Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Rain loves homonyms, prime numbers, and rules.  She keeps a list of homonyms that her uncle helps her with.  Her father is mean and her mother ran off, or at least that's what her father told her.  Whenever Rose gets mad or sad, she starts screaming prime numbers.  Rose hates when people don't follow rules.  Rose has a dog named Rain who her father found behind a bar and gave to her as a gift. When a hurricane strikes, Rose's father let's Rain outside without her collar.  Rain doesn't come back. This is a wonderful realistic fiction book.
                                                                       

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Emily Windsnap and the land of the Midnight Sun by Liz Kessler

This book is about Neptune having nightmares.  He gets Emily and Aaron to come to his palace.  He tells them to come every morning right before he wakes up so he can tell them about his nightmares.  This is a very dramatic book.  Emily and Aaron are boyfriend and girlfriend and have lots of teenage drama.  Neptune is the ruler of all oceans and he does not have very good social skills.  You should read this book if you like fantasy stories.

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The Meaning Of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern

This book is about a father who can only feel his arms and legs sometimes.  He quits his job at the airport to stay home with his daughters while his wife works at a hotel.  The dad wants to be really cool.  When Maggie sees a boy at school who is really nice to her, she asks her dad for some tips on how to be cool.  Maggie is really smart, but she wants Clyde to notice her.  Then she goes on a suspicious trip with her sisters and her mom but no dad!  Read the book to find out what happens next.
                                                                                 
                                                                             

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Love That Dog (and) Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

This book is from the perspective of a kid.  Their teacher is making them WRITE! This is a school year of poems.  In Love That Dog, Jack refuses to write because it's a "girl thing".  In these books, it shows that poetry doesn't have to rhyme.  The story shows that the world isn't perfect.  If you want to find out more about these partnered books READ THEM!
                                                                 

  

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The Wish by Gail Carson Levine

Wilma Sturtz is best described as normal.  One day, Wilma gets a wish to be the coolest kid in school.  Instantly she is granted her wish.  When she arrives at school the next day everybody is her friend. Everyone wants to go with her to the grad night dance, and someone keeps giving her notes full of poetry.  Wilma is extremely happy with her new life. But Wilma is concerned how long her wish will last.  If you want to find out how long Wilma's popularity will last, read the book!
                                                                             

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Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

When Liz dies from a car accident, she goes somewhere she never thought she would go.  She gets a new life in Elsewhere.  This is a place where all the dead live the afterlife.  There is one catch though.  You will live your life backwards.  Since Liz is fifteen when she dies, she will never turn sixteen.  Liz thinks that there is much more, since her second life is much like the first.  This is a great fantasy novel.
                                                                           

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Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger

The expensive Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven mustache is so convincingly real it can hypnotize people.  Casper buys it.  Later that night, a mustachioed man robs a bank and then runs for president.  Lenny thinks this mysterious man is Casper.  Lenny tries to find someone who isn't under the spell.  Read the book to find out what will happen!
                                                                     

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