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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The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell, by Chris Colfer

For Alex and Conner, things are pretty normal, until something life changing happens.  This is the first book in a captivating series for fairy tale fans.  It has a good way of putting normal kids into a story book.  There are 9 kingdoms and in each kingdom, at least one fairy tale comes to life  Conner and Alex get trapped in the land of stories and are trying to find a way out.  They have to use the wishing spell to get them back to earth.  They have to find certain items and combine them to get back home, but some other people are also trying to get the same wishing spell items!  Read the book to find out what happens to Alex and Conner.

                                                                       

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When you read this awesome book, you will be entering Miranda's crazy sixth grade life!  In everyones' life, there will always be a crazy person.  For Miranda, it's the guy on the corner.  There are a lot of cause-and-effects in her life.  Most of them don't even seem like they should match up, but sometimes life likes to throw you a curveball.  When Miranda starts getting notes about saving lives, and lots of other things, she knows that this is more abnormal than the usual weirdness in her life.  One of the letters demands that Miranda writes a letter back.  She suddenly knows that these notes are very, very important.  This book is a great science fiction novel.

Hint-Hint: You need to read A Wrinkle In Time before you read this book because it will give away a lot of the end of A Wrinkle In Time.
                                                                                         

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Petey by Ben Mikaelson

This book is about making a difference.  Trevor protects a nursing home patient from bullies, but he worries that they will bully him instead.  As soon as Trevor and Petey (the nursing home patient) meet, Petey knows that they are meant to be friends.  Petey has cerebral palsy and he was misdiagnosed when he was a baby.  Lots of people think that Petey is scary and crazy, but Trevor learns that you just have to get to know him.  This book is a perfect, hopeful story.
                                                                           

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