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All titles on this site are APPROVED for RISING 6th and RISING 7th grade summer reading.
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This book is about a former child laborer who started freeing other children who were sent to child labor. After he escapes twice from his master at the carpet factory, he sends police to the factory to put the master in jail. He then goes to the headquarters of the bonded liberation front and starts working there to free enslaved children. I think this is a great book because it has a lot of conflict and suspense.
IQBAL (120 Pages)
By, Collin M.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
272 pages
And Then There Were None I thought was one of the best mystery books I have ever read.You could never find out who was causing everyone to die on the mysterious island.Ten strangers are invited to an island to stay.Every couple of days someone of the group of people dies.They keep dying until there is one person left.The last person hags herself and then there were none.The police never find the serial killer who killed the strangers.
Bryce Fortner
Ethan-The Place of Lions, by Eric Campbell, 208 pages.
A truly wonderful book that will keep you from putting it down and keep you thinking. Shows the true side of Africa and also that animals are not mindless or painless but that they are still a part of this world no matter how much we industrialize it. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fast-paced books or books that you never know what will happen next.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
272 pages
And Then There Were None I thought was one of the best mystery books I have ever read.You could never find out who was causing everyone to die on the mysterious island.Ten strangers are invited to an island to stay.Every couple of days someone of the group of people dies.They keep dying until there is one person left.The last person hags herself and then there were none.The police never find the serial killer who killed the strangers.
Bryce Fortner
Davis Lupold
Book Review of the Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief is an adventure book about Percy Jackson a young boy that has gotten kicked out of a lot of boarding schools because of his temper and bad grades. He finds out that very strange things have been happening to him. And when he goes to an ancient Greek Museum a monster attacks him. His English teacher tells him that he is a demy god, a human son of a god; he goes to a camp for demy gods called camp half blood. Je soon finds out there that he is the son of Poiseidon the god of the sea. Then something is stolen from Zeus and he blames Percy so he has to find out how did it with some help of his friends. Will he find it? You will have to read to find out. This book is a great and fast read for the summer. The book is 375 pages.
Davis Lupold
Book Review of the Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief is an adventure book about Percy Jackson a young boy that has gotten kicked out of a lot of boarding schools because of his temper and bad grades. He finds out that very strange things have been happening to him. And when he goes to an ancient Greek Museum a monster attacks him. His English teacher tells him that he is a demy god, a human son of a god; he goes to a camp for demy gods called camp half blood. Je soon finds out there that he is the son of Poiseidon the god of the sea. Then something is stolen from Zeus and he blames Percy so he has to find out how did it with some help of his friends. Will he find it? You will have to read to find out. This book is a great and fast read for the summer. The book is 375 pages.
Jeb Bemiss
DIE TRYING by: Bo Parfet (256 pages)
Die trying is a novel written by a mountaineer about his efforts to conquer the seven summits. Bo Parfet describes in great detail his childhood and each of his expiditions. He gives a brief overview of the proper climbing pictures and provides stunning pictures of some of the worlds highest peaks. Bo starts as an inexpierienced climber just trying to get away from his job but ends up getting involved with many experienced climbers who want to attempt the quest of the seven summits with him. After Bo’s hard training and many attempts, he finally conquers his quest. ***** *****
Hunter Reinhart – HARRIS AND ME – Gary Paulsen – 168 pages – I loved this book because it was funny and had many adventures in the same book. It is in the Civil War and a kid from the city has to live with his cousins in the country. He and his cousin are about the same and for the summer they have to live together and work together. They started to like each other and started to have adventures. They had adventures with some of the animals and with a rooster. This book was one of my favorites and it was very funny.
John - ELEPHANT RUN – Roland Smith – 336 pages
Elephant Run’s setting is Burma during World War II. A boy named Nick is sent to Burma from England by his mother to be safe from the war. This isn’t a very good choice because the Japanese take over his dad’s elephant plantation and he is put to work. An old monk has a plan to get him out of the plantation and out of the country with his friend Mya, but they were going to have to be very careful and sneaky. The book was very exciting and is worth reading.
