The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin

               The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin is an exciting book. It jumps from three people's perspectives- Tamika's, Fatima's, and Jimmi's. Tamika is the main character, and is a girl who blocks the world from getting to her, but with her hearing aids. Fatima is a girl who's from a different country, who moved trying to get a better life, and soon meets Tamika. Jimmi is a boy who's a street-poet, former drug addict and alcohalic who currently lives on the streets.

This book is an interesting book that is meant for an older audience (so, I recommend it to an older audience because of inappropriate language), but was still a read worth reading.

                   -Looneytunes                      
              

Number the Stars

             Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is an interesting and factual book set during World War II.  Annemarie Johansen, her little sister Kirsti, and their parents hide Annemarie's friend, Ellen Rosen, from the Nazi soldiers.
             They take Ellen to their uncle Henrik's house, where the adventure really begins. The soldiers come to their house, there's a "funeral" and Annemarie runs into soldiers and guard dogs.
             I recommend Number the Stars to all readers because this is a well-written, amazing book that I would read again and again.
                     - Looneytunes
                                               

True Ghost Stories

True Ghost Stories by Paul Downswell and Tony Allen is full of different ghost stories that are "true." This book is not well-written. For instance, one story was about a lady in Jamaica who owned a mansion. One day, when she was about to beat one of her slaves, all of her slaves attacked and strangled her to death. People say that her ghost still haunts the house she lived in today. I don't recommend this cheesy book because you can tell these stories aren't true. They seem so made up, so it's an uninteresting and pointless read.                       
                                    -Looneytunes

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick is a book that mostly tell its story with pictures. It's about a boy named Hugo, who lives in a train station, taking over the job of his dead uncle. He steals toys from a toy booth using the spare parts for a machine his father started, "the mechanical man," that he wants to finish. I recommend this book for people who like adventure and a tad bit of mystery in great books, like The Invention of Hugo Cabret.           

-Looneytunes

Wait till Helen comes

     Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn is about a girl named Molly and her new life in an old church with her mom, her brother, her mom's new husband, and his daughter, Heather. When Molly finds Heather playing in the old graveyard in their backyard talking to a ghost named Helen, Molly decides to uncover the mystery of that ghost with her brother. When Heather keeps getting Molly in trouble for things she didn't do, Molly has enough with Heather and tries to take her away from Helen. At the end, both Molly and Heather find that they're both loving and caring sisters. I recommend this book for people who like scary stories, mysteries, or adventures.