Recommended Books

Kaden B. recommends The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Rates it 10 stars
"It's super intense.  It makes you want to keep reading it."

• intense
• a lot of fighting
• 12 districts
• 24 teens -- a boy and girl from each district go to fight in a HUGE blood bash.

Britnie A.  recommends A Child Called "It" by David Pelzer.

Rates it 4 out of 5 stars

• about a child named Dave Pelzer
• He gets abused and starved.  
• His mother is an alcoholic.
• He is almost beaten to death several times.

Hunter T. recommends Wildlife by Cynthia DeFelice.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars because it is always very exciting

• A boy moves from New York to North Dakota to live with grandparents.
• His parents go to Iraq with the army.
• A Stray dog comes.
• His grandpa is mean to him but turns nice.

Adeline G. recommends Dork Diaries by Rachel Russell.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars because "it is the most fun and exciting book ever."

• about a dork's life
• the enemy is the popular girl
• the setting is middle school
• the dork writes in a diary

Nolan B. and Josh W. recommend The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Both rate it 5 out of five stars.

• Percy doesn't have his memory.
• goes on an important quest
• goes to land beyond the . . . .
• Roman gods
• second book of series
• They fight the titans in a huge war
• Percy gets switched in to Roman Camp
• switches back to the Greek army

Destiny Q. recommends The House of Night novels by P.C. Cast

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars

• Steve Rae becomes very known.
• Zoey will force many challenges.
• Meet Koalan:  Evil or not?

Samantha T. recommends Under Currents by Traci Hunter Abramson

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars and says it is very interesting. 

• Her family dies and she is the only one left.
• She goes undercover.
• People are trying to kill her.
• She meets someone, but everything is a lie.

Jon P. recommends The Mask of Athena by Rick Riordan.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars because it is fun and exciting.

• takes place in America and Rome
• Greek half-bloods meet Roman half-bloods.
• They find  statue of Athena.
• Annabeth fights giant spider for statue.

Kai A.  recommends The Maze Runner by James Dasher

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars because it is intense and fun.

• a maze to escape
• children surviving by themselves
• Grievers roam the maze (zombies)
• All boys live in the glade until. . . 

Zoey A. recommends Watched by Cindy Hogan.

William B.  recommends Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan.
Rates it 5 out of 5 stars

• Will doesn't get picked on the Choosing Day.
• He is chosen by the Ranger.
• Rangers are mysterious.
• Rangers are actually the protectors of the land.

Kelsey C.  recommends Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.

Rates it 5 stars because it is intense and full of adventure

• Tally is an ugly and wants to be a pretty.
• Tally meets a girl named Shay and is her friend.
• Tally then makes a mistake and betrays Shay.
• Tally then decides to rescue everyone.

Shelby S.  recommends Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Rates it 4 stars because it takes a long time to get exciting

• becomes friends with a runaway child
• tries to protect owls
• plays pranks on businesses
• gets beat up a lot
• happens on earth in 2009

An anonymous student (with some art skills) recommends The Lost Hero by Rick Riodan

Rates it five stars because it's an amazing adventure

• The characters: Jason, Leo, and Piper.
• Jason wakes up on a bus not knowing his name or who he is.
• Leo and Piper have memories of Jason.

Kyle W. recommends The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan.

Rates it 5 stars for continuous action

• It is the second book of the series.
• Three people have to save the world.
• They have to continually kill the bad people.
• The setting is North America.

Someone recommends City of Bones, City of Glass, and City of Ashes.

Shadee W.  recommends Lock Down  Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith.

Hannah N. recommends Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.

Someone recommends Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck.

Jeremy H. recommends Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars.

Coraline finds a little door.

She meets the "other mother" and "other father."

She has to save her parents.

She has to get rid of the key.

Ryan D. recommends Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier.

Anonymous recommends The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Rates it 5 out of 5 stars.

• Bilbo gives Frodo the ring.
• Gandalf gets nine companions.
• They head to Moria.
• Sam and Frodo separate from the group.

Tiana P. recommends Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Rates it 4 1/2 stars out of five.

• can't have more than two children.
• about a boy who had to hide because he is kid number 3
• finds another third child
• she is a girl

Another anonymous student recommends White Fang by Jack London.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars "because it makes you feel that you're in the book."

• It's about a wolf.
• They put White Fang in fights.
• He loses his mother.
• He's never been loved.

Teryck H. recommends Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

Rates it 5 out of 5 stars.

• 2 main characters
• werewolves

Jayden B. recommends Warriors by Erin Hunter.

Rates it 4 out of 5 stars

• There are four clans.
• about cats with powers who can talk
• The clans are at war.

Derek W. recommends Frindle by Andrew Clements.

Rates four out of five stars

• new word
• funny
• a fight between a teacher and student
• Who will win the fight?

Another anonymous student recommends Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

Rates it four out of five stars

• lost
• crashed plane
• wilderness/ Canada
• Brian

Shauntae G. recommends The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. 

Rates it 4 out of 5 stars "exciting, want to read more"

• Greasers
• Socs
• Death (murder?)
• running away

Braden S. recommends The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer

Rates it 5 stars out of 5.  

• Peter has busy parents.
• Kate lives on a farm.
• Kate's dad is working on an antigravity machine.
• It starts in Derbyshire.