February Books Recommended by Core 2

Aaliyah - Treasure Trap - Fairy Tales It's about two girls who find a fairy who grants them seven wishes.
Eliza - The Running Dream - about a girl who loves running and who has her leg amputated and how she learns to run again.
Eli - Where the Red Fern Grows - a boy who wants hunting dogs, saves up his money to get them and their adventures hunting.
Mrs. Williams Projekt 1065 WW2 book son of an Irish ambassador to Germany - he has to become part of the Hitler Youth to help the other side of the war.
Mr. Franz Dune - Science Fiction - alternate universe - planet covered in sand - prince who has his kingdom stolen and he is trying to get it back.
Marley - A Long Walk to Water - a boy who lives in Sudan- his school gets bombed - he has to leave to go to a refugee camp - he is in search of family.
Remy - A Waste of Space - Stuart Gibbs - science fiction about the first moon colonists on the main character's birthday.  The moon base's air system is not working well, and he gets involved with this and a murder mystery.
Charlotte - Spooked - Nonfiction- A company who makes a radio broadcast about Martians coming to Earth (The War of the Worlds)  People think it is real and they evacuate. 
Boone - Greta Thunberg - a collection of her speeches.  She is a 13 year old from Sweden, fighting for Climate Control.
Mac - The Lost Hero Rick Riordan
Josh - Williawah - about a storm (hurricane) Father went on a fishing trip - kids are left are there own and have to make choices.
August - Charlie Thorn and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs - Charlie is recruited by the CIA because she very smart - made a computer file and sent it to a company - who made it their own.  She hacks their website and steals $40,0000.  They have to find an equation to find....
Julia Cyr - Friend (something) - a girl who no one would talk to gets friends
Zoe - 39 Clue Series - 2 kids who at their grandmother's funeral learn they are related to the most powerful people in the world - search around the world to find 39 clues to give them ultimate power
Bear - Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger

February Books For Core 1

Pat / Finn A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L'Engle - you need to be patient - it gets good / exciting
Pat Prisoner B-3087   by Alan Gratz - WW2 prisoner book
Grenade by Alan Gratz - 2 perspectives Okinawa
Callum - Gamer Army - future - they stay in VR - they are in it most of the time - he gets invited to a contest - they have to rescue things from Scorpion Terrorists
Darkest Hour by Erin Hunter
Landon and Caleb G. - Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper- about a disabled character who can't talk or walk, and she is very very smart.
Katie - Talons of Power - Wings of Fire Series  Sutherland (9th or 10th of a series) Dragons / magic / power
Lexi - Ghost - graphic novel Raina Telmeir Girl who sister is terminally ill.  They move to a new town where there are a lot of ghosts.
Miley - Divergent - intense post apocalyptic
Maddy - White bird - graphic novel - about a girl - similar to Wonder - Julian in Wonder is telling this story about her youth WW2 book in Germany (?)
Tessa - Ready Player One Set in the future (2045) The Earth is not great - everyone lives in the Internet - Virtual - James creates a huge game that hunts for an Easter egg.  The first person to get the egg wins his money
Levi, Mrs. Williams Project 1065 by Alan Gratz - WW2 novel
Spy School Secret Service - non- stop action
Brody - Phantom Tollbooth - very good - he thinks every thing is boring - he goes to a magical world where he has to rescue Rhyme and Reason.
Gabe, Tessa - His Dark Materials - Golden Compass - Lyra - she has a magical compass and she is on a rescue mission to Lord Asriel  In this world, they have an animal / daemon which is their soul
Macy - Percy Jackson series - The Titan's Curse - read the whole series.  About a kid / demigod named Percy Jackson who kills monsters
Julia Cisz - The Seventh Wish - A girl goes ice fishing and catches a magical fish, wishes don't work out so good.
Laini - Mogo, the Third Warthog - Mogo is a warthog and gets kicked out of his burrow (he was too old) and he learns to live on his own.
Colin - Classroom Atlas - nonfiction - it is about maps - he would recommend this because you can learn about cultures around the world.

Red Book

The Girl From Felony Bay
The Guinness Book of World Records 2018
The Lightening Thief by Riordan
Wonder (realistic fiction)
Harry Potter series
Guts
Wings of Fire (graphic novel) fantasy - dragons
The Miscalculation of Lightening Girl - Stacy McNaulty - fantasy / OCD / middle school
Lifeboat 12 - Susan Hood - war / historical fiction
Project 1065 - Kranz -
Grenade - war / two boys pulled into army against will
Strike Zone - Mike Lupica
Evil Spy School - Stuart Gibbs - adventure / humor? / spy
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) Jeff Kinney
A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens

January Post

Blue Group
The Girl From the Felony Bay - mystery
Restart by Gordon Korman - realistic fiction
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Wrecking Ball)
Amulet
Super Human
Why?
The Last Musketeer
The Toll (3rd book in the Scythe series)
I Funny
The Finest Hour
Scythe / Thunderhead (First 2 books in a series)
Took - Mary Downing Hahn - horror / suspense
Short - realistic fiction
Calvin and Hobbes
Cloning - science
The Last Hero / Son of Neptune (Rick Riordian) fantasy / mythology
The Wings of Fire (graphic novel - fantasy)
Spy Camp (Spy School books) - realistic fiction
Hurricane Child
The Mysterious Benedict Society - fantasy
Dogman
Small Spaces - fantasy (scarecrows take over a classroom)
Game changer
Hurricane Gold (Bond series) )psychos on an island)

November's Suggestions

Here is our first list of suggestions. 

All the Answers by Kate Messner
Ice Dogs - an adventure book
Lifeboat Twelve - this is a suspenseful WWII book.  Recommended for people who like intense things.
Nimona - A graphic novel of shapeshifters.  Finalist for the National Book Award.
 Treasure Hunters - a series of adventures which take place on a ship.  The characters are trying to find their parents.
The Whida - A book about a ship off the coast of Cape Cod
A Storm too Soon - An adventure where a group of people are sailing from North Carolina to Europe.  They encounter a huge storm
Copper - a good book of short stories
Beware of the Ninja Weenies - another good book of short stories
Out of Left Field - This is about a girl who gets cut from Little League because she is a girl.
Willawa
Amal Unbound - About a girl who is sent away to be a servant
The Castle in the Attic - about a boy who travels to a magical kingdom through the magic of a lead knight.
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz- A girl hides banned books in her locker.  She has the kids at school read them.
Choose Your Own Adventures - Try these, and see if you SURVIVE.
Page by Page - a realistic fiction book about a girl who moves to NYC and has troubles finding friends.  She gets a sketchbook and develops friendships with kids who do crazy things.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Maze Runner by James Dashner
A Kid's guide to Keeping Chickens
Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Skink no Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Hardy Boys
I Funny by Chris Grabenstein and James Patterson
Restart by Gordan Korman
A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Tin Tin
Old Yeller
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
March by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis

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