Will B.-PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY-Ridley Pearson & Dave Barry-528 pages
When James, a childhood friend of Molly’s, comes to visit her, he has bad news. After spying on the prince’s advisor and right hand man, Baron von Schatten, he realizes that von Schatten is being possessed. Lord Ombra, a figure who can take peoples’ shadows is back. Ombra is the leader of the Others, a group who tries to collect valuable starstuff that is powerful enough to do unthinkable evil in the wrong hands. When Wendy, Molly’s daughter, finds that James, her mother and her father have disappeared, it is up to her to find Peter, a flying boy, and save England. Can they do it?
Zebulon Vance Gordon the third-THE DEMON KING-Cinda Williams Chima 512 pages
The Demon King is a book of action, adventure, fantasy, and romance tied in. The main character Hans is a poor kid who has given up his life on the streets for a simple home. When one day the princess of the seven realms is captured by him his life is changed forever. He must escaped evil guards, street lords, wizard kings, and his old sweetheart. With his friend, Fire Dancer, they discover stuff about themselves that they would never have guessed.
Mac - THE MISSING MANATEE- Cynthia DeFelice- 192 page
The Missing Manatee is a wonderful book about fishing and mystery. Skeet Waters is living with his divorced mom in a town where they are crazy about tarpon fishing. One day when Skeet was out in his boat, he saw a dead manatee floating in the water. He goes to the sheriff to report that a manatee has been killed. They go back to see the manatee but it is gone. Meanwhile, Skeet wants to get his parents back together. W ill Skeet be able to make them a family again? Can Skeet find out who killed the innocent manatee?
Ryan Longood – THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY – Trenton Lee Stewart – 512 pages
This book is about an orphaned boy who goes through a series of mind-bending and mysterious tests. Many bizarre things go on throughout his journey, including meeting a motley team of kids like him.
This was an amazing book! It keeps you on the edge of your seat, with a lot of mysterious action going on. This is a very heavy mystery book, and you can figure out much of the plot if you pay attention to minute details. However, there is a ton of action going on at the same time. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery book.
Pierce SCAT Carl Hiaasen 384 pages
This year I read the book Scat. It was written by Carl Hiaasen, who has also written Hoot and Flush . This is about a boy and a mysterious mystery involving his teacher. The boy’s name is Nick. Nick lives in Florida. Nick and his friend Marta go on a journey to save a panther in the wild. Nick, Marta, Smoke a boy at their school, and their teacher all help to save the baby Panther they find. They save their baby panther by giving it back to it’s mom.
Alec Hale-JAGUAR-Roland Smith 256 pages
This book is about a 14-year old boy named Jacob Lansa, whose father is a wildlife biologist whose job takes him to Brazil to study jaguars. They meet his ‘uncle’ who is also a wildlife biologist. Though it seems like all fun and games, some other people trying to find jaguars and kill them for their fur coats. The people first explode Jacob’s boat and severely injure his ‘uncle’. Jacob finds out more about his family in this heart-pounding adventure that keeps you turning the pages. I highly recommend this book for you to read along with other Roland Smith books.
Pierce SCAT Carl Hiaasen 384 pages
This year I read the book Scat. It was written by Carl Hiaasen, who has also written Hoot and Flush . This is about a boy and a mysterious mystery involving his teacher. The boy’s name is Nick. Nick lives in Florida. Nick and his friend Marta go on a journey to save a panther in the wild. Nick, Marta, Smoke a boy at their school, and their teacher all help to save the baby Panther they find. They save their baby panther by giving it back to it’s mom.
