Holly's world is very crazy. Her mom is divorced. Both her and her friend are crushing on Jared Wilkins. An embarrassing moment leaves Holly wondering. To top it off Holly's dad lives in California, while she lives in Colorado. This book has romance excitement, humor, and more!

Similar books: Elsie Dinsmore, A Life of Faith Series by Martha Finley

Reviewed by: hpotterfan1129

Date read: 7/20/2011

ISBN-10: 076420458

ISBN-13: 9780764204586

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Regan's first love in life is dance, and she's on top of the world when she's chosen to host a new exercise and dance show at her school that will be broadcast to the seventh grade homerooms. She sees this as a great step on her path to a career in professional dance. When a lingering pain in Regan's knee gets worse, however, she must begin a series of doctor visits. Will her diagnosis threaten her future as a dancer?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 4/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0823415791

ISBN-13: 9780823415793

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What would you do if you had a machine that could do your homework for you and print it out in your own handwriting? Would you tell anyone, or would you keep it to yourself? Brenton has programmed his computer so it can do just that, and when the three other fifth-graders in his class group find out, he lets them use it, too. Using the homework machine together changes their lives in ways they never would have expected. What will happen when their secret begins to unravel?

Similar books: The Return of the Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 2/24/2010

ISBN-10: 0689876785

ISBN-13: 9780689876783

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Ana Shen, half chinese and half black, cringes when people say that she has a marvelously biracial, multicultural family. At her graduation ceremony from junior high, just as she is about to give her salutatorian address, the water main of the school bursts filling the football field with water. And if that isn't bad enough, the principal has to cancel the dance scheduled for later that evening. Ana is devastated. She's dreamed of dancing with her crush, Jamie for such a long time. When Ana sees Jamie after the ceremony, she impulsivly invites Jamie and his dad over to dinner with her family. Ana can't believe she actually asked both her grandmothers to cook. They've only cooked a meal together a few times, all with disasterous results. So it's off to a Chinese grocery store with her mom and grandma to get ingredients for her grandma's Chinese food. Her dad takes her other grandma to a store for her gumbo ingredients. Being in the house and helping both grandmas cook is beyond stressful for Ana! Her grandmas collide with their different bags of rice leaving Ana to pick it up off the floor so they don't waste good rice. The food ends up turning out well but Ana is shocked when she sees an uninvited guest at her door, Amanda, her classmate who also likes Jamie. However will Ana deal with a whole dinner of Amanda making her moves on Jamie? And what embarrassing things will her grandparents say? This book successfully portrays a biracial family with just the right combination of humor and matter-of-factness.

Reviewed by: jb

Date read: 8/7/2012

ISBN-13: 9780385734172

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Willimena is starting third grade when she finds out she'll be in Mrs. Sweetly's class. Mrs. Sweetly is the meanest teacher at the Harriet Tubman School. Willimena decides that to avoid trouble, she will be the best, nicest student Mrs. Sweetly has ever known. The plan is working until Willimena loses the class guinea pig. How will Willimena cope with Mrs. Sweetly now that she's no longer the perfect student?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 9/10/2010

ISBN-10: 0786813229

ISBN-13: 9780786813223

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