The book tells a story about a twelve-year-old girl named Willow Chance. She has a unique personality, finding interest in things such as nature and medical diagnoses, as well as an obsession with counting by 7s. Willow struggled with making connections with others around her age due to her unique personality, and the book gives an inspiring message on the importance of resilience. This book is one that has stuck with me for a long time. Willow’s story and the hardship she faced was inspiring to read about, and the book has taught me a lot about never giving up.
Attack Of The Black Rectangles By Amy Sarig King (A.S. King) is about a boy named Mac, and his two friends who are all starting 6th grade together. At their school their teacher is named Ms. Sett. When they start reading in small groups Mac’s group gets a book on the Holocaust: “The Devil's Arithmetic”, they find large black rectangles covering certain words on the page. When Mac and his friends, Marci and Dennis discover this they go to the public library and search up the words that were censored.
My Life as a Meme is a great book. It is part of the My Life Series. It is about the main character, Derek who loves memes but soon realizes how it feels to be on the other side of it. Derek gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Derek learns that there are always two sides to things. I like this book because of the sudden plot twist, this makes it very exciting. Other readers might like this book because it is part of a series and the author does a good job on keeping the reader interested.
Supergifted by Gordon Korman is about Noah, who is supergifted. Finding a way out of the academy for students with high IQ’s, Noah transfers to a normal middle school that his friend Donovan attends. Soon, Noah finds a way to support his school and joins the cheerleading squad, but Hash Taggart (aka. Hashtag), an uber jock in the school, starts picking on him. Noah’s friend Donovan helps Noah and lands himself in a big fight with Hashtag. He’s told not to go anywhere near Hashtag.
Ungifted by Gordon Korman is about Donovan Curtis, who is far from anything close to gifted. When a prank goes too far, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the academy for gifted students because of a mix-up by one of the administrators. Now in the academy of scholastic distinction, Donovan has to fool all the other students with super high IQ’s in order to stay there.
Awkward is about a middle schooler named Pepi Torres. She has three cardinal rules for
surviving middle school. On her first day as the new kid at Berrybrook Middle School, she
makes a mistake that haunts her for the next few months. When she has to get science
tutoring with a boy that she can barely talk to, she must face her fears and break the awkward
silence, I like this book because it is relatable to middle schoolers. My favorite part is when Pepi
Brave is about a boy named Jensen who is trying to navigate middle school one level at
a time. He faces bullies, mean friends, and evil teachers. When the newspaper crew asks him
for help, he gladly accepts. When middle school starts getting harder and more confusing,
Jensen has to decide for himself who to hang out with and who to stand up to. I really enjoyed
this book because it had lots of interesting facts and well developed characters. My favorite part
Addie Bell’s Shortcut to Growing Up by Jessica Brody, is a book about a 12 year-old girl named
Addie, who wishes she was 16. She wants her parents to let her do anything (like wear make-up
and have a phone), like how they let her older sister. But they tell her she needs to wait 4 more
years! And to make matters worse, her best friend Grace couldn’t care any less about that stuff.
Then, on the night of her twelfth birthday, Addie writes a wish to become 16 on a piece of paper
Fish in a Tree is a fictional novel written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This book is
about a girl named Ally with dyslexia who struggles in school. Her friends, Albert
and Kiesha help her in this situation and succeed with her. Even though her
teachers and others try to help, her mind is different, so her friends help her. She
wished she could be normal and can read like others, and wished she wouldn't
have to go through so much humiliation to hide this fact. She can’t read as she