Connor – HOOT – Carl Hiaasen – 292 pages
HOOT is a very good book and is great if you love the environment. Roy Eberhardt is the kid in town at Trace Middle School. He and his family have just moved again and this time it’s to the last place a Montana boy would love to be, Coconut Grove, Florida. School, like every kid, is his worst nightmare. He and Dana Matherson, the school bully, get to a full on war and causes Roy to fear his life not only at school, but on the treacherous bus ride in which the bus driver is clueless about the trouble a few rows behind him. On the bus ride one day Roy sees a barefoot boy running next to the bus. The Roy’s eyes can’t leave the strange boy and is very curious. Later, Roy meets this strange boy and ends up getting thrown into a cause that goes against a big business to try to stop the destruction of little burrowing owls before they get destroyed. Will he do it or not. I’ll let you find out.
Benny Bencks TANGERINE: Edward Bloor
320 pages
Tangerine is a book about a kid named Paul who moves to Tangerine County, Florida from Houston. Tangerine County is weirder than it looks. The place where Paul lives is built on tangerine trees that have been burned down. There is an afternoon thunderstorm EVERY day causing a muck fire that burns forever. A sinkhole at Paul’s school causes Paul to move to another school where he plays soccer. Paul meets some people and helps them in their tangerine farm and they become friends. Paul’s brother Arthur and Paul and his friend get in a little fight. What will happen Arthur Bauer’s football dream and Paul and his friends??
Malcolm Ilnicky – FLUSH – Carl Hiaasen – 272 Pages
If you are looking for a good book, then you should try reading Flush. It is an exciting book about a dad who keeps getting put in jail for trying to bust Dusty Muleman for dumping sewage into Thunder Beach. His son, Noah is tired of him always being in jail, so he and his younger sister Abbey come up with a devious plan to bust him once and for all. They get a little help from a lady name Shelley, who got them onto the Coral Queen, Dusty’s boat. Their plan involved a lot of bottles of fuchsia colored dye, and to flush some toilets. They poured the dye into the toilets and flushed it down so that the next day the water of Thunder Beach would be pink. Their plan was foolproof, or was it...
Chico – LORD OF THE FLIES – William Golding – 256 pages
The Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of English boys who crash land on an island. The island is deserted and there are no people in sight. Ralph is soon voted in as the leader for the group of English boys. However, a large group of choir boys want to hunt and are soon dissatisfied with their leadership. This book is a great book filled with action, excitement, and the symbolism of human nature. This is a great book and I would recommend it to anybody between 6th and 10th grade.
Jack Hodgson ~Sea of Monsters ~Rick Riordan ~304 pages
This book was about a boy named Percy Jackson who went to a boarding school in New York. Percy is a half-blood. That is a person whose parent is a god. Percy is always getting attacked by monsters unless he is at a special camp. I did not like this book. I didn’t like it because it was very similar to the first Percy Jackson book. It was also very predictable. I could guess what was going to come next, most of the time. I like it, but it was too much like the first one.
Pierce Walmsley – ZACH’S LIE – Roland Smith – 224
Zach’s Lie is a book about a boy named Jack whose father was caught drug trafficking. Jack was then put in the Witness Protection Program and has his whole life changed, including his name, which is now Zach. He moves to a new city, and goes to a new school. He makes only one or two friends, but he is still trying to hide from the guys trying to find him and his family. It turns out it has hard to keep his mouth closed. This was the best book I read this year.
David—TANGERINE—Edward Bloor—220 pages
Tangerine by Edward Bloor was a very good book in my opinion. Anyone in the 4th through 7th grade who likes sports (especially soccer) or books where the main character has a disadvantage (his vision is severely impaired) but still manages to pull through should definitely read this book. The main character, Paul Fisher, is used to moving for his father’s work. This time, he is moving to Florida to live in a gated community. Life goes on pretty much as normal, with Paul playing on the soccer team, and his brother showing off on the school football team. Paul continues to make friends and search for the truth of what really happened in his early childhood to impair his vision.
Jack Girerd
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
Rick Riordon-375pgs
The Lightning Thief is a fast pace action book. If you like Greek mythology this is the book for you. It is about a half blood who supposedly stole Zeus’s thunderbolt. T he world is in his hands. He must travel across the country searching for the real lightning thief. He has two friends ,Grover and Annabeth, who help him with his quest. According to the prophecy a good friend will betray him.
