Defiance by: Valerie Hobbs

Review by Mar-Mar

This book is about a boy who has cancer, who spends his summer in a cottage. He meets an old lady that writes poems. She has a cow. Toby (main character) feeds the cow (Blossom) some Cheerios.
It was an O.K. book. It was boring until the end. At the end it gets interesting. A horrible tragedy happens to someone important to Toby.

This Gum For Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye

Review by Samar

There is a boy Chet, who is a detective at his school, well the only detective in his school. He gets this case from a boy on the school football team, Herman the Gila Monster. The case is that some of the players on the football 3 to be precise have disappeared and the coach is blaming Herman. So Herman came to Chet and told him the whole story well he grabbed Chet by the neck and told him the story. Herman also told Chet that he would pay Chet a chocolate cake for ever player that he found. Oh yeah, Chet has a partner to. She is a bird whose name is Natalie Attired. Now you have to read the book to find out more!!

Starting with Alice by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

This book is for girls. So boys, don't read it. The 1st alice book. The book is about Alice Mckinley. Her mom died when she was 4 because she had lukemia. Alice had a best friend and her name was Rosalind. She was also friends with Sara. But before she made friends she moved from Chicago where she used to live with her aunt Sally. Aunt Sally is Alice's aunt and she was Alice's mom's sister. Aunt Sally took care of Alice and her brother Lester. Sara used to have really dirty hair but then Alice and Rosalind had a bubble bath party and they washed Sara's hair and they became friends with her. but before that sara used to have no friends because she had dirty hair and she was very smart. When Alice just moved to Maryland she had no friends and her dad bought her a cat. She loved her cat.

This is a really good book and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is a really good author and there are 22 books in the Alice series. They are the best books I've ever read and they are not for boys. They are for girls.

The Outsiders by: S.E Hinton

In this book their are three brothers who are struggling, because their parents died. So, the three brothers have to live by themselves in the house. The youngest one was named Ponyboy, the middle child is named Soda Pop, and the oldest is named Dave. On the opposite side where the boys live, are the rich teens who cause trouble. Later on in the book Ponyboy almost got killed by a knife from the trouble makers. Which were the rich teens. Then later on in the book Ponyboy becomes a hero! So if you want to find out what happens next, read this book.

Claudia and the Bad Joke by: Ann M. Martin

My book is about the Baby sitters Club, and is part of the series . The club includes: Stacy, Kristy, Merry Ann, Mallory, Jessie, and Claudia. In this book, Claudia is sitting for the, EVIL PRANK MASTER-MIND, Betsy. when baby sitting, Claudia gets hurt....

I loved the book. it's HILARIOUS, I couldn't put it down, Read It Now!!!

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter

Review by sparten16ab

There's this boy named Tom that is trying to save a baseball field from being turned into a parking lot. Tom is playing against the people that are trying to buy the baseball field. Tom tries to get a team to win the baseball field and it will not be turned into a parking lot. So when this boy comes named Cruz helps the boys and girls.

What My Mother Doesn't Know by: Sonya Sones

Review by Irisha.

The main character is Sophie Stein. This was one of the best books I've ever read. It's about a girl- Sophie who is popular. She is a freshman in high school. Over the winter break when all of her friends go on vocation, Sophie's parents tell her she is not going anywhere because they can't afford it. So, she makes up a vocation for herself. She goes shopping and to the museum where she meets Robin Murphy. He is not popular, no one likes him, but Sophie does. Everyone around the school made up stuff about Robin like, for example, saying "You are such a Murphy." And that is where the great story begins.

I think it's one of the best books and I will recommend it to teenage girls! A great book!

Alice in Lace by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

While planning a wedding as part of an assignment for her 8th grade health class, Alice thinks about her father's and older brother's love lives and learns that you can not prepare for all of life's decisions. Pamela on the other hand is one of Alice's best friends. For a health class assignment she must hypothetically decide whether to get an abortion or keep the baby for 6 months.
Elizabeth is also Alice's best freinds. She is buying a new car. Throughout the book these three friends will need to make a tough decision.