THE CANDYMAKERS- author: WENDY MASS

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Four, 12 year old kids; Logan Sweet, Miles O’Leary, Daisy Carpenter and Phillip Ransford III, will compete in the biggest candy competition in the country.

Logan grew up in the Life Is Sweet candy factory and is the Candymaker’s son. Even though he grew up in the factory, he won’t have a head start.

Miles is very shy, but very eager to get inside the Life is Sweet candy factory and take a peek at the wonders beyond the doors.

Phillip shows up at the factory door in a suit and tie acting like a snotty rich kid who does whatever he wants. His goal is to win, but his cocky attitude may hold him back.

Daisy, the most mysterious of the four, holds secrets even the reader can’t know until the end. Her sweet, enthusiastic attitude helps to keep these secrets safe from the other contestants.

Read the book and discover the secrets that hide inside their lives and who will win the candy competition!

 

 

 

– Ava

Percy Jackson And The Olympians- author: Rick Riordan

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Percy Jackson has been seeing “weird” things his whole life, but on a field trip in sixth grade, things go a bit over the top and suddenly he begins to wonder who he really is. His crazy teacher, Mrs. Dodds? Those knitting ladies on the side of the road? For a while, he has more answers than questions, until even his mother recognizes that it is time for Percy to learn the truth.

Percy is a demi-god.

Percy, helped by his friend- Grover, reaches the only place safe for demi-gods, Camp Half-blood. That’s when he discovers that Zeus, a god he didn’t even know, really existed before he reached camp, is accusing him of stealing Zeus’s weapon, the lightning bolt. The story continues with some amazing incidents where Percy finds himself doing all sorts of things from entering the underworld to battling Ares, the god of war.

 

 

 

– Ava

Camp Lakeview #1 Natalie’s secret- author: Melissa J Morgan

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Summer camp means lots of things: new friends, roommates, bug bites, and bathroom duty.  Natalie, Jenna, Grace, and Alex have all found themselves at Camp Lakeview for different reasons. And each is keeping a secret. But if everyone is hiding something, how will they ever become friends?

 

Natalie Goode is a city girl-way more interested in fresh sushi than fresh air. So she’s bummed when her mother drops her off to “Camp Lake-puke” to broaden her horizons. But before long, Natalie notices there are some pretty cool girls are camp. If she can loosen up, she might even enjoy herself-unless the secret she’s been keeping gets in her way…

 

A TALE DARK AND GRIMM author: Adam Gidwitz

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THE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL HAS BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES BEFOR.  YET ALWAYS THE SAME OLD BORING WAY. WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE BOOK, A TALE DARK AND GRIM YOU ARE FINALY TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LONG TOLD TALE OF HANSEL AND GRETEL. 

BENEATH THIS BOOK LAYS BETRADING PARENTS. THE WORST PARENTS IN THE WORLD. THERE LAYS HUNTERS, SEARCHING FOR A KILL CARRYING DEADLY WEPONS. THERE LAYS WITCHES WITH OVENS BIG ENOUGH TO COOK CHILDREN. THERE LAYS A DISGUSTING DRAGON AS WELL. OTHER THINGS FOLLOW BUT ARE NOT TO BE REPEATED.

 SO IF YOU ARE BRAVE ENOUGH, TAKE THE SAME RISK I DID, JOIN HANSEL AND GRETEL ON THER BLOODY, HORRIFIC AND TERRIFYING ADVENTURE.

Be sure to read the rest of the grim books! GRIM CONCLUSION and IN A GLASS GRIMLY!

WONDERSTRUCK- author: Brian Selznick

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WONDERSTRUCK IS A BOOK THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT STORIES ONE IN PICTURES AND ONE IN WORDS. AT ONE POINT THE STORIES WILL CONNECT. THE STORY IN WORDS IS ABOUT A BOY NAMED BEN WHOSE MOM DIED. HE NOW LIVES WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AND THEIR TWO KIDS ROBERT AND JANET. BEN WONDERS WHERE HIS DAD WENT BUT HIS MOM WOULD NEVER TELL. BEN WANTS ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONS BUT NO ONE KNOWS. WILL BEN EVER FIND OUT THE TRUTH????????

THE PICTURE SIDE IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED ROSE WHO RUNS AWAY FROM HOME TO SEE HER ACTRESS MOM. BUT GETS IN BIG TROUBLE FOR TRAVELING ALONE IN THE BIG CITY. FIND OUT WHY SHE GETS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE FOR GOING TO SEE HER MOM AND WHY SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE HER BACK HOME TO HER DAD.

 

-Ava

THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY- author: Nikki Loftin

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MEET LORELIE, A MISERABLE, UNLOVED, LOST GIRL. HER MOTHER HAD RECENTLY DIED, SHE HAD JUST GOT A NEW STEP MONSTER AND HER SCHOOL HAD JUST BURNTN DOWN MYSTERIOUSLY. UNTIL AN AWESOME SCHOOL HAD APPEARED IN ITS PLACE. WHAT WAS HIS SCHOOL?? THERE WAS AN AMAZING PLAYGROUND, YOU GOT CANDY AT YOUR DESK EVREY MORNING, YOU COULD SKIP  CLASS, RUN IN THE HALLS,AND THE CAFETERIA FOOD WAS THE BEST THING YOU HAVE EVER TASTED. ITS SO GOOD YOU CAN’T STOP EATING. NOW, YOU MIGHT BE SAYING TO YOURSELF, ” WOW! I WANT TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL! ITS SO AWESOME!!” BUT YOU ARE WRONG.

 

– Lily

THE PENDERWICKS- author- Jeanne Birdsall

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MEET FOUR SISTERS, ROSALIND, SKYE, JANE, AND BATTY WHO WONT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT HER BUTTERFLY WINGS, AND THEIR DAD GO ON A MAGICAL SUMMER VACATION TO ARUNDEL. IN ARUNDEL THEY MEET , JEFFERY THE SON OF MRS. TIFTON , EVIL MRS. TIFTON, DEXTER MRS. TIFTON’S FIANCEÉ, CAGENY THE GARDENER AND AND CHURCHIE WHO MAKES THE BEST GINGERBREAD IN THE WORLD. THE SISTERS AND THEIR DOG, HOUND GET OFF ON A BAD START WITH MRS.TIFTON.  WILL THE SISTERS SURVIVE THE EVIL MRS. TIFTON?????

 

 

– Ava