Debate Club... Mrs.Rochambeau... Lenny

The title of this book is called The Benefits of Being an Octopus. It is about a girl named Zoey. Zoey lives in a trailer with her mom, Lenny, Frank, her siblings, Aurora, Bryce, and Hector. All of them are very low on money and can't afford a lot to eat. Sometimes, it is very intense because stuff like using to much gas is a big deal because gas costs a lot of money. In school Zoey joins the debate club, but has trouble speaking up. So at first she is thinking Oh, this is going to be the worst thing ever. But once she gets complemented by someone at lunch she realizes how going to the debate competition might be a good thing. But at home things are difficult if she uses to much gas it might cost Zoey's mom a night of her nightmares.

I would recommend this book to people...

• Who like young adult novels
• Who like novels that are very intense at times.

WARNING: NOT RECOMMENDED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING BOOKS WITH HARD PLOTS!!!

Hard to understand at times making it be 4.5 stars.

Your used to girls wearing dresses... But boys...?

So, this book is probably the best book I have ever read. Like, it's on my top 3. So, what this book is about is a prince, Prince Sebastian, and a dressmaker, Frances. They meet because he hires her as a personal dressmaker. Except at first, Frances doesn't realize that he's a prince. She thinks he is a princess. so of course, that gets awkward... And well... they both decide they can help each other. She keeps his secret and makes dresses for him... And she may someday become a great designer.

If you like books about being yourself and the LGBTQ+ community, then this is the book for you!!! I definitely give it 5 stars!!!

Amal Unbound a window into the life of a servant

This book is about a girl named Amal who lives in Pakistan and gets made into a servant by this really mean guy named Jawad Sahib. She want's to get free and see her family. I rate this book a 3 out of five. I recommend this book if you wan't to read a good story.

What would it be like to loose a limb...

The book Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen is an amazing book about Jessica, a 16-year-old girl who loves running. Sadly, Jessica gets into an accident and loses one of her legs. All she wants to do is run but it brings her down that she could possibly never run again. When she finally gets back to school after days in the hospital she makes a friend she never even noticed before just because she had cerebral palsy. While she's off making new friends her track teams trying to get her back on her feet. I would recommend this to someone that like stories about friendship, captivating books, and the challenge of feeling alone. I would give this book a 5-star rating because it truly sucks you in so you don't want to put it down

 

Insignificant events in the life of a cactus

 Aven green lost her arms in a cage fight with an alligator, or at least that's what she likes to tell people, along with multiple other ridiculous stories. But what really happened was she was born with no arms. But it's ok because at her school she has tons of supporting friends, or at least until she moves to a rundown theme park in Arizona. Aven is trying to make friends at her new school but everyone gives her, the stare. Everything sucks until she meets Connor, a boy who also struggles to fit in. But when Aven and Connor find some interesting papers in a locked storage shed in the back of the park a mystery starts, The friends try to solve the mystery of this while trying to fit in at school.
I would recommend this book to people who...

.Like funny books
.Can understand sarcasm in reading
.Like slightly sad books

 

I gave this for stars because it takes a while for the plot to start

Can you imagine being adopted? Or... have you ever felt out of place?

This book is called One for the Murphys
It is about a girl named Carley Connors whose mother is in the hospital because of the the "father" beating them, because of that girl goes to foster care. Then the Murphy family adopts her. At first she starts counting the days because she wants to leave, but after a couple of weeks she realizes that the family is just trying to help. She realizes that Micheal Eric, Adam, and Daniel love her. In the end she also ends up with a good friend. All she wants to remember is to BE SOMEONES HERO.

I would recommend this book to...

• People who like intense books.
• People who enjoy more mature books

WARNING: IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO PHYSICAL ABUSE, DO NOT READ!!!!

I give it five stars because it was a very intense and page turning book.

"Frances, will you make me another dress?"

I just finished the book the prince and the dressmaker and I really liked it.  It is all about this dressmaker named Frances.  She makes a crazy dress for the prince's ball and everyone is horrified.  or so they thought.  When Frances gets fired by her boss, a butler comes by and says, Frances has a customer who wants to have Frances as their special dressmaker.  Frances's boss tries to get her back but she accepts the job.  It turns out the job is for someone very important... The prince!  the prince tells her that sometimes he likes to wear dresses.  So he asks her to make a special dress for miss marmalade beauty pageant.  Find out what happens next to Frances and Lady Crystallia. (the prince in disguise.)  I would give this book
If you like love stories and fun, artistic graphic novels, this book is for you!

A story that goes up, down, up, down

  This book is one of the best books I have ever read and it is about a chinese boy who came from  San Fransisco went to a school with no friends and he tries to make things go well but sometimes they don't . But then he finds out something crazy about himself.    

I would recommend this book to people  that the books that people come to America from a far away place. 

I give this book four and a half stars.

A prince that likes to wear dresses...

I just finished the book The Prince and the Dressmaker. It's a graphic novel about a seamstress named Frances that is hired by Prince Sebastian to make dresses for him. Sebastian's parents are pressuring him to get married, but what they don't know is that he sometimes likes to dress up in women's clothing. Frances sews him dresses and Sebastian wears a wig to spend his nights as his alternate persona, Lady Crystallia. The only problem is that he has to keep this secret from his parents, while they're becoming more and more persistent about his marriage. I recommend this book to anyone who likes stories about characters finding themselves, and anyone who appreciates good illustrations!! *graphic novel*

             

             FIVE STARS

My poor arm...that stupid shark...

What would you do if a shark comes up behind you and bites your arm?  It does not come clean off, but they have to amputate it.  I just finished reading the book Shark Girl and it was probably about 3.5 stars.  It was about this girl who gets her arm amputated on account of a shark attack and then the doctors have to amputate it.  When Jane gets out of her coma, she realizes that she can't do things like she could before.  She gets depression because of her disability.  The book is all about how she works through this depression and kind of fails at everything.  I would recommend this book for anyone who likes reading about tragic disasters and people who read about people working through their disabilities.




***Do not read if you don't like blood***