From the back cover: At sixteen Anne is grown up... almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the … [Read more...] about Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery: B+
Children's Fiction
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery: A+
From the back cover: The Cuthberts of Green Gables had decided to adopt an orphan—a nice sturdy boy to help Matthew with the farm chores. The orphanage sent a girl instead—a mischievous, talkative redhead who'd be no use at all. She would just have to go back. But the longer Anne was there, the more no one could imagine Green Gables without her. Review: It's really a … [Read more...] about Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery: A+
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar: B+
From the back cover: "Nothing ever hurts me," he told her. "I've broken every table in the house," he declared. "The chairs, too. Call my mother if you don't believe me." "I believe you," said Carla. "Why shouldn't I?" "You should." She did, too. For the rest of the meeting, no matter what he told her, she believed him. When he told her that his parents only fed him … [Read more...] about There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar: B+
Small Steps by Louis Sachar: B
From the back cover: Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believes in Armpit is Ginny, his ten-year-old disabled neighbor. Together they're learning to take small steps. Armpit seems to be on the … [Read more...] about Small Steps by Louis Sachar: B
Holes by Louis Sachar: A
From the back cover: Stanley Yelnats isn't so surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a juvenile detention center. After all, his family has been plagued with bad luck ever since a one-legged gypsy put a curse on his great-great grandfather. He is told that the hard labor he must perform—digging 5 foot holes in the dried up soil where Green Lake once sat—is meant … [Read more...] about Holes by Louis Sachar: A