This book is about a girl named Sarah, who lost her mom six months before the start of the book. Since her death, she has been put with the duties of caring for her younger brother and now her dad, who has fallen apart because of the death of his wife. Sarah has to do it all from the bills, school, food and everything else a parent normally does. She meets a boy she likes, but she is too busy with everything else to have another person in her life. But, one art project changes her perspective on everything.
Ghost Circles is a graphic novel, the seventh book of a 9-book series called Bone. At the end of the fifth book, the Hooded One is revealed to be Princess Briar, Grandma's sister who was supposed to be dead. The Hooded One tries to kill Thorn, but she survives and the Hooded One is punished by the Locusts for trying to kill the wrong person. There is a big boom in the mountain and some of the locusts escape it, where they had been trapped so now the Lord of the Locusts is partially free.
Parachutes by Kelly Yang is a thought-provoking and inspiring book about determination and how using your voice even with setbacks, means more to others than staying silent. This book is about Dani and Claire. Claire is a Chinese teenager who her parents sent to the states to go to a better school and Dani is her housemate, a young girl who has the ambition to make it to a college competition for her debate team.
The Hunger Games is an addictive tale that steals you away into a dangerous country. Katniss Everdeen lives in a dark world woven with injustice. She fights to survive every day. Her family staves off starvation while the president and others in the Capitol lounge around with an abundance of food. Yearly these very men and women raised in laziness enjoy the Hunger Games, an invention of the Capital to keep the poor dying families in check.
The story Restart follows Chase Ambrose as he navigates his way through 7th grade. The only thing is that Chase can’t remember anything from his past after he fell off his roof. Chase has to figure out his past and who he used to be. Will he choose his past or make a new version of himself? This book is great because you get to hear all of the main characters' points of views in different chapters. My favorite characters are Joel and Shoshanna. I would recommend this book for late elementary and middle schoolers.
In Fable by Adrienne Young, Fable is a 17-year-old girl who was left by father on Jeval, an island full of thieves. Fable spent four years surviving and saved money for passage off of Jeval to work for her father as he promised her a job. She manages to escape on a ship called the Marigold, which is run by captain West and his shipmates. They all venture across The Narrows and face many challenges along the way.
The House on Mango Street depicts the life of a girl, Esperanza. It shows her early life, all the way up to adulthood. Esperanza struggles with living a poor life often faced by immigrants, unable to live in a house of her own. She learns that life isn’t fair, and how difficult it is to grow up. Despite all this, she still dreams of owning her own house one day, on a hill, with a big yard. Esperanza’s story is one of my favorites.
Holden Caulfield, a distraught and confused teen gets expelled from his school and must learn to navigate the world around him. Inside, Holden is alone and scared, believing that everyone is a “phony”. Holden journeys around New York to try and make meaningful connections with someone but fails over and over.
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby is a spin-off featuring George and Harold’s own comic creation, Super Diaper Baby. In this book, Super Diaper Baby battles the evil Deputy Dangerous, who has turned into a giant piece of poop.
