never gets off his back about how she is as tall as him. Micheal has a hard life, but when a pretty 8th grade girl starts being nice to him, he starts liking her. It appears that she likes him too. Macy is only his  tutor and friend, but who knows what can start from there?
- Franck]]> 2018-08-29 15:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276285276 The life Changing 3rd Summer https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276382690
Best friends Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget go through the crazy summer before college battling options, love, and their parents. Will Lena go to art school? Will Carmen's mother give birth? Will Tibby and Briget be okay? Read to find out.This book is great for anyone who loves a romance and any of Kasie West’s books. You will be sure to fall in love with the four friends and all 5 books in the series. 
- Alexis Griffith
]]> 2018-08-29 19:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276382690 What about Paris Nora? asolomon91 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276383755 Nora is going on a trip of a lifetime to Paris. When things don't go as planned they actually take a turn for the better (which is rarer than you think). She meets a nice girl named Phoebe and they go on an exciting adventure thru the beautiful city of paris. They have no idea what's in store for them. This book is sad ,happy, and heart touching. I recommend this for people who like books that takes crazy wild turns this way and that. An interesting book.
  • Ariana
      

]]> 2018-08-29 19:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276383755 Alone With Many Adventures https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276389541 A girl left alone on a island scared,no friends or family members.The girl has no idea what to do but has many adventures throughout this journey.She is super smart and has good skills but she worries a lot and that sometimes makes her struggle.She has so much roller coasters that are tough to handle but manages to get through them. She has to cook,hunt,and build with no help.There are only a few things that make her happy and help her motivate to keep working hard and that is…..read to see this amazing adventure and see how she may or may not survive.  Recommended by: Gizelle Lopez]]> 2018-08-29 19:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276389541 Trust Me You Are Going To Like This Book https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276424672 When Hess has big plans for the Hoot, things don't go to well. If you are a camera and film making person, you don't want to be in Hess's shoes right now. Her grades drop at school, and she might not even go to high school. Maybe there will be a way to fix this ; and maybe Hess will perform in the Hoot. So if you are a camera and film making person you don't want to miss out on this book, Lights Camera, Disaster.
-Nisha K.]]> 2018-08-29 22:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276424672 The Wonderland of Fiction! https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276584353 Zoe Reindeer is not an ordinary 12 year old girl. She lives in a house with a giant conservatory called “Doc Reindeer’s Exotic Plant Wonderland” attached to it! But then her neighbor’s house catches on fire and she has to help put it out. But that's not all. Her best and only friend has to move to San Francisco because his mom has cancer. Her neighbor’s house catches on fire again and this time takes her house and the Wonderland with it. How will she behave when everything is going so wrong?
Recommended by: Delilah

]]> 2018-08-30 14:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276584353 Mockingbird By Katherine Erskine https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276647880 The book Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine is a wonderful book about a young girl on her search for closure after the death of her older brother Devon. Caitlyn is an eleven year old girl with aspergers syndrome, which limits her ability to socialize. The only person who had helped Caitlyn through tough times was Devon. Caitlyn meets a young boy whose mom passed away. The both of them go on a search for closure to get them through the deaths.
BY: SHRIYA

]]> 2018-08-30 16:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276647880 Every Soul a Star https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276648059 -Recommendation by Eliana
Three different teenagars are at a campsite to see the solar eclipse. Ally has lived her whole life in the campsite. She was a homeschooled teenager and now has to leave her old life and start a new life.  Bree and her family will be taking over the campsite. She doesn’t want to leave the city or her modeling life. Jack has a secret he has to keep and he is an overweight teenager. Will Ally still live her life in the campsite and get her old life back or will she have to face the city.  Read the book every soul a star by Wendy Mass to find out!]]> 2018-08-30 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276648059 Save me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276766326 Joe and Ravi, two fifth graders at Albert Einstein Elementary, only have one thing in  common. They are both zebras in a world of crocodiles. Well, one crocodile in particular; Dillon Samreen. Ravi has just moved to Hamilton, New Jersey from India, and is adjusting to the new lifestyle. Somewhere between getting hit in the shoulder with a baseball and being called, “Curry Head,” he realizes Dillon is not aiming to be a friend. Joe has had to deal with Samreen since kindergarten, and needs to learn how to stand up for himself against Dillon. Will Joe and Ravi be able to put there differences aside and work together to face Dillon? Will they find out how to truly be themselves? Read the book Save Me a Seat to find out!
Recommended by Leah P.]]> 2018-08-30 22:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/276766326 El Deafo https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/284162932  Annelise would recommend the book El Deafo because being a mostly true story there was a lot of emotion and detail  to this graphic novel.  It really shows how the bullying affected the main character.   I think that the thoroughness of the book really made the reader understand and have sympathy for the main characters.  In my opinion I think that maybe Cece should have made her characters real animals instead of  strange mutated creatures.   But never mind that you should just read the book because the thorough detail and extreme use of emotion.  ]]> 2018-09-20 22:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/284162932 Towers Falling kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/371708699 Set in New York City fifteen years after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, this story follows Deja, a fifth grader whose family currently lives in a homeless shelter.  Her class begins to study the events of 9/11, raising questions about how these events relate to Deja's family, and the families of her friends Ben and Sabeen.   This is a story about friendship, what it means to be American, and how seeking to understand history can help us understand who we are today. Recommended by Mrs. Draper ]]> 2019-07-19 16:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/371708699 Blended https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913464790 Isabella, is an 11 year old girl. She has a mom who is white and a dad who is black. She loves her parents very very much, as much as her love for piano. One day Isabella's dad says some upsetting news. Her parents were getting a divorce. For some reason, it wasn't till after her parents split up when she had a question.  Is Isabella white or black? This story is a story of race, racial injustice (kinda) and family troubles. If you like books about relatable situations. Blended might be your next best read.

Recommended by: Carla :) 

]]> 2020-11-11 16:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913464790 Swimming with Dolphins https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913511748 Swimming with dolphins is about a twelve-year-old girl named KT, who gets around in a wheelchair. KT's favorite animal is a dolphin, and when she moves to florida she gets a ticket to a dolphin reserve and gets to swim with dolphins, But when she gets there she gets scared. A few months later, she gets another chance to swim with them, Will she finally get to swim with the dolphins?]]> 2020-11-11 16:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913511748 Out of my mind... Melody Brooks has never spoken even ONE word, and she is almost 11 years old... https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913547292 11 year old Melody Brooks faces the daily challenges of cerebral palsy by not being able to talk or move freely without trying so hard. Melody is the smartest kid in the whole school but nobody knows. Then, Whiz kids quiz comes around a chance to show how smart she is! However, will this last long enough to permanently change her life, or will she be the same forever?]]> 2020-11-11 17:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913547292 Hatchet by: Gary paulsen https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913580476 this is a thrilling story of a boy named Brian that is thirteen who gets stuck in the canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet and he has to get back home and survive mosquitos, a moose, hunger, and a tornado.]]> 2020-11-11 17:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/913580476 Other Words for Home :D https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/1232518262 Sixth grader Jude is a little girl from Syria. There is a war creeping closer and closer to her home everyday. One day, Jude and her family move to america as refugees. While shes in america, she tries out for a role in the school play and makes some new friends. What will happen next? Read this book to find out!

If you like heart warming realistic fiction books. You will fall in LOVE with this book. 


Recommended by Carla Yindaya :D]]> 2021-02-23 17:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/l3wiwg9bap98/wish/1232518262