The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat by Michael Pollan

If you have heard of The Omnivore's Dilemma for adults, you may be surprised that Michael Pollan came out with a version for kids, with easy to read text, and little add-ons such as "What Is Corn Disguised As?" The book covers three meal "plans". One, Industry Food (McDonalds), Two, Organic, and Three being all "Hunter and Gatherer sorts".
This book was a tiny bit slow in the beginning, but once you get into it, it becomes very intriguing, packed with details. This book is not for the queasy, so beware the section where he explains how to kill a chicken.
This book may not have made it to my favorites list, but I give it a "****"!

DWEEB : Burgers, Beasts and Brain-Washed Bullies

DWEEB : Burgers, Beasts, and Brain-Washed Bullies by Arron Starmer

These five boys are currently the most despised kids in their school, and when they are taken hostage by the turned-evil vice principal, they don't know how to react. Between getting so angry that one boy punches a hole in the wall, and the meanest school bully turning nice, these boys are just trying to figure out what in the world they're going to do.

I liked this book because of how opposite the boys seemed to be, and how in the end they all became friends. I enjoyed this book as well for the reason of how each boy had a very carved personality.

I give this book a **** .

Operation Yes

Operation Yes by Sara Holmes

This story takes place in an Army Base, where the houses are like the people in the Army-- in uniform. The teacher, Miss Loupe, is at the Army base School is a new teacher, and she's got a couple of surprises up her sleeve, one being The Taped Space.

Bo is a student where Miss Loupe is teaching, and when he comes in to class and sees the taped space, he thinks his teacher is plain crazy. But Bo has a problem, and he doesn't know what to do about it, and his dad will be leaving after the school year ends.

Gari's mother is a army nurse, and has been out of the war for some time, but has been asked to return. Gari's mother decides to leave, and Gari must go to stay with her cousin, Bo.

The two of them are not entirely happy-- and they both rebel. But when something goes terribly wrong, Miss Loupe goes missing, and it's up to her class to find out what's up.

Hope was Here

Hope was Here by Joan Bauer

When sixteen-year old Hope moves (again) to a new town with her Aunt, she begins to work at a restaurant called Welcome Stairways. When they learn that the owner of the restaurant is running for mayor, Hope does everything she can to help him win.

Hope is in the midst of working on the campaign, when everything suddenly goes downhill. Hope's ever-disappearing mother shows up and calls her "Tulip", and the owner of the restaurant is taken ill by leukemia, it's up to her to figure out how to right the wrongs.

Hope's character is very strong, and very likable, someone for girls to look up to and relate to, and her brain never runs out of ideas to help someone out.

GhostHuntress -The Awakening

Ghost Huntress - The Awakening by Marley Gibson

When Kendall can't go to sleep, her mother brings her a humidifier, and tells her to just rest. But how can she rest when there are voices coming out of the thing? When she returns to high-school the next day, she can't help but mumble to herself. She is overheard by the school's resident techie, and the tech-girl is immediately intrigued. She takes her to the bathroom, where she pesters Kendall until Kendall cries out. Kendall can feel other people's pain.

Kendall forms a ghost-hunting group-- but is then stopped short by two problems, both of them people. 1, Her mother, who i s convinced that Kendall is possessed, and wants to take her baby to psychologist, and 2, One of the members of the group, Taylor's brother. He doesn't want his little sister to get into danger.

When Kendall's father is injured at his supposedly haunted workplace, all Kendall can do is go against her mother's wishes, and investigate to solve this first ghostly mystery.

The Plain Janes

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg, Illustrator

This graphic novel is a wonderful example that if something bad happens, and you are placed in a strange place that you've never seen before, good things can come out of it.

In The Plain Janes, Jane is moved from her long-time hometown after a bomb goes off, to her new high school, and is almost immediately placed in front of the popular girls, who try to suck her into their clique. But Jane, well, doesn't want to be popular, for the fear of getting attacked again. She joins a group that all share something, despite their differences. That thing they share are their names. Meet Jane, Jayne, and Polly-Jane. They are all different, and form a club called P.L.A.I.N, People Loving Art In Neighborhoods. They start to sneak around, making art displays for the community, or as the police like to call it, Vandalism.

Meanwhile, in MetroCity, Main-Jane's friend who entered a coma after the explosion, is receiving Main-Jane's Art letters. His nurse reads the letters to John Doe, the victim of the bomb because she believes that if John hears the words that Jane has written, he'll come out of the coma, so Jane can get her hope back.

Jane and the Janes continue to show their art, until something comes up that no one planned for, and they must figure out what to do.

This graphic Novel is a great read, and it is a book that can last forever, as you read it over and over again.

Welcome to TweenBookshelf!

This blog is a virtual bookshelf, one with summaries, reviews and lists of favorite books and authors. I am a sixth grader, so I will be reading and reviewing middle school level books, or young-adult books.
I invite you to comment or recommend books for us all to read, and hopefully enjoy.