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A spooky thriller, Peeled is a great book to read on an October weekend, leading up to Halloween! Hildy Biddle's looking for a story to write in her high school newspaper. She's stumped until a haunted house in the neighborhood starts to create some racket. She does all she can to write an amazing story, which then leads into some clashing with other newspapers in the town, which then leads to blackmail. But finally, the high school newspaper finds their way, with a surprise twist at the end! Joan did a great job with this book. One of my favorite parts was that she took Banesville, NY, the place that the story is in, and though it is fictional, she really makes it seem real, by adding in details like that it was in apple country, which is widespread throughout NY. She really gives attention to each individual character, and lets each of them grow. Overall, a quick read but a good read!

12-year-old Foster McFee and her mother leave Memphis in a rush with her mother’s Elvis impersonator friend, hot on their trail. Shoving whatever they can along with Foster’s baking supplies and her muffins in their Chevy, they drive for hours until they hit the small quiet town of Culpepper, West Virginia. Foster dreams of being Food Network’s first youth cook like her idol, Sonny Kroll. Foster soon realizes that she isn’t the only one in Culpepper to have a dream. She meets Macon, a short boy, who no one takes seriously. He wants to document a film in Culpepper but doesn’t have a camera. Foster’s passion for baking win the hearts of many people including Angry Wayne who agrees to partner up and sell her muffins along with his fine food; Perseverance Wilson a gardener who is selling her church to a taco fast food chain and Miss Charleena, a dramatic, retired Hollywood actress who can cook. Foster bakes to divert her thoughts from the loss of her father and the fact that she cannot read. Soon Miss Charleena discovers Foster’s secret and agrees to help Foster read only if Foster helps Miss Charleena learn how to cook. As the story progresses, Foster supports her mom to be a headliner singer instead of a backup singer and helps Miss Charleena to step out of her gloomy days and helps her get back to being an actor.

This book was amazing and the most inspiring part is when Anna spots some abuse with a child, and then later gets to meet that child for what she had done to save the girl. Joan Bauer used her writing skills, in to Tell Me.

I love this book soo much, it's very good, and in a lot of ways I'm like Emma-Rose (And just because my pic has pink and stuff, don't let that fool you. I'm just trying to look like my fave singer)

When there's a trend, don't count Babymouse out! When texting and surfing the Internet becomes all the rage, Babymouse will do everything in her power to obtain a cell phone of her very own. But when the obsession over funny animal videos, texting slang, and building up an empire of social media followers push her over the edge, can Babymouse really stick with the trends?

The “No-Neck”, fire hydrant-shaped yet graceful, loyal, chatterbox, (drum roll), Manny, is by far my most favorite character in the book. He’s been sent by the angels to help Michael in Michael’s dark times of distress. Michael knows that a world without Manny is like pizza without the cheese. If Manny weren’t there for Michael, what would become of him? They do everything together, and Manny is willing to do anything for Michael. What more could a friend want than Manny? He’s a very relatable character; you’ve probably got one of these Manny’s in your life. One reason specifically why I like Manny so much is because he’s a lot like me. We’re both huge chatterboxes and crack jokes in unnecessary situations. He’s the finishing masala to the book, which of course would never be complete with Manny. “Heat” without Manny would be a heart-wrenching tragedy story, with Michael constantly under clouds. The comedy factor combined with the drama is what makes “Heat” so special, and Manny is the definition of comedy, of course. He’ll lift his head up in the darkest of situations and is always by Michael’s side. Neither of them knows it, but deep down they are as close as brothers, Manny only being second to baseball for Michael.

This is a heart warming book. That also show that dogs known for fighting can sometimes be the sweetest, most loyal!

Little house on the prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder illustrated by Garth Willams. Laura's Ingalls family members are her two sisters baby Carrie and Mary Ma and Pa. The big woods got too crowded so Laura and her family moved to the prairie.They settled in the prairie and dad did most of the work on the house and the stable. Then eventually They saw an Indian in the distance. Then Dad builds a roof, floor, and digs a well, And of course a fireplace.Then two mean, greedy,dirty Indians robbed stuff like cornmeal and tobacco for dad’s gun, but they did not take the furs that dad is going to try to trade for a plow. Then dad goes to town and gets glass, sugar and trades the furs [ another name for coats] for a plow. Then there was an indian war cry. Then Laura's family starts to plant. Then they see a trail of indians. Then Laura and her family leave. If you like books about people's childhoods, then this is a good book to read. if you like history then choose this book.

The DragonBone Chair by Tad Williams. It’s about a boy named Seoman. His name was changed to Simon because you can only have certain names in the HayHolt. Simon's life starts in the HayHolt. He was a Scallion boy. It meant that he was a kitchen boy. He messed around a lot. He once climbed Green Angel Tower and almost fell off. He soon became Morgene the doctor’s aprintess. One day when he was messing around he went into the cellar. He saw red eyes and heard mumbling. The person was Prytes. Prytes was a priest until King John died. King John’s Elias soon became king after he attacked his brother Joshua. Joshua soon went missing. He appointed Prytes to become the king's hand. Simon had to get out of the cellar. He found a ladder to climb out of the cellar but Prytes noticed him and said, “Who’s there?” Simon looks at Prytes between the floorboards and Prytes looks at him. He ran to a different room and between the floorboards and saw Joshua. He quickly runs to Morgene to get help. They soon help Joshua escape. Late at night Prytes comes with an army of men. Prytes breaks the door down and then Morgene makes a fire spell. He tells Simon to go out to his underground door. Simon soon escapes and now he starts to walk to nail fort. He walked to the forest and saw a pit trap. There was a sitha inside. Simon helped the Sitha out but then a logger came. The sitha shot a white arrow and left. The logger runs away to find the sitha. Simon picks up the white arrow just as a little man comes, his name is Binakik. He comes from the trollfell mountains. He and Simon become friends as they walk to nail fort. They found a girl named Marya. They walked and walked. They soon come to an abandoned sitha city. Binakik gets shot by an arrow by a man. Simon had to carry Binakik through the abandoned city. He soon finds a safe spot in the city and get’s Binakik’s cane. It had a knife in the bottom part of it. Simon and Marya cut the arrow out of Binakik. They soon walk to Nail fort at night. In the morning, Simon had to go to the person that owns Nail Fort. It was Joshua! Joshua had found the book called The Wry Of The Swords. In the back it had a poem. They had to find the 3 greatswords. The greatswords names are called Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. Joshua wants Simon to go on a quest to find Thorn. They have to have all three swords to win the war. I recommend this book for extreme fantasy readers and adventure readers because of all the action and magic in it. It is more on the longer side so I recommend this book for 6th to 8th graders.

"Upside down magic" by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins tells a story about a young girl named Nory. At first, Nory was in her class doing her normal upside-down stuff when suddenly her teacher announced that there is a show that you can show your talent. Nory told all her friends. They had to make a idea and a plan for the talent show. Nory and her friends finally made a plan, most of the kids were going to do music, Nory was going to use her magic and turn into a flamingo and so Pepper doesn´t scare Nory away she is going to pause her magic. The show finally was here, after seeing some of the people´s talents, someone blew up the piano and they were up next! They went on stage worried as ever who knows what will happen next!