The Wonder of Charlie Anne

The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Newton Fusco

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really liked Charlie Anne. Her mother died a year before and the only peace she feels is when she is talking to her mother at her grave site. Now, her father and oldest brother are going north to build roads during the Depression. Their demanding cousin Mirabel has come to take care of her and her two sisters and younger brother while their father is away. But slowly Charlie Anne finds peace when Mr. Jolly across the road takes a new wife along with her daughter. Together they cross racial line to mend the hearts of some people.



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Cinderella Cleaners Series

Prep Cool by Maya Gold

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


What a fun book. Maddy loves these books because they are a fun and easy reads. Eighth grader Diana works at her father's dry cleaning business, Cinderella Cleaners, after school. Sometimes she gets herself into situations that cause her to borrow some of the clothes being cleaned to use as disguises. Diana gets into some sticky situations but somehow works her way out of them.
Great for reluctant tween readers-especially girls.



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Matched

Matched by Ally Condie




I have taken this book home at least three times and I am so glad that I finally read it. This book is about a utopian society 70 years in the future. The society provides everything for you including the best marital match. What happens when the society makes a mistake that isn't really a mistake-who do you marry then. By the way, don't cross the society or you could end up in the farmlands or worse-the outer provinces.

I am looking forward to book 2. It is on reserve.



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All These Things I've Done

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. It is hard to imagine chocolate being something that is illegal, but store your favorite chocolate in the closet because by the end of the twenty first century is a street drug. Only Grandma remembers a time when chocolate was ooey gooey fun and not mafia business. Now her grand daughter has to find out who poisoned the chocolate, and stop herself from falling in love with the DA's charming son while saving her brother from the clutches of mafia wannabes. It's all good fun.



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Chocolate Fever

Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Adam really liked this book. It was short and fun. Adam claims he doesn't like to read and he is a tough critic. If a book doesn't catch him immediately he won't read it, but this one passed his test. Any kid who loves chocolate will be able to relate to the main character who wants to eat chocolate for all meals and snacks, until he comes down with a case of chocolate spots. The ending has a bit of a Charlie and Chocolate Factory feel to it. A great choice for 7-10 year old boy or girl who is reluctant to read.



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Paper Towns

Paper Towns by John Green




Margo Roth Spiegelman you are making me crazy. I liked the characters and their friendships, even the teen boy with the raging hormones who somehow got the cute girl. I didn't enjoy Q's obsession with Margo-maybe love cannot be explained, but come on...



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Okay for Now

http://jennifer-storytimelady.blogspot.com/Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I loved everything about this book. He is able to make lemonade out of a lot of very sour lemons. He has to fight against his jaded view of the world, because his dad is a jerk, to realize there are some really great people looking out for him.



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Along for the Ride

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Even though I am old-I can still relate to the 17 year old character in this book. Really, reading young adult books makes me feel like a teenager, of course until my kids start demanding dinner. Anyway, Auden heads to the beach to spend the summer with her dad, his young wife and new baby. Auden is a late bloomer but no fear there is a cute boy in the town who is willing to help her on her quest to do all the things a 17 year old should do or should have done already. It is a sweet, clean story. My mom would approve because there are not pages of x-rated stuff.



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