Alice Parker's Metamorphosis is about Alice who thinks she is just a regular girl until she goes though some strange conditions like a hot and itchy back, but when those stop she gets wings! Her species is called Finwip; people think of them as fairies. When her stepbrother tells her that her grandpa is one but it skipped a generation, she realizes that she has big secret. The next day she goes to an underground village that has more Finwips! Even though she is a young Finwip they put pressure on her by sending her on a mission. She has to rescue a very important person.
Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices is an anthology centered around, as the title suggests, life between cultures. The collection includes everything from a young Asian-American trying to be "uber-asian" in order to fit in, to a geeky black student struggling against the negative image of affirmative action. The stories are written in prose and poetry, and the book even includes a comic. Throughout the ten stories, the various authors present a picture of modern race relations, stereotypes, and the art of fitting in.
The book that I am reviewing is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I liked this book a lot. The maturity level is very high. I would say that a mature 7th grader might be able to read this book.
Annie begins her summer with a lie. She writes her wishes for summer for a class assignment with three lies because she knows her real wishes can't come true. She really wants to get tall, have an adventure, and meet her dad. According to Gran, Annie and Rew's dad was killed by an angry man and their mom dumped them off when they were very young. They live in the small town of Sunshine with a population of 2,000. Adventures seem to be very hard to find in their small town.
‘Kid Docs’ is a program at Westley Hospital where children are identified at very young ages whether they have the potential to become doctors and then are taught to become super-doctors. The story is about Doctor Connor Hansen, a ten year old emergency room doctor, and his experiences with patients and fellow doctors. Follow Connor as he deals with the uncertainties of his first relationship with obstetrician Cassie, conflict with his friend, emergency room Doctor Hannah, and the family drama between his surgeon brother, Alex, and father, Dr Mark Hansen.
Straight-laced Anne Parsons lives a very strict life and is afraid of school bullies. Anne befriends the offbeat and fun Halloween Spavento, who seems to have magical powers for everything, including scaring the bullies away. Halloween starts to attend the public school with Anne, and together, they are free from the school bullies, at least for a while.
Renzo is a seemingly normal boy living in Victorian Venice with his Mother and sister, his father having died a little while ago. He is training to be a glass blower apprentice., Rght now though he is only a glass blower assistant. He wil only become an apprentice after he passes a test. He is also not supposed to be practicing in the glass blowers shop, so he has to practice in secret. At night in the shop he meets the bird people. The bird people are a group of people that come to Venice because they were rejected from all the other places they been.
Sadie is a responsible, basketball-playing, job-holding high school junior. She has a boyfriend, and loves spending time with her three year old niece. Her life is torn apart, however, when she gives two men a ride to a convenience store- and gets arrested for dealing pot.
In order to keep her older sister out of jail, and her niece out of foster care, Sadie pleads guilty to the charges despite her innocence. She gets sent to a juvenile detention center for six months, where she meets other minors accused and convicted of serious crimes.
Vampyre kisses is a book about a girl named Faith. Faith seems very satisfide with her normal life, but what Faith really wants is more excitement in her life. When Faith meets a strange guy named Trent everything about her changes. She is now learning about the hidden world of vampires, warewolfs and more. Faith has learned that she is the last witch left. As she grows to learn about her new powers she finds out that she can help restore her witch line. Faith is now learning everything she can in a short amount of time with danger lurking everywhere .
