When Mary Anne and her friends get into a fight, she is left with no choice but to leave her friends and sit alone during lunch. Not only that, but she is dealing with her stern father at home. Mary Anne starts having a hard time trying to make new friends, while also being a part of the babysitter’s club. Will she be back? I love this book as it is a very relatable book. I like how they show Mary Anna being pushed away due to an argument because it is something that happens to a lot of friends.
Though everything is going pretty well with the babysitter’s club, Stacey seems as though she is hiding something. Well, she is. Stacey recently got diagnosed with diabetes, and she had to move across the country for it. Unfortunately, she has been hiding this from her friends until someone spills the secret. Will she stay as treasurer of the babysitter’s club? I love this book as it is a very nostalgic book. I remember waiting to read it every night because of how relaxing yet relatable it was.
When Kristy’s mom has trouble trying to book a babysitter, Kristy comes up with an idea. A babysitter’s club! So, Kristy invites all of her closest friends to join and be a part of the club. Now seeming like a great start, but only a few people call in for a babysitter. Will Kristy and her friends find a way to get more jobs? I love this book as it is a very relatable book. It brings back so many memories and it is very nostalgic. I recommend the graphic novel book for anyone who wants to see amazing artwork, but the novel version is also amazing.
The Call of the Wild is a captivating adventure novel. The story begins in California, where Buck, a large and powerful dog, lives a comfortable life on Judge Miller's estate. However, his world is turned upside down when he's kidnapped and sold as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s. Buck is shipped to Alaska, where he experiences brutal treatment at the hands of his captors and other dogs. He quickly learns that to survive in this harsh new world, he must adapt and tap into his wild instincts.
Beatrice Prior lives in a futuristic Chicago where society is divided into five factions: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite. When each child turns sixteen, they get to choose whether to stay in the same faction, or choose their own path in a different one. Growing up in Abnegation, Beatrice was always taught to put others before herself, but her heart wants something different for herself. Tris decides to leave her family in Abnegation and join the Dauntless, a faction nothing like her previous one.
Jonas lives in a society without colors, choice, memories, and the concept of death. He is different from everyone else in his society because of his unnatural eyes, empathy, and ability to see color. Everyone has a vital role to play depending on their stage in life. At the Ceremony of Twelve, where all the 12-year-olds get assigned jobs, Jonas gets assigned Receiver of Memories. The Receiver of Memories is the most respected and painful job, for Jonas will experience all the memories of previous generations.
Finny has always loved Autumn. He thinks she knows of his adoration, but she does not. When the boundaries holding them back finally break, they only have one night together before tragedy strikes. After a car accident that leaves Finny dead, Autumn is left to grieve her lover and navigate pregnancy without the one person that got her through anything. As Finny’s baby continues to grow, Autumn learns to reach out and surround herself with people that carry pieces of Finny within their stories.
Wonder is a realistic fiction novel by R.J. Palacio. August, or Auggie, is a young boy who was born with facial abnormalities. Auggie has been homeschooled entire life but is going to school as he starts a new chapter of life that is middle school. He struggles with bullying but also forms strong friendships, and readers follow the lives of August and those around him.
Dog Man by Dav Piley is a graphic novel featuring George and Harold(main characters in the well-known Captain Underpants) and a comic they wrote when they were “younger”. This book starts out with a policeman who wasn’t intelligent but was strong, and his dog who wasn’t strong but was very intelligent. An explosion occured, and conveniently the police’s body survived and the dog’s head survived. They got sewn together, and Dog Man was created.
Stick Dog Chases a Pizza is the third book of the Stick Dog book series, by Tom Watson. This book starts out with the dogs watching Karen spin around in a circle trying to catch her tail, which she loves doing, causing Stripes, Poo-Poo, and Mutt to tease her. Stick Dog changes the topic and Karen decides that she wants to play frisbee. Karen finds a box with a cardboard circle in it which they plan to use as a frisbee, but before they start playing Stick Dog realizes that it has flavors so all the dogs lick it clean.
