This summer my library — the Adair County Public Library in Kirksville, Missouri — changed the policy on children and youth materials. You can check out up to 15 items at a time from the children and youth section, and while they still have due dates, they no longer charge late fees. My mom had…
Category: Sixth Grade
Magyk By: Angie Sage
Magyk By: Angie Sage I read this book with one of my classes. It was really good! I am currently on the last book in the series. Magyk is about a family called the Heaps. The are just a normal family who lives in The Ramblings, a tall building with lots of rooms with…
Pi in the Sky By: Wendy Mass
Pi in the Sky By: Wendy Mass The Adair County Public Library is doing a Summer Reading Program. This year it is outer space theme, so they had an outer space display with a bunch of space books. I grabbed Pi in the Sky because it was fiction, (I love fiction), and it seemed interesting….
Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy) By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Chains By: Laurie Halse Anderson This is a historical fiction book. It takes place in the Revolutionary War. Chains is about two sisters, Isabel and Ruth. Their mom died. They are free, but somebody believes that they belong to him. They are sold and go to a new place. They end up with a…
Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday By: Rachel Renee Russell
Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday By: Rachel Renee Russell I really like the Dork Diaries series. This is number 13 in the series, and it is REALLY good! I always wonder in a series if I need to start on number one or if I can just read the book. In this series…
The Magic Misfits By: Neil Patrick Harris
The Magic Misfits By: Neil Patrick Harris My friend Audrey recommended The Magic Misfits to me, so I bought a copy. She was right; it is really good. The Magic Misfits is about a boy named Carter. He lives with his uncle, who takes his ability to do magic tricks, and uses it to…
The Stars Beneath Our Feet By David Barclay Moore
The Stars Beneath Our Feet By: David Barclay Moore This book was really good when I read it. I read this right after I moved, so I was so busy moving I hadn’t had the chance to read in a while. The Stars Beneath Our Feet is about a boy named Lolly. His brother…
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Elijah of Buxton By: Christopher Paul Curtis This book is historical fiction. It is a really good book. Elijah of Buxton is about an African-Canadian boy who was born free in Canada. This book takes place during slavery. Elijah was the first child to be born free in Buxton and is really good at chunking…
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games series is an AMAZING series. There are three books in the series, and I am currently reading the second and have the third checked out from the library as well because the first was so good. I couldn’t put it down. The Hunger Games is about…
The Mighty Miss Malone By Christopher Paul Curtis
The Mighty Miss Malone By: Christopher Paul Curtis I enjoyed this book a lot when I was reading it. It was amazing. This book is historical fiction. I didn’t know very much about The Great Depression and know I know a lot more. The Mighty Miss Malone is about an African-American girl, Deza, living…
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