The Roar by Emma Clayton

The Roar is about a boy and his twin sister who live behind a wall eating mold to be safe from the animal plague or that's what they've been told. After his sister goes missing and the government trains kids to fly fighter jets, he starts to look for his sister and what really is the truth.

Hwan K., grade 7

No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko

One day when three kids (India, Mouse and Finn Thompkins) have a normal life until their mom, who has to do everything because of the death of their dad, goes bankrupt and Mrs. Thompkins now has to leave her kids at their uncles while she has to finish a semester and all of the sudden the kids now are in for an adventure when they turn up somewhere else.

Heejun K., grade 7

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordian

The Sea of Monsters is about a half-blooded kid named Percy Jackson who is going on an adventure to find the missing items of gods and goddesses. Percy and his half blood friend, Annabeth, go looking for the Golden Fleece. They need the fleece to save a camp for half bloods. While on this adventure he has to kill monsters that are trying to kill him.

Hannah, grade 6

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

This book is a truly poignant book that depicts racism, injustice yet at the same time, pride, strength, and honesty through the life of a particular African-American family. Through a series of events, the members of this family are looked down upon, and treated with pure malice.

Grace K., grade 8

Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

A boy named Jerry earns a dollar by dusting pews. He uses the dollar to get a puppy. One day, the puppy disappears. Jerry looks everywhere to find Ginger Pye, the puppy. About 5 months later, Ginger was found but Jerry didn't find him, his 2 year old uncle, Bennie finds him. How? Read the book to find out. I like how the author puts in a mystery to the adventure to get a really good story. I recommend this book to 10 to 11 year-old kids and if you like adventure with mystery. :)

Ben K., grade 6

Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera

This book is about a boy whose name is Khalid. For Easter break,  Khalid goes to Karachi to spend time at his aunt's house. While he is there, he gets kidnapped and is sent to a prison camp in Afghanistan.  Khalid is kept there and then is moved to Guantanamo Bay, the largest prison camp in the world. The theme is you are only innocent until proven guilty. I think people who like action books should read this.

Julian K., grade 6

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

This book is about a boy that was alone in the woods of Canada for 8 weeks surviving off of berries and hunting skills. This book makes the story real and is vivid in details. As a fan of Gary Paulsen, I recommend this book to any adventure lovers. However for young readers (1st through 3rd grade) this might scare you a little bit.

Jason K., grade 8