Sold

by Patricia McCormick

This book is about a 13 year old girl named Lakshmi. Her family was happy until their crops were washed away and her father said she needed to get a job to help support her family. This job ends up being prostitution. I didn't love this book, but it was pretty good. It was a very original story and had very interesting characters.

Walk Two Moons

By Sharon Creech

This book is about thirteen year-old Sal Hiddle who's father moves from her home in Bybanks, Kentucky that she loved to a small house in Euclid, Ohio to be closer to a woman named Margaret. She thinks that her father and Margaret are romantically involved in some way, but she later discovers that that is not at all the case. I kind of liked this book because it was a pretty interesting story and the characters were well developed, but some parts got a little boring.

All the Light We Cannot See

 By Anthony Doerr

This book is about a blind french girl, Marie-Laure and German boy, Werner who try to survive the horrors of WWII. Marie-Laure and her father move to Saint Malo to live with her Great Uncle when the Nazis occupy Paris. Werner, who is an orphan, has an incredible talent for building and putting things together which lands him a spot in the academy for Hitler Youth. This leads him through the war and into Saint Malo where him and Marie-Laure met. I liked this book because I think that this time period is very interesting and I also liked the characters.  

The One and Only Ivan

By K.A. Applegate

This book is about a gorilla named Ivan who lives in a circus. He is friends with some of the other animals especially Stella the elephant and Bob the dog. When Stella dies Ivan decided to make sure her friend Ruby doest have a life in captivity. I really liked this book because it was a very unique story and fun characters.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

This book is about four girls who have been best friends forever. When they find a pair of pants that magical fits all of them perfectly they decide to share them and send them back and forth during their first summer apart. I really liked this book because all of the character had really interesting stories and were all very different. The characters were all interesting and very well developed. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic fiction books. 

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

This book is about a girl named Annemarie who is living in Denmark during WWII. Her best friend, Ellen is a jew and the nazis have started to relocate jews so they take her in and try to protect her and her family.
I liked this book because the characters are all developed really well and there is enough description to really know what is going on but not too much that it was boring.

Son

By Lois Lowry

This book is about a girl named Clair who washes up onto the shore. She remembers the feeling of having a child in her stomach so she goes on a quest to find her child. I liked this book because it was an original story and it had a lot of details, but not to may that it gets boring. This week I will read the Silent Boy.