Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina by Shawn K. Stout is about Fiona, a 4th grader living in Ordinary, Maryland- which is not an ordinary place. Her mom lives in California because she acts on a soap opera, and her dad is […]
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My Life as a Book
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian is about Derek, a boy who can’t stand school and lives for the summer. He is really excited for school to be out. Then he finds out his parents are sending him […]
Continue reading »Junie B. Jones
The Junie B. Jones book series by Barbara Parks is about a sassy kindergarten/ first-grader. She is always having trouble with her classmates and saying snotty things to people. She always wants her way and will do anything to make sure […]
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The Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows is about two girls named Ivy and Bean. They are in second grade in the same class. In the first book, Ivy and Bean know they won’t be friends. Bean loves getting dirty, stomping […]
Continue reading »Room One: A Mystery or Two
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements is about a boy named Ted. He lives in a small town and goes to a one-room schoolhouse. While delivering the newspaper one day, Ted goes by the abandoned Anderson […]
Continue reading »Into the Woods
Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner is about Storm, Aurora, and Any Eden, who live in an old house right outside the woods. Their parents don’t pay much attention to them because their mother is always in bed “protecting […]
Continue reading »Nurse Matilda
Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand is about the Brown family. The Browns are not an average family. They have lots of children (so many the book says “There were so many of them that I shan’t even tell you their […]
Continue reading »Summer Camp Secrets
The series Summer Camp Secrets by Katy Grant is about different girls going going to a summer camp. In one book called Pranked, a girl named Katy thinks she will be friendless, then ends up being friends with the two meanest […]
Continue reading »Hank Zipzer
The Hank Zipzer series by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver is about a boy named Hank. Hank is a 4th-grader who lives in New York. He tends to get into trouble very often. For example, he has trouble reading fractions, […]
Continue reading »The Boy Who Howled
The Boy Who Howled by Timothy Power is about a boy named Callum who has been raised by wolves- literally. When he was a toddler, his family went camping and accidentally left Callum there. Two wolves found him, and decided […]
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