Book recommendations?

[milkabum]

Well, school is starting soon and most of my summer memories have flushed out all the school related memories. I really want to find a good book to read, something interesting. Please tell me the title of the book and the name, and tell me what it's about if you can. Here are mine:

Dog by Daniel Pennac
The funny adventures about a little black dog that could have been long gone already.

Elixir by Eric Walters
A great book about a girl who discovers testing on animals is worse than she thinks.

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
A touching book, in diary form, that shows he will never forget about his dog- even if he has to show it by writing a poem.

[Captain Brain]

The DaVinci Code
Read the book that caused so much controversy, get engulfed in the tale of Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu, as they journey thorughout Europe to discover a long lost code.

/\ all these words came from my tiny brain, lol...

[BellHop58]

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.

From Amazon.com


Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.





One of my required summer reading books. But it was very good. I enjoyed it. And hey it's is in Oprah's book club. If she likes it, possibilities are endless.:lmao:

[milkabum]

The DaVinci Code
Have it lol

[StitchfansJr]

Yeah Love That Dog, was a good book. I liked Small Steps. (Sequel to Holes)
I also liked The Giver. (Read it in school)

[threeboysmom]

What grade are you in, milkabum? That will help us in recommending some books for you.

[lovethattink]

If you haven't already read Kingdom Keepers, that's a great book for all ages, (even ancient people like me.)

[coolkidhann95]

The Dragon Of Lonely Island

a story about three kids (Hannah 16 Zach 11 and Sarah Emily 7)
they come to visit their great Aunt Mehitable's beach house on lonely island where the go to Drake's Hill and find a cave where a golden Tri-drake lives
a tri-drake is a three headed dragon that only has one head awake at a time
as the chapters go on each dragon once it is a awake tells a tale of long ago
each guided to one of the children

I give it a :thumbsup2

[BellHop58]

Do any of you do read or used to read R.L. Stine books? I'm 16 and I love reading those. Fear Street and Goosebumps are the best! That isn't sad is it? :rolleyes:

[Mcat]

I liked the inherentance triligy it has book one eragon and book two eldest.I also like the kingdom keepers it is a great disney book. :goodvibes

[Wish I lived in Fl]

DS13 and I (much older) both really loved "The King of Attolia" by Megan Whelan Turner. So went back and read "The Thief" and "The Queen of Attolia" and "Instead of Three Wishes". A fantasy where people aren't always what you think they are.

Also really enjoyed "Small Steps".

[KidGoofy]

"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (read during 8th grade)and "Sleeping Freshman Never Lie"(read for Summer Reading) are the best books I have ever read. I think it is really funny how I actually like a book.

[milkabum]

I'm 12, in 7th grade. :)

[shadow pirate]

Shadowmancer. By G.P. Taylor.

I read this back in the 7th grade. I thought it was a pretty good fantasy novel.

If you can, try picking up The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver. It's kind of explicit, and is a really dark murder mystery with a couple of really good (and really odd) twists. The book is about an ICU (Internet Crimes Unit) who has to track down a killer who social-engineers (the act of working your way into someone's life) his way to his victims, and then kills them. Eventually they have to enlist a hacker to help them with their search. I read this at the end of 7th grade, when a teacher recommended it. Like I said, if you can get it, and don't mind profanity and certain, um..., instances of odd-ness, then you should read it.

[HallGirl]

If anyone likes strange books, I have a series I'd like to recommend. It's a series about a woman named Thursday Next. First one in the series is The Eyre Affair, focusing on Thursday Next literally going into the book Jane Eyre. That's pretty much the whole series, Thursday literally jumping into books. Thursday is part of a book security team, making sure that books follow their plots and that characters don't try to change the outcomes. The author, Jasper Fforde (yes, that's how it's spelled) has a new series out about nursery rhymes. I haven't read those yet, but my sister says they're really good. These books have a lot of literary humor.

[Koolkidq]

Harry Potter, A Series of unfortunate Events, InkHeart, Peter and the starcatchers, and peter and the shadow thieves

[saltnpepper]

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother,Quinn are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep and eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking somethimes goes too far. But the stakes get higher when Blake has to chase Quinn into a bizarre pantom carnival that traps its customers forever.
In order to escape, Blake must survive seven deadly rides by dawn, each of which represents a deep, presonal fear.

It is awesome and very thrilling!

[shadow pirate]

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother,Quinn are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep and eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking somethimes goes too far. But the stakes get higher when Blake has to chase Quinn into a bizarre pantom carnival that traps its customers forever.
In order to escape, Blake must survive seven deadly rides by dawn, each of which represents a deep, presonal fear.

It is awesome and very thrilling!
I love that book!! It's such a dark thriller, and that's probably why I like it so much!

[BriarRosie]

If anyone likes strange books, I have a series I'd like to recommend. It's a series about a woman named Thursday Next. First one in the series is The Eyre Affair, focusing on Thursday Next literally going into the book Jane Eyre. That's pretty much the whole series, Thursday literally jumping into books. Thursday is part of a book security team, making sure that books follow their plots and that characters don't try to change the outcomes. The author, Jasper Fforde (yes, that's how it's spelled) has a new series out about nursery rhymes. I haven't read those yet, but my sister says they're really good. These books have a lot of literary humor.


I love the Jasper Fforde books, but I think some of the subtext would go
over the heads of younger readers, unless they are familiar with classic
literature and Shakespeare. ;) I've read all four books in the series.
Loved them.

The Nursery Crime series might actually be a better choice. I read
The Big Over Easy (about the death of Humpty Dumpty), and
I found it a lot of fun to read.

[Jackoman]

Yep, Small Steps is pretty good. I'm still reading it though.

[threeboysmom]

Ok, my favorites have been....

1) Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2) Eldest by Christopher Paolini
3) Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls (I loved this one)
4) A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

Though having boys, I tend to lean towards books more geared to boys, but I have thoroughly enjoyed them as well :)

[milkabum]

I'm copying down all those that seem interesting (pretty much the entire thread) so I can check some out at the library.

[Mcat]

I also liked the sisters grim series the first book is "Sisters Grim fairy tale detectives".

[saltnpepper]

I also liked the sisters grim series the first book is "Sisters Grim fairy tale detectives".


Is this anything like The Brothers Grim the movie ?

I <3 that movie

[tolkien7]

If you haven't already read Kingdom Keepers, that's a great book for all ages, (even ancient people like me.)

I was going to recommend this as well - love the book. And it's cool because WDW and VMK are in it!

[PlutoEpcot]

Angela's ashes. I am currently reading this right now and it really is amazing. It is a memouir or however you spell it about a guy named Frank McCourt. It is how him and his family truggle through tough times in Ireland.

[dancegrl1093]

"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (read during 8th grade)and "Sleeping Freshman Never Lie"(read for Summer Reading) are the best books I have ever read. I think it is really funny how I actually like a book.
i thought i was the only one who read that........... milkabum, the five people you meet in heaven is a really touching story, and i'm the same age as you, so you can trust me (i'd hope).

the best book ever: yes better than harry potter! yes better than the davinci code (i think)! it is:

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
and the sequel
Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever

the series is by james patterson, and it's his first kids series (well, young adult)

Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan is okay if you like that type of thing.......... (vampires and such)

um.......... i like the kingdom keepers (anxiously awaiting the sequel)