I loved this book! We had to read it for ELA in Mrs. Basil’s class. Some of the time is was laid back then all of a sudden it would turn to fast paced and suspenseful! I recommend this book to anyone!
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Kayla left one night to deliver a pizza and never returned. The man who ordered asked for the girl in the Mini-Cooper…Gabie. Now questions are everywhere. Who took Kayla? Is she still alive? Was Gabie the intended target? Gabie can’t stand the questions, nor how long it is taking the police to find Kayla. Despite her sheltered life, she sets out on a mission to find out the truth, and she convinces Drew, a fellow employee to come with her.
Is Kayla still alive? Will Gabie be the next victim? Grab this book to find out!
How would you react to finding a fortune?
Sailing from California to Hawaii, Susannah, her family, and a crewman are driven by a vicious storm into the path of a drifting powerboat. The ghostly boat carries the bodies of two drug runners and a huge stash of money. For the sailors, stealing the sordid treasure changes everything, causing arugments , and putting their futures at risk. Because now they are being pursued by the worst enemies imaginable, including a drug lord’s son eager to prove himself and a cold-blooded teenage hit man with murder on his mind. Adventure readers will love this book!
You first read about Nya who spends her days fetching water in the hot sun. She walks hours to get to the lake.
The set 20 years earlier, you read about Salva, who tends cattle and goes to school.
Salva hears the pop pop of gun fire and then what happens? You will have to read A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park to find out what happens to Salva and Nya and why their stories are told in parallel fashion.
I read this book in one night. I found it easy to read and compelling. I could not put it down. I wish the same for you!
What will happen to the 7 students and one teacher caught in the largest snow storm ever to hit New England? Will Les lose it? Will they fight each other? Why does Elijah say they will die in the school building? Does he know something the others do not? Will they survive or die?
This great book was one I saw on the student’s desk. It was spellbinding to me. I could not put it down, even though I was afraid to read on. It creeped my out a bit, but I loved it! It has a modern setting.
I am sure you will enjoy it like I did.
This book is about 7 kids on their way to an island when their plane crashes in the middle of the ocean..so now they are on the fight for their lives. They all have to find their own food and water and need to do everything all by themselves. This is a good book!! 
Alex Rider, the spitting image of his father in so many ways, is about to find out just how closely he is his father’s son. When Alex learns that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most powerful terrorist organization going, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex wages a war of conscience he no longer has the will to win. Until, that is, he learns of Scorpia’s latest plot: an operation known only as “Invisible Sword” that will result in the death of thousands of people.
This is book 5 in the series, but feel free to start with this one even if you haven’t read the first 4. A thrilling page turner for sure!
Polo’s Mother By Pyllis Reynolds Naylor exhibits Polo’s (the main character) inner adventurous abilities. He was left as kitten with his brother Marco in a box where his mother abandoned him. This is a book with mystery right in the paw of Polo. He has set himself a goal to find his mother and prove to his mother that he is worth something and he can be loved by that “soft-warm, dark-dank, furry-purry, milk-smelling something” again. He yearns for that love only a mother could give. Come give this book a try, you’ll love it!
Peak is a very interesting book. It has been my favorite book I have read so far. Peak Marcello, a fourteen year old boy, lives in New York City but he absolutely loves to climb. In fact he loves it so much that he is willing to get arrested for climbing. He decides to climb a skyscraper but gets arrested for it and he is sent to a juvenile detention center. Then he goes to court and is told he has to leave the United States with his dad. His dad takes him to Nepal where they cross over into Tibet. He is in for a suprise, but you are going to have to read to find out what Peak is going to get to do.
Don’t be fooled by this title! This is not a romantic story!
Two young boys, an old tramp, a beautiful teenage dancer, and the girl’s baby, survivors of a sudden war, form a fragile family, hiding out in the ruins of an amusement park. As they scavenge for food, diapers, and baby formula, they must stay out of sight of vicious gangs and lawless solders. At first they rely on Billy, the only adult in the group. But as civil life deteriorates, Billy starts to fall apart. Skip, who is barely into his teens, must take over and lead them on a search for sanctuary. Will they all make it out alive? An adventure read for sure!
Don’t you think every kid at one point thinks it would be cool to spend the night at their school? During the nor’ester of a lifetime, 7 students and one teacher have no choice but to ride out this storm at the high school. Sure it is all fun until food becomes scarce, the emergency lights stop working and then the water stops working. Will everyone make it out alive?
I loved this book. Check it out!!
This book is based on the true story of a 14 year old boy who may be the first Japanese person ever to set foot in America. It also is a 2011 Newbery Honor Award Winner.
Imagine being forced by nature to leave everything you ever have known and sail to a foreign land where you do not know the language or the culture. That is what happens to Japan native Manjiro, a fourteen-year-old boy, but he is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture of America. After many years and adventures, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider.
Will his hard-won knowledge of the West, persuade the shogun to ease open the boundaries around Japan and maybe even allow him to achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai? Read to find out!
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