Grandmaster by David Klass overall, is a pretty good book. I think this one would suit the ‘outcast’ in the class, but I can see some students being disenchanted by how overly serious and competitive the characters get throughout the novel. This novel follows the main character Daniel Pratzer over the course of […]
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Hello my lovelies, today I am reviewing Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. This was recommended to me by a few people and I can see why! A bit more of a modern take to a classic coming-out story, this book follows Simon as he interacts with an online boy going
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This is an absolutely amazing book! The story is from the main character Bobby’s point of view and it follows his group of four friends as they take on student council elections in seventh grade. Each of these characters seems to represent someone you can easily connect with as the reader. Bobby is an overweight
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The Ghosts of War (The true story of a 19-year-old GI) by Ryan Smithson This is an AMAZING book. I would highly recommend this to any classroom library, and encourage its use as a class read aloud for grade 5+, or as an independent book study for those in grade 7+. The only reason I
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The Berlin Boxing club is an amazing book about a young Jewish boy during Hitler’s rise to power. The main character is Jewish, although he admits he doesn’t look Jewish and was raised by parents who don’t follow religion. He has a younger sister who ‘looks’ Jewish and they are very close. His father, a
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I was really looking forward to this book, and I think that’s why after reading it i’m feeling a little underwhelmed. The potential for a great story, The Program is about a futuristic society where depression and suicide is at an all time high in teenagers and has been declared an epidemic. The story follows
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Eric Walters is a well known and good author for middle school books, and this book is no different. Bifocal follows two students: one, a white football star; the other a Muslim geek. This book offers a unique dual perspective of the same events. The book begins when a student at the school is arrested
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