Auggie & Me is a fictional book written by R.J. Palacio. This book is about a
boy named August Pullman (Auggie) who has a craniofacial difference. He has to
go through many difficult situations due to this condition. Charlotte Cody, Julien,
Christopher, Reid, Summer, and Ximena Chin all play important roles throughout
some situations. He wishes to be treated like a normal person, and not get
disgusted looks when people look at him. However, people usually judge him by
Wonder is a fictional novel written by R.J. Palacio. This book is about August
Pullman, also known as Auggie who has a facial anomaly. He wishes to be treated
as a normal kid, at his new school. He also hopes he could stop being bullied, and
people would accept him. His sister, his friends, his teacher, and parents try to
help him out of this troublesome situation, while he is getting bullied by Julien
Albans and his friends. He wishes to be treated equally, and everyone would stop
When 16 year old Starr Carters’s friend Kahlil is shot by a police officer everything changes in
her life. Starr struggles as police and other members of her town, Garden Heights, try to get her
to tell the story of what really happened that night. When half the town justifies why Kahlil got
shot and the other half is scared and Starr is under a lot of pressure. I thought this was a
wonderful book that is a must read for everyone. This book has a wonderful message for
everybody. One hundred percent recommend this book.
The House on Mango Street is a fiction novel written by Sandra Cisneros.
This novel is about Esperanza Cordero, who shares her feelings and life with the
readers through vignettes. She talks about her struggles due to the
neighborhood she is from, and the lives of people in that time, and that status.
The neighborhood she lives in is disliked by her and many others, causing her to
feel ashamed of her life. She shares her life with her parents, siblings, and friends
Eleanor & Park is a fiction book written by Rainbow Rowell. This novel is
about Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan, who depend on each other, as the
story progresses. Both of them have very different family environments. They meet
at school, and have complicated issues based on love at first sight. Eleanor lives
in a family with an abusive father, while Park’s family is more open. They wish to be
together and help each other out, especially Park’s family trying to comfort
Restart is a fiction book written by Gordon Korman. This novel is about
Chase Ambrose, a school bully, who gets a chance to fix his mistakes. His friends
and family have different opinions on how he should live this new life, but he has
plans of his own. He wishes to figure out how to fit in again, and rectify his
mistakes. He tries really hard, but such circumstances in his life seem to push him
back each time. He pushes through and tries hard to find the real him. He tries to
Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio are complete strangers but they both have one thing in
common, they're dying today. In a world where everyone knows when they're going to die.
Rufus and Mateo want to go out with a bang. They can do that by making one last friend in
there final hours. The last friend app will help them do that. They're about to meet up and have “
one last great adventure, to live a lifetime in a single day”.
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is a graphic novel that will capture the interest of any
reader. Growing up in the 1990s as the son of Vietnamese immigrants living in the Midwest, Tiến’s
life is much different than his mother’s. Besides the everyday language barrier--her first language is
Vietnamese and she’s struggling to learn English, whereas Tiến primarily learned English growing
up--Tiến can’t find the words to come out to her in Vietnamese. So when it’s hard to figure out what
