10 Book Blog

1. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

I first read this book last year and I loved it. It is a very emotional book. It is about a boy who is struggling with bipolar disorder (which if you didn't know is "a disorder associated with mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs") and his girlfriend, who is still grieving the loss of her sister, and now has to deal with all of his crazy moods.

2. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter might have been the first real novel that I read. I think I started reading the first one in 3rd grade and I was addicted. I think I finished the first book in about a week and a half because I could not put it down. The series is about a boy who finds out that he is a wizard and starts going to a magical school. There, he meets Ron and Hermione who help him on his journey to defeat Voldemort, a powerful wizard who kills everyone in his path (except for Harry, who is the only person who Voldemort could not kill).



3. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

I first read the book series after a classmate recommended them to me and I really liked them. The writing and word choice is so weird and cool and they are really unique books. I like how all of the characters, despite being so different, all find a way to work together. The book series is about three children: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny who lost their parents in a fire and are being chased down by a man named Count Olaf who pretends to be a whole bunch of different people, just so he can steal the children's money.

4. Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

I read this book before the first movie came out, and read the second and third book soon after. The book follows Katniss who is a strong, confident girl who comes from a very poor village. She volunteers in the place of her sister to be in a competition called the Hunger Games where two people from each village (so there are 24 people) are put into an arena and fight each other to the death on live TV (because apparently it's entertaining to the people of the Capital).  

5. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

I first read this book after I saw the play version with my grandma. Bud, who is 10 years old, escaped from his foster home and is searching for his father. He doesn't know exactly who the man is, but he has a couple of clues that his mother left him before she died. This book is really entertaining and I think that it is defiantly worth reading. And since the book is set in 1936, it's really interesting to see how different everything was back then.

6. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

I read this book after a family member gave if to me for Christmas. Malala has a very inspirational story and I think that she did a really great job at writing this book. The book is about Malala's life, how she grew up, a little bit of her family's background, what happened when she was shot (according to her family and friends), and overall, just how she got to be where she is today.

7. I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis

I like this book series because the author puts a character into actual historic events and it’s really interesting to read about what’s going through their head when these tragic events are happening. It’s also think it's really interesting to see how different things were back then. Even if the book was set 10 years ago.

8. The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

I first read this book for a project last year and I loved it. A lot of biographies or memoirs are a little bit boring to me, but this one wasn't. The author did a good job of still going into detail about his experiences, but not making it boring (in my opinion). The memoir is set during the Holocaust when the author was 15 years old. He was the youngest person working for Oskar Schindler (who saved over 1,000 jews by having them work at his factory) and Leon was so short that he had to stand on a wooden box to do his job.

9. Divergent (Series) by Veronica Roth

I received the series as a present and read all three very quickly (and Four, which is the story of Tris's boyfriend). The plot is very similar to the Hunger Games, but with it's own special twist. The story is about a society that is split up into 5 different categories, or factions. All of the children take a test when they are 16 to determine what faction thy belong in. Beatrice's results are different. It says that she belongs in more than one faction. She is divergent. She chooses to leave her family and join a different faction, where she changes her name to Tris and meets Tobias, who falls in love with her. It is a very interesting story and I think that they are worth reading.

10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Series) by Jeff Kinney

I read the first book because my brother recommended it to me and I read all of the other ones soon after. The books are funny, silly, and they will defiantly make you feel better if you are feeling bad. The books are the "journals" of a kid in middle school (Greg) having to deal with first crushes, awkward friends, weird parents, etc. Greg is weird and awkward and the books show that perfectly. I defiantly recommend the series.

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