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Ratburger by David Walliams
Ratburger is another hilarious book by David Walliams. It is about a girl, Zoe, who lives with her dad and her stepmom. Zoe’s mom died when she was little, and her dad recently lost his job at an ice cream factory. Zoe’s stepmom, Sheila, is the worst person you can imagine. Sheila is a hypocrite
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The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty
The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty is a riveting book about Eleanor Dross. Eleanor is convinced that an asteroid will hit earth in April TEOTWAWKI (The end of the world as we know it) will happen after reading about it on a website online.
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Lucy and Andy Neanderthal by Jeffery Brown
Lucy & Andy Neanderthal is a hilarious illustrated novel about two kids, Lucy and Andy, who live in the stone age. They share a cave with their parents, Mr. Daryl, Phil, Danny, and Margaret. Lucy and Andy have many funny adventures together. For example, in one of the stories, Andy really wants to go hunt
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The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Wild Robot is a beautiful novel about a robot, Roz, who gets stranded on a deserted island. Roz arrives in a shipping crate from a wrecked ship and some curious otters turn her on. Roz doesn’t know what to do. She’s never been out of her shipping crate before, and certainly not in a
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Marshmallow and Jordan by Alina Chau
Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau is a wonderful, heartwarming graphic novel about a girl, Jordan, and her elephant, Marshmallow. Jordan is paralyzed from the waist down because of an accident and has to use a wheelchair. Nonetheless, Jordan is still the best shooter on her basketball team. One day, when Jordan was walking home
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Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
The Spy School series is no doubt, my favorite series of all time. Spy School by Stuart Gibbs is a wonderful novel about a boy named Ben Ripley who goes to attend St. Smithen’s Science Academy for Boys and Girls, but that’s only a cover. St Smithen’s is actually a school for spies. Ben is
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Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is an intriguing novel about a girl named Nizhoni, which means beautiful in Navajo. Nizhoni can see monsters and when one kidnaps her dad, she makes it her mission to bring him back. Marcus, her brother, Davery, her best friend, Mr. Yazzie, her stuffed toad who suddenly gained
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The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin is a wonderful story about friendship and family life told from the perspective of an Asian-American girl. The book is about a girl, also named Grace Lin who has to get through the year of the dog. Grace faces many challenges because of her race during the
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon is a very quirky and funny novel about a boy, Tom Gates, who loves drawing. The story is told in the first person by Tom. Tom writes about having band practice with his next-door neighbor Derek Fingle, and about Marcus Meldrew, a bully. Tom always makes
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The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
The Donut Fix by Jessie Janowitz, is a wonderful novel about a boy called Tristan Levin who has to move from New York City to a tiny town named Petersville where there is only a general store, a gas station, and no restaurants at all. Tristan, also known as Tris, and his younger sisters Jeanine
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