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I read three Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene, The Clue of the Tapping Heels , The Haunted Bridge , and the Secret of the Golden Pavilion ....

The Wright 3 , by Blue Balliet, is a sequel to the bestselling book Chasing Vermeer . In the book, best friends Calder and Petra find themse...

Stargirl , by Jerry Spinelli, is the story of a normal high school with normal students (including Leo, the story's narrator). But all t...

A Great and Terrible Beauty , by Libba Bray, is the story of Gemma Doyle. Gemma isn't like other girls, in more ways than one. You could...

Chasing Redbird , by Sharon Creech, is the story of thirteen-year-old Zinny. She lives in a family with six other children, and she is gener...

I'd Tell You That I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You , by Ally Carter, is the story of Cammie Morgan. She goes to Gallagher...

Pieces of Georgia , by Jen Bryant, is the extremely moving story of a young girl whose life changes incredibly in one year. Georgia is an ar...

The Real Benedict Arnold, by Jim Murphy, tells the story of Benedict Arnold, the famous traitor of the American Revolution. From his childho...

Starcross , by Philip Reeve, is the exciting sequel to the novel Larklight. In this book, Art Mumby, his mother, and his annoying older sis...

Rules , by Cynthia Lord, is the story of twelve-year-old Catherine. She has always wanted a normal life, and that isn't easy with a brot...

I'm excited to join the Spring Reading Thing challenge again, because it was the first challenge I joined. Here is my list: Against the...

I'm so happy to have finished the Spring Reading Thing reading challenge . I wasn't sure if I would make it, especially since I had ...

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce is a Dear America book written by Kathryn Lasky. It is the story of a young orphan who comes to Americ...

The Gatehouse Mystery, by Julie Campbell, is the third in the Trixie Belden series. In this book, Trixie and her rich friend Honey explore a...

Tai Shan of the Dead was an action-packed story by Jean Lightner Norum. She is my dad's cousin and she wrote this book for the National ...

Winter of Red Snow is a historical novel by Kristiana Gregory. The book is written like a diary. It's fictional, of course, but it does ...

Drowned Wednesday, by Garth Nix, was a fantasy story, the third in its series. In this novel, Arthur Penhaligon and his pal Leaf get swept a...

Dragon: Hound of Honor, is a historical mystery by Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton. The book is set in medieval France, where...

Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, is her actual diary and the events it holds are real. Anne wrote the diary during the time of World Wa...

Girl in Blue is a historical novel by Ann Rinaldi. In this story, 16-year-old Sarah Louisa works hard on her family's farm. She is skill...