Karma Bites By Kramer Thomas
I really liked this because it was about a girl in middle school. And how she makes a mess and has to clean it up. It was also very funny.
—T.M. (age 11)
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
It was interesting to see a kid taking care of his sister and working with the situation. HE didn’t like Alcatraz but he didn’t trouble his parents about this.
—T.M. (age 11)
Last Sacrifice by Rachel Mead
The last book in the Vampire Academy series where Rose and Dimitri get back together and Liza becomes queen and they live happily ever after.
—N.D. (age 13)
Blood Promise by Rachel Mead
The secret to the last book in the Vampire Academy series where Dimitri is turned back to a Shampair (sp?) by Liza.
—N.D. (Age 13)
Stunning by Sara Shepard
In the 11th book of the Pretty Little Liars series…
-Emily Fields, who had just had a baby is reconnecting with the baby’s father Isaac, and is debating whether or not to tell him about their baby girl, Violet, who had been put up for adoption.
-Aria Montgomery discovers that her boyfriend’s father is a drag queen. She thinks he doesn’t know, so it ends up breaking them up. Luckily, her boyfriend had already known, and once Aria tells him she was just trying to protect him, they get back together.
-Spencer Hastings is trying to get into an Eating Club at Princeton, but “A” sneaks drugs into her brownies, sending everyone to the hospital, and Spencer banned from the Eating Club.
-Hanna Marin is spying on her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, trying to win him back. Fortunately after realizing how much Hanna still cares about him, they get back together.
Meanwhile, a woman named Gayle is after Emily, because Emily had promised her baby to her in exchange for $50,000 cash, but Emily decided to instead give her baby to another family. Emily had given the cash back, by leaving it in Gayle’s mailbox, but A took it out, leaving Gayle thinking that Emily had stolen the money. Also, Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna had murdered Tabitha Clark, and Gayle ends up being Tabitha’s stepmother.
—L.R.
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Teh second book in the Vampire Academy series where Rose decapitates her first Strigoi and watches her best friend die while facing serious heartbreak with her mentor.
—N.D. (age 13)
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
The third book in the Vampire Academy series is where Lisa is connecting with another spirit user and spending an unusual amount of time with him instead of her boyfriend. When Rose goes into a well full of Strigoi. She is horrified to find that …has turned Strigoi!
—N.D. (age 13
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
The third mission that Alex Rider is one of his hardest because he is going undercover to find a criminal who just purchased a bomb.
—N.D. (age 13)
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The first adventure that Alex Rider will fix going after a criminal mastermind that wants to poison millions of people with the push of a button.
—N.D. (age 13)
Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
The story of a street boy who stole to survive until he met a wizard name Nevery and together they save the city they reside in.
—N.D. (age 13)