Ben Vaeth
THE LAST OLYMPIAN
Rick Riordan 400 pages
The Gods and half-bloods have been preparing for a battle against Kronos’s army. The chances that the Gods and half-bloods will win is slim because Kronos and his army is more powerful than ever. Percy Jackson, the leader of the half-bloods, has to face Kronos. Percy is the one that will either save the Gods or destroy them. His friend, Annabeth, and his dad, Poseidon, help him along his journey of defeating Kronos. Lives are lost, betrayals will happen, but in the end Percy will come through.
Flush – Carl Hiaasen
$$$ - Mason Bailey - $$$
Flush is a great novel for anyone; It is about a family trying to bust the local casino boat owner who is supposedly dumping waste into the bay. The main characters are Noah, a young man who has no fear and will stop for nothing to conquer his goals. His father who is very enthusiastic about the environment and escaped from the county jail for sinking the casino boat, and his sister who is very curious and likes to help wither asked or not. The book is very engaging and not to long and I recommend it for everyone.
Reece H – MILLION DOLLAR THROW-Mike Lupica-256 pages
Overall I liked this book. This book is about a boy named Nate Brodie. He is a very good quarterback. His life is not going too great. His dad and mom have to work two jobs to have enough money. Their family is on the verge of losing their house. His best friend Abby is going blind. Despite everything going on around him, he is getting good grades in school, and he is the star of his football team. He signs up to be able to make a million dollar throw. Does he win the contest? If so does he make it? Read and you’ll find out.
Reece Holleran
ICE DRIFT-Theodore Taylor 240pgs
Jack Trunick
Ice Drift is a good book. It is about Alika, the main character, and his little brother Sulu, also main character. Alika and Sulu are out hunting, then the ice block they are fishing on breaks and they are out to sea alone. Alika and Sulu have to work together as brothers to survive in the harsh, northern conditions. Their family gets worried, especially their mom. With a determined mom trying to save them, will Alika and Sulu survive?
The Red Pyramid
By: Rick Riordan(528 pages)
I may not have read the whole book, but my first impressions of this book are very impressive. This book reminds me a lot of the Percy Jackson series, which is also by Rick Riordan. It is like the Percy Jackson series because they are both about mythology, except the Percy Jackson series is about Greek Mythology, and The Red Pyramid is about Egyptian mythology. The book has two main characters, who switch off narrating the story, which makes the story much more interesting. I won’t give away much of the story, but what I will say is that it keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Freak the Mighty
Sam Cain- Rodman Philbrick
Review on the book
Freak the Might is a very good book because it has many good and bad people and big adventures. I liked how Max (the main character) has problems in his life other than the main problem. The cool thing about the book was that Freak had a heart problem and was short; this made it Freak the Might because of a small kid and a big kid. Freak the Mighty is a very good book and I highly recommend that you read this book, and if you liked it like I did, then you should read the sequel!
H.I.V.E.: The Higher Institute of Villainous Education ~Ian Wolff
320 pages, by Mark Walden
HIVE, is one of the best action/suspense books I have read in my life! The mysteries in the book keep you guessing, and the action packed adventures pull you into the story. The main character, Otto, is such an amazing character that it would be a struggle not to wish you could have been his friend. If they ever decide to make a movie, I would be the very first one in line to see it.
HURRICANE GOLD- Charlie Higson -384 pages
by Riley Varner
Hurricane Gold is a story about young James Bond and is the 4th book in the series. This story is very fast paced and has a great storyline. When James is visiting his friend’s aunt is Mexico James is left at the house with the servant and some kids. A hurricane hits and a group of thieves come to steal what is in the safe that James friend has. The thieves take James and the kids hostage and take them to Lagrimas Negras, the thieve island. The evil leader is names El Huracon and hates James. This story ends with an exciting climax and is the best book in the series so far.
