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A Crooked Kind
of Perfect
by Linda Urban
This is an ador-
ably amazing book
about an eleven-
year-old girl who
dreams of being a
piano prodigy, but
instead has an old organ on which she
plays hits from the sixties, seventies,
and nineties. She deals with an overly
anxious dad, a workaholic mom, and
regular school drama as she prepares
for an organ competition. It’s one of
those books that is literally for every
age group, and I thought it was un-
bearably sweet and funny.
Alta
Blab About Books, Chatterbox

Bridge to
Te r a b i t h i a
by Katherine Paterson
Did you grow up
onafarm? If you
did, you might re-
ate to this. Every
day Jess Arons has
owake up and
feed Miss Bessie the cow. He wakes up
even earlier because he wants to be the
fastest runner in fifth grade. He runs

miles and miles, but it turns out that

a girl is the fastest one. This is a great

book. I think you would like it.

Olivia Self, age 9

Birmingham, Alabama

The Ostrich

and Other Lost

Things

by Beth Hautala

Eleven-year-old

Olivia Grant is

great at finding lost

things. When her

autistic brother,

Jacob, loses his favorite toy, he also loses

the ability to control himself. She won-

ders if he’ll ever be himself again. Olivia

gets into trouble for sneaking into the

zoo. Charlie, the zookeeper’s son, helps

her to search for the toy. Its ending is

happy, but the book has sad parts, too.

It’s a book I just couldn’t put down.

Kaia N., age 11

La Farge, Wisconsin

The War that Saved My Life

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

This book is historical fiction, set in

World War II, about a girl named Ada

who has a deformed foot. Her mother

keeps her locked in an apartment

because she’s ashamed of her daugh-

ter’s foot, but Ada

escapes with her

brother when kids

are being shipped

out of England

because of the

bombs. There’s also

a sequel.

Agent Winter

Blab About

Books, Chatterbox

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

Annemarie

Johansen lives

in Copenhagen,

Denmark, dur-

ing World War

II with her little

sister, Kirsti, and

her Jewish friend,

Ellen Rosen. The

Germans have occupied Copenhagen

since Annemarie was seven, but now the

Nazis are “relocating” the Jewish people.

Ellen’s parents must go into hid-

ing, the Johansens must hide Ellen

within their family, and Annemarie

must help save Ellen and her family.

How brave can Annemarie be? What

does “brave” mean?

Amelia Busing, age 12

Seattle, Washington

I’VE GOT

SOME MORE

READER

SUGGESTIONS

FOR YOU.

GREAT!

ADD THEM

TO THE

PILE. SHOULDN’T WEPUT THEM ON

THE SHELVES?

WE HAVE

TO READ

THEM

FIRST!

WE

GET MORE

EVERY DAY!

WE’LL NEVER

FINISH THEM

ALL.

YAY!

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