My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian

In My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian school is out and picky reader Derek is ready to have the time of his life until he is assigned a summer reading list and project. He has to read three books by the end of the summer! On top of that he is sent to Learning Camp. While searching his attic in the little free time he has he finds a newspaper article that discusses a death at Martha's Vineyard. He bugs his mom to tell him why she was keeping the excerpt but once he learns he wishes he had never asked. To unravel the family secret and learn how Derek save his summer than you should read My Life as a Book.

★★★(out of five)

American Library Association Conference

Every year the American Library Association (ALA) holds a huge conference. This year from June 24-29 the conference was held in Washington, D.C. I was privileged enough to go and meet many fabulous authors. Cornelia Funke was there was there with galleys of Reckless. John Green was there with Will Grayson and Lauren Numeroff was there with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. There were so many other nice authors that I couldn't name them all. They also had free books that they would just set out. I bought two sets of bookmarks that smell like maple syrup and fresh laundry. On the last day of the conference I bought some books for $2.50. In a bookstore they are almost all $10. I was sad to leave but happy to get home and read all of the 100 or so books I brought home.

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Smile by Raina Telgemeier is a comic style book that tells the true tale of Raina and her teeth. When she was in 6th grade she lost her two of her permanent teeth. It took four and a half years before her teeth looked normal again. Smile tells about the different procedures Raina went through and the way her friends treated her. It talks about how we live in a society that revolves around looks and that kids get put down for looking different.

★★★ (out of five)

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Reckless by Cornelia Funke is about a boy named Jacob Reckless who takes trips through a mirror to a fairy tale world. One day his brother, Will, follows him into the alternate universe and gets attacked by a Goyl (a Goyl is a human whose skin has turned to stone). The Goyl's claws swipe Will's arm and poison his blood. Will is turning into a Goyl. Jacob is racing against time to save his brother from becoming a complete Goyl in this dark but action packed adventure.

Anyone who wants to get there hands on this amazing book will have to wait until September 14, 2010, which is when this book is officially released.

★★★★(out of five)

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