Cab Tavenner- HEROES, GODS AND MONSTERS OF THE GREEK MYTHS –Bernard Evslin-224
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths is a book all about Greek mythology. I didn’t really enjoy the book because it seemed like Bernard Evslin tried to stuff everything about Greek mythology into your head. Each chapter was like a segment of each different event that happened in Greek mythology. It has a chapter for each of the major characters in Greek mythology. The book confused me also because at different times of the book, the author would refer to a time really far back in the book. I also don’t enjoy mythology and it just made it more confusing for me to understand Greek mythology.
Ned Tazewell- THE MISSING MANATEE- By Cynthia DeFelice- It is 192 pages
This book is a mysterious fast paced book about a boy sees a dead manatee with a bullet hole. He leaves for a day and then when he comes back it is not there anymore and he starts to realize someone killed it and then dragged it away. He goes fishing and all the fun turns into a mysterious work and he turns very curious about a friend. Then when he talks to the firend about it and everything turns out wrong.
Luke Slyder- Ender’s Game- 384
Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. It is about a child genius, Ender, who has been selected to go to battle school, the military school in space that is made to train geniuses such as Ender to become efficient commanders to help protect the human race against the buggers, an insect-like intelligent race that suddenly invaded earth and began to slaughter the human race, twice. As Ender undergoes the rigorous testing and training of battle school, he realizes that what should be a safe environment is fraught with peril. While Ender struggles to tell friend from foe, the teachers struggle to understand the how Ender thinks. And all the while, the buggers continue to swarm, colonizing and growing stronger and stronger. I would recommend this book for people with patient and analytical minds, with the time to sit down and enjoy the complex plot of this book.
J.Hunter Dabney Holes (233pages)
Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats(same thing forward as backwards) and his family are under a curse thanks to his no good dirty pig stealing great great grandfather. In the beginning Stanley accidently steals a basket players shoes and he gets sent to a juvenile camp that makes him dig holes all day from dawn till dusk. It is a great book and I recommend it for all audiences and this book will keep you happy.
SUMMER BALL (272)Stephen McCray: Summer Ball is a suspense packed book that continues Danny’s adventures as a basketball player from Travel Team. Danny, a small basketball point guard, always was used to being the best basketball player in his city. But when he and his friends go off to a competitive basketball camp away from home, he needs to adjust his game to fit in. At the end of camp, there is always a basketball tournament, but he goes up against a bully basketball star. Can he and his team win another championship?
Joey Cuevas –THE BIG FIELD– Mike Lupica 272 pages
The Big Field is a book about baseball and the challenges it brings in life and on the field. Hutch the main character loves shortstop, but he is playing second because of another player playing there named Darryl who is really good at baseball. Hutch’s team is trying to get to the championship but not only his team but hutch himself faces many challenges along the way. I would definitely recommend this book if you like to read sport books and family together.
Alec Handy-The Battle of the Labyrinth-Rick Riordan-384 p.
The Battle of the Labyrinth is the 4th book in the incredibly popular Percy Jackson series. It, like all the others, is a very fast-paced action story. He goes to Camp Half-Blood, where he learns that Luke is trying to sneak into camp through a maze called the Labyrinth. He then gets a quest with Annabeth, Tyson, and Grover to go into the Labyrinth to find Daedalus to find out the Labyrinth’s secrets. The Labyrinth is always changing, twisting, turning. Space-time is messed up there. They soon get lost, and call upon the help of the mortal girl, Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Will they find Daedalus before Luke? If they don’t, Luke would be able to navigate through the Labyrinth freely with Kronos’s army – to anywhere, anytime…
The Blind Side by: Michael Lewis
The Blind Side is a true story about a teenage boy who lives in Mississippi named Michael Oher who lived in the ghetto with a mother on drugs and a father who was thrown off a bridge and killed. The Tuohy family, a rich family that also lives in Mississippi is driving down a road when they find Michael walking down the side of the road at night in freezing weather with only a polo shirt. Michael is a new kid at high school enrolled by his once-alive father. Michael starts at the football team as a linebacker. Overall this book is very interesting and I highly recommend it.
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