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The Giver
Lois Lowry (1993) , 180 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Fantasy
   Feelings
   Neighborhoods / Communities
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In the Giver people are born at the birthing center, assigned parents and a name and eventually assigned a job and a spouse. This is not the case for Jonas. When he turns 12 he is assigned the rare job of the receiver of memories. He get's happy things like love, color, and family. He also suffers though. He get's war, loneliness, and death. He decides to run away and find a community where things like music, and sledding on snowy hills. This book had a wonderful story but a terribly disapointing ending. I do not recommend this book to anyone who hates bad endings.
Kid review written by Edie, Age 11

The Hop
Sharelle Byars Moranville (2012) , 0 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Adventure
   Animals
   Fantasy
   Friendship
   New Books
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The stories of a toad trying to save his tiny patch of home from a terrifying bulldozer and a girl trying to save her grandmother's pond from being bulldozed into a strip mall are beautifully intertwined in this charming and well-written modern fairytale. Tad is a young hopper who is sent on a quest to do the only thing possible (and the most disgusting thing imaginable) to save his homeland: kiss a human girl. Taylor is a human girl struggling to find a way to stop the commercial developers who have purchased the property next to her grandmother's home from destroying the habitat by paving it over completely. This book is fast-paced and action-packed, and manages to make serious points about environmentalism, loss, and love amidst the magical realism and fantasy. It would be a great title for Earth Day and for classroom read-alouds, as the adventure, told from Tad and Taylor's alternating perspectives, will keep kids on the edge of their seats until the very last page.
Librarian review written by Gigi

Heroes of Olympus Book 1: The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan (2010) , 557 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Action
   Adventure
   Fantasy
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I thought this book was amazing. I could not put it down. I would recommended it to anybody who loves all of Rick Riordan's other books. It would leave you hanging at the edge of your chair guessing what would happen next.
Kid review written by mimi, Age 11

this book was awesome and i nearly squirmed my face off with the exitement.
Kid review written by dolphin

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NERDS 2!: M is for Mama's boy
Michael Buckley (2010) , 288 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Humor
   Special Powers

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the nerds that they left off was horrifying one of the nerds left them and turn evil with his hpono teeth how ever,the nerd struggles with a under sanding man whose thinks he a hero after he demolish the nerd meanwhile, ducan gets yelled by his sister named Tahsha after he want to be a regular boy but, he almost left.. as nerbit a gnis with nerds suffer with a robot that super evil with the rest of the team suggles duncan with his upgrades meet with simon the guy who hopo pepole with a ray gun to stop the new upgrade but, with a powful punch he deffeted his teeth and him
Kid review written by kolin, Age 11

The Magnificent Twelve: The Call
Michael Grant (2010) , 211 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Action
   New Books
   Science Fiction
   Special Powers

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Mack is an average kid who isn't scared of true danger, which makes him the perfect hero. When a crusty old magician appears to tell Mack he is part of a powerful group that has to save the world from an ancient evil, he's in. See, there was an ancient battle between the original Magnificent 12 and the super-evil Pale Queen. The ancients weren't good at math, so when they bound her to an underground prison for 3000 years, they figured that was forever. Now the 3000 years are almost over and a new Magnificent 12 must rise up and keep the Pale Queen from destroying the world. Add a ton of humor, a reformed bully, and a gorgeous evil princess and you have the makings of an exciting new series.
Librarian review written by Gwen

The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Marianne Malone (2010) , 288 pages
Audience:
   Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
   Fantasy
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The main idea was okoay. Parts can get boring. Sometimes you might find yourself lost. I considered not reading it once I was in the middle.But I did finish it. All in all it was okay.
Kid review written by Emma, Age 10

i read it because some of my friends thought it was good got only in to like chapter 5 then got bored and got caught up in another book
Kid review written by a kid

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