The Birth Of The First Amendment

Makenzie McLain, 9, Valley Stream
November 27, 2019
The book, “The Birth Of The First Amendment,” by Donna Griffin and illustrator Gary Varvel is an amazing graphic novel. This book is great for ages 9 and up. This book is both interesting and tells true facts that happened in the past which is what I love the most about it. I feel like I un...
Just Jaime

Giada Simone, 10, Valley Stream
July 2, 2019
The book, “Just Jaime” by Terri Libenson is a realistic fiction Graphic Novel. I enjoyed this book because it is interesting! I would recommend this book for someone who likes Graphic Novels and who like to or doesn't mind having a cliffhanger until the end of the book. It is the last day of ...
Shivers!: The Pirate Book You’ve Been Looking For

Brianna Ochoa, 10, Valley Stream
June 13, 2019
“Shivers!: The Pirate Book You’ve Been Looking For,” by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White is about a pirate named Shivers. From spiders to ghosts, Shivers is afraid of everything. Shivers has a partner named Albee the Fish. Albee and Shivers are best friends since shivers takes Albee on a...
Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook #2 MVP Summer

Sophia Singh, 10, Valley Stream
May 14, 2019
The book, “Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook #2 MVP Summer” by Iva-Marie Palmer is a realistic fiction book because it’s basically telling the reader what happens in a teenage or preteen girl’s daily life. I really enjoyed this book because it was very interesting and funny. I would recommend ...
How To Train Your Dragon 3, The Hidden World

Zoë Weiner, 9, Valley Stream
April 9, 2019
How To Train Your Dragon 3, The Hidden World is an awesome movie. It has lots of action, comedy, a bit of romance, and of course, dragons! In the beginning, Berk is a colorful village where Vikings and dragons alike thrive in harmony. But not everyone feels that way. When new and more dangerous foes...
A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting Beasts and Geeks

Gabriela Gonzalez, 9, Valley Stream
March 28, 2019
In the second book of “A Babysitters Guide to Monster Hunting Beasts and Geeks,” which was written by Joe Ballarini, a girl named Kelly Ferguson joins a babysitting club. At first she thought that it was just a perfectly normal club where teenagers like to babysit kids. But she was definitely wr...
Funny Kid, Prank Wars by Matt Stanton

Gwen Smith, 10, Valley Stream
February 19, 2019
“Funny Kid, Prank Wars,” by Matt Stanton is about a boy, Max who gets into a prank war with his crush, Pips’s twin. Her twin’s name is Tyson. The prank war happens during their school camping trip. Abby is Max’s enemy. Pip and Abby are friends, and they are afraid that Gunk...
Finding Esme

Chris Dang, 10, Valley Stream
February 19, 2019
Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley is about a girl named Esme who is poor and is living with her brother, grandma, and mom. Ever since her grandpa Paps died, Esme has been lying under his tractor as if she would find him there but instead found a toad she named Bump. Bee, her grandma, keeps yelling ...
Come November by Katrin van Dam

Malachy J Fong, 12, New York City
February 4, 2019
Come November is a realistic-fiction novel that is one of the most engaging things I have ever read. It's unique in the sense that it features a science fiction conspiracy theorist group, so from the beginning it seems like it may be a sci-fi story. The story centers around Marina ‘Rooney’ Harris, who has a s...
The Lost Rainforest: Mez’s Magic

Naomi Castang, Age 10, Valley Stream
January 15, 2019
The book, "The Lost Rainforest,” by Elliot Schrefer was very interesting. This book was interesting because of the events that happen and because the characters had unusual character traits. Two of the main characters were Panther cubs. One was named Mez and her sister who had a missing foot was na...
Into the Nightfell Wood

Nina Munafo, 9, Valley Stream
January 8, 2019
In “Into the Nightfell Wood” by Kristin Bailey, a girl named Wynn and her brother named Elric, go on quite the adventure in order to get to the silver gate so they can start their new lives as the fairy queen’s new children; but, one day Wynn’s chicken, Mildred, runs out of the fairy realm and...
Zach King: The Magical Mix-up

Micaela Viscarra, 10, Valley Stream
December 18, 2018
In the book, “Zach King: The Magical Mix-up”, by magician Zach King, we find out right away that Zach, the young character in the book, broke his magical item that allowed him to perform magic. He’s bummed out because he missed doing magic. His whole family still had their magic items. Zach...