Peer Book Review - Holes

📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖

Holes

by Louis Sacher

Reviewed by 7th Grader Ashna R.

Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is wrongfully sent to a juvenile camp for something he didn’t do. The warden makes the campers dig a hole 5 feet deep and wide. Stanley then starts to suspect that the camp is making them dig for treasure. He gets very suspicious.

This book is full of mysteries and cliffhangers. It has a great sense of humor and the story just keeps getting interesting. This book really describes how badly Stanley was treated and how he felt. It was also filled with powerful emotions.

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Peer Book Review - Bud,Not Buddy

📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Cutis

Reviewed by 8th Grader Kimberly R.

            Bud was a child who had no mother and did not know who his father was. So he went on an adventure, his momma had left him. Clues for him to find his father.

            Bud, Not Buddy was an amazing book because the character Bud played an amazing role by being an African Child slave in order to find his father.

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Book Review - Speak: The Graphic Novel

📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖

Speak: The Graphic Novel

by Laurie Halse Anderson

            Everybody knows Melinda is the one who called the cops at the party over the summer, but only Melinda knows why. She didn’t want what happened between her and Andy to happen, and her attempt to call the cops on him has landed her as the school pariah. Melinda is without any friends, unless you count the clueless new girl, and only has her art as an outlet. Despite her falling grades, the images in her art, and the choice of refraining from talking nobody seems to know Melinda is actually crying out for help. Will Melinda find her voice and the courage to speak about what happened to her?

            Originally published in 1999 this is a fantastic updated version in graphic novel format. The black and white illustrations help tell Melinda’s story in a new and refreshing way. While not graphic in content, this story does deal with the topic of sexual violence and those who are uncomfortable with that for whatever reason should avoid it. For those who can handle the subject matter, it is not a story to be missed.

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