Students recommend books to read over break

“The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things” is a fantastic book. Reading it might change your whole life.

This book gives you reasons not to care about your appearance and what others think. In this book, an overweight girl named Virginia Shreves is living a terrible life, and just wanted others to like her. A popular girl in her school said if she were Virginia, she would rather kill herself.

Virginia considered this, but then decided not to. She realized that she didn’t have to be like others or care about other’s opinions. In this book, her mom also bossed her around. Her mom had also been fat as a teen. But she never had the nerve to stand up for herself like Virginia did. Her mom always took her to the doctor so that the doctor could help her lose weight. Virginia didn’t like this, but she had to because of her parents. But soon after, she started to do what she wanted to do.

Virginia always thought she wasn’t perfect; she always wanted to fit in with others. She wanted to be skinny. She always thought her family would be better off without her. Being a girl like her wasn’t easy at all. Her life was not perfect. She did not have friends around, and she had a family that didn’t pay attention to her just because she was overweight. However, she made her life worth it towards the end of the story. Did Virginia die? Did she lose weight? Did she make friends? Was her life so horrible after all? To find out, read this amazing book and you’ll find out!

This book can change your whole perspective of your life or others’ lives. Go get it now and read it!

Level 5.2, 8 points

Phuong Nguyen (10)

What book I would recommend to readers is a book called “Thirteen Reasons Why.” The book is one of the best books I’ve read and I don’t even like reading.

First, I recommend this book because it is a mystery of a girl who commits suicide. Before she did it, she made tapes of reasons and people who contributed to it. After they watch the tape, they have to pass it on. If they don’t, it will go on to the next reason anyway because someone she told helps her out. The book is also good because it relates to bullying, and included different point of views. This makes you feel sorry and scared because of the reasons she said.

Lastly the book is good because it is creepy. There are actual tapes you can find on the website http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/.

Another good thing is they are making a movie about it, starring Selena Gomez, so readers should give this book a shot and learn the lesson of bullying.

Level 3.9, 9 points

Bill Khau (10)

Level 4.3 Points 13

“Perfect Chemistry” is both romantic and epic. It makes you curious what will happen. “Perfect Chemistry” talks about how the characters are loyal to their friends and race. Also, it tells of how much trouble the characters get into, and how the epic battle continues. The book also has romantic parts where the characters fight for a love that no one approves of. Therefore, “Perfect Chemistry” is a good book that will have you asking for more.

Shirley Cabico (10)

I believe that people should read The Hunger Games , a novel by Suzanne Collins. First of all, the book is understandable for the most part. The Hunger Games uses words that we usually use or encounter in our daily lives, but it does occasionally include uncommon vocabulary here and there, which you can often infer from its usage in a sentence, so the book is fairly understandable.

Secondly, The Hunger Games includes a lot of suspense, making you want to read more and more. The book has a lot of situational irony, as well as dramatic irony, and after one thing has been resolved, another problem usually pops up. This adds to the suspense in the book, and keeps you reading to find out what happens next. Lastly, this novel is different from the typical romance story. The main character, Katniss, is a strong female, and the storyline includes some action. Many of us love easily understood books, interesting books, and books that are not ordinary, so everyone should read The Hunger Games .

Heather Situ (10)

I would recommend the book So Be It to anyone who likes a little mystery. I think the book will make you think twice about complaining about your life. First of all, it gives you a sense of what it’s like being isolated from the outside world. It’s about a 12-year-old girl, living with her neighbor who has a phobia of the outside world. The girl gets to leave the house sometimes but she doesn’t get to interact with anyone often. Also, the girl in the story has only one friend and he isn’t even close to her.

Reading this story really made me appreciate the friends I have because I got a sense of how depressing it might be for her; though she still managed to remain oblivious to how unfortunate she was.

Lastly, it helps you develop an appreciation for your parents. The girl in the story knew her mom, but she was mentally disabled, and she didn’t know her dad. She traveled to New York to find her father and discover her name.

Therefore, I think this story will help you to appreciate life.

Elliott Richardson (10)