True (Sort of...)

True (Sort Of...)

by Katherine Hannigan

Delly gets in trouble, a lot of trouble.  She just wants to have fun and be kind but she never asks if she can do stuff, she just does it. Just doing stuff gets you in trouble, and like I said before, Delly gets in a lot of trouble. 

After being told she is bad for so long, she starts to get in trouble for fighting too. For awhile she doesn't mind being a bad trouble maker.   She doesn't even mind when they threaten to kick her out of school.  But when she sees her mama start to cry because of her, Delly starts to feel bad about being bad. 

Delly knows she has to change.  She has to be good.  She just doesn't know how to be good.  Luckily for her she finds help from a few unlikely sources, her little brother RB and from Ferris Boyd, a new girl who doesn't speak or let anyone touch her. 

If you are willing to risk a few tears and a few breathless moments, you should read True (Sort Of...) and find out if Delly can really be good and keep her mama from crying again.

Published: 2011

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Location: School Library, Public Library, and Amazon

Alvin Ho: Book 3

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes
by Lenore Look


You are Alvin Ho, an honest little second grader who is afraid of everything and can't speak at school.  Because of your little quirk you don't always fit in with the boys at school, yet a girl named Flea adores you because of it.  


When you find out Hobson, a boy, is having a Settlers and Indians party you long to get invited. Instead you get invited to Flea's birthday tea party.  Now in addition to trying to get invited to Hobson's party you are trying to figure out a way to survive Flea's party.  What will you do?  How will things turn out for you?  Read your book to find out. 


Published: 2010

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Locations: School Library, Public Library, and Amazon