By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Yanek Gruener is a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. He survived ten concentration camps, where he worked restlessly day after day. But to survive was most important. Yanek reminded himself: he was not dead yet, not yet. Yanek saw many people die, including his friend Fred. He experienced death…
By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Josef was a Jew in the 1930s, when Nazis ruled Germany. One night his dad is captured by Nazis, but the rest of Josef’s family, made up of Josef, his mom, and his 6-year-old sister, Ruthie, later hear that he is released. The family travels on a ship to…
By: Kelly Yang Rate: supreme Mia Tang is a struggling 10-year-old girl in America who is an immigrant from China. Her family is very poor, and they struggle to find jobs. One day they find work in a motel owned by a monstrous man named Mr. Yao. Mia starts working at the front desk. Mr.…
By: Ellen Raskin Rate: very good In Sunset Towers there lived many people. Right next to Sunset Towers was the creepy Westing house. It was heard in Sunset Towers that Sam Westing had died, and sixteen people in Sunset Towers were his relatives, and they were to attend his funeral. These people were: Madame Hoo,…
(Note: I read this book a long time ago, but I forgot when and I am rereading it) By: Katherine Paterson Rate: between very good and supreme Jess is a boy who loves to draw. He wants to impress his schoolmates by getting first place in the races that take place during recess. Jess practices…
By: Neil Gaiman Rate: between cool and good Nobody Owens lives in a graveyard. He is a normal boy, but he is raised and educated by ghosts, and he can see them. His guardian, Silas, is neither dead or alive. Nobody has many dangers. There is a creepy man beneath a hill, a city of…