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    Reviewer: Julia K. and Emily N.
    Title : Please Write In This Book
    Author: Mary Amato 
    Call Number: F  AMA                                                                

    Summary: Do you want to be a snoop? Well if you do take a look into this suspenseful story. This wonderful book is about a class who writes in a journal that the teacher, Ms Wurtz, placed in the Writer’s Corner. At first it is a secret journal that nobody knows about. Until one day it starts causing trouble! A boy finds the notebook and writes a mean poem about an innocent little girl. So the girl writes something mean back. She decides to hide the journal. If you want to find out where she hides it, read Mary Amato’s Please Write in This Book.

    Why should they read it?  You should read it because it is hilarious and, you can learn some secrets. Do you like good fights? Well, if you read the book, you will get into a GREAT fight! We love it because it is funny. It involves a class, which we look forward to EVERY day!!!!! And remember, if you read it then you will love it so much, you will want to keep re-reading it for the rest of your life!!!!

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    Reviewer: Evan S.
    Title : Schooled
    Author:     Gordon Korman
    Call Number: F  KOR                                                                
    Summary: Capricorn (Cap) Anderson’s grandmother is in the hospital, so he is sent to live with a "normal" family. Along the way Cap gets elected eighth grade president, meets new friends, and gets made fun of. The story is funny. I couldn’t put it down.

    Why should they read it? You should read Schooled because the plot is funny, adventurous and heart-warming at the same time. I liked it because I sort of related to the plot and I’m sure some of my fellow students can relate to the story too. I also liked it because the characters are normal kids like us (except Capricorn). That’s why you should read Schooled. 

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     Reviewer: Rebecca K.
    Title : Scat
    Author:     Carl Hiaasen
    Call Number: F  HIA                                                                

    Summary: Scat is a book about a kid named Nick Waters and his friend Marta.  They went on this field trip to Black Vine Swamp and there were surprises in store for everyone! Some wildfire appeared, and they had to leave the swamp.  When they were leaving, a girl in their class was crying because she lost her inhaler in the woods.  So their biology teacher, Mrs. Scratch, was brave enough to go back in the woods and find the girl’s inhaler during the wildfire.  The next day, Mrs. Scratch never came back.  A month passed but still no Mrs. Scratch.  Nick and Lindsay went back to look for their teacher.  Did their teacher reappear? Or is she dead? Find out what happened!

    Why should they read it? I think you should read this book because it is full of adventures and surprises.  It was so good I could not put it down!

     

    Reviewer: Angielika B.
    Title : The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
    Author:     Lauren Barnholdt
    Call Number: F  BAR                                                               

    Summary: Devon spent her whole summer with her little sister and her grandmother.  By accident, she told her “summer friend”, Lexi, that she was really popular back home and dating Jared Bentley, only the most popular guy in school. Harmless lies, right? Wrong! Not when Lexi is standing at the front of Devon’s class, having just moved to Devon`s town. Uh-oh!

    Why should they read it? It is exciting from beginning to end! Her lies get her into trouble and I never knew what was going to happen next! It teaches a very important lesson about being honest about yourself.