I would've given it 4 1/2....only because it's not quite on the same level as my all time favs...but this was a really cool book. It was very tough to follow in the beginning, but fun once the "knots became untangled" and you started making connections. It is a very creative and unique story. ...
The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower by Lisa Gaff wasn’t very exciting. I didn’t have any emotions when I was reading this book. I usually feel like I am in the book. I didn’t feel like I was in this book. It gave less excitement since I wasn’t in the story and didn’t know how exactly the c...
“Have fun at school today, lamb chop,” her mother would say, straightening out Sophie’s blouse. And Sophie would wrinkle her cute button nose at her mother and tell her, “School is not for fun. It’s for learning.” But that Friday morning, instead of simply patting Sophie on the head and nodding, ...
Here’s what it’s like to be cool: Cool kids play Pokémon by the drinking fountains before school starts. I found that out on Monday when I got to school. Darren saw me walking up the steps and pulled me over. I never knew that the cool kids did that before. No one told me. I always thought drinki...
LILY’S MOTHER SAID. Lily pressed the receiver hard into her cheek, and tried to make herself as small as possible against the lodge wall. The only public phone in all of Camp Atropos was located just outside the door to Jo’s office, and you had to get Del’s permission to u...
After I gave up searching the crowd on the street for an angry hippie girl and finally wised up and went directly across the street into the shop. She must’ve gone there immediately, because by the time I stepped inside, my mom was on the phone, and I could tell just by the look on her face that ...
A bottle of green hair dye Luckily, the store was open late. And luckily, they sold green hair dye. Well, Francine wasn’t entirely sure if it was lucky or not. When they were back at the hotel, Francine sitting sideways on the bathroom toilet and her father hovering above her with plastic gloves ...
Somehow thrilling and terrifying both at once. Like a roller coaster, but without a safety bar. The part after the collision, where Zane flew feet-over-face past his handlebars and thwacked headfirst into the dirt, that wasn’t thrilling at all. Ther...