For Reading Emergencies!

Carley Conners is having a tough time. She grew up in Las Vegas and now she lives the Murphys, her foster family. The Murphys have 3 sons, Daniel, Adam, and Michael Eric. At first, Carley can’t wait to go back to her mother, who is not doing well in the hospital, and get away from the Murphys! Finally when she decides she likes the Murphys and makes a new best friend, Toni, her mother wants Carley to visit her in the hospital and everything changes.

This book is written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The Classroom is a novel that includes pictures in it.  It is about a boy named Trevor who is having trouble making it through the beginning of middle school and making new friends.  I recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic fiction or illustrations in novels.  Also, The Classroom has things that some people may have gone through like making new friends in middle school or being bullied.  The Classroom is filled with seriousness and humor all at the same time.  This book is really good for anyone in middle school or elementary school who is interested in realistic fiction.

Soccerland is written by Beth Choat. The only reason I memorized the author’s name is because I kept looking at it on the cover, wondering how someone could create such a masterpiece. Soccerland was just that good. It is about a girl named Flora Dupre, who lives in Northern Maine, but without her mother, who died of cancer just 2years before. She is in 8th grade and is a very talented and very passionate soccer player. She and she coach have been trying for months to get her invited to an ID camp, where they will evaluate your skills and pick players to be on their U-15 team. If you get on that team, you have a better shot of playing for the US Women’s National team, like Flora promised her mother she would do on the day she died. Flora gets invited to the camp and is thrilled. She can almost taste her dream, when on the first day, she realizes that she is not the only good player there. There are 99 other girls who want the same thing she does. Flora has to fight to hold on to her promise to her mother, all the while, dealing with stuck up bullies, a really cute guy, finding friends, a family crisis, and a frustrating coach.

So, what would YOU do if you we’re fighting for a nearly (it seems like) impossible dream???????

This book is in different people’s view. For example the first part of the book is in August’s point of view. There are eight parts to the book. If I had to rate this book from one to ten I would say ten because I could not put it down. I read for hours! The main character in this book is August he is deformed on his face. August goes by Auggie most of the time in the book. You should read this book because it might change how you look at other people.