Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell

This book is about a girl who is an Army kid, meaning some of her family is in the army and they participate in all of that stuff. They live in America, and when Jamie's (the main character) brother TJ joins the army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie has mixed feelings. There are many ways to feel, sad, excited, scared, worried, happy, and Jamie feels them all. That summer she helps out at the local army rec center where she meets a lot of new people, and spends time with them. Her brother takes a lot of beautiful pictures and sends many letters, and Jaime keeps them and loves them.

I honestly didn't enjoy this book, I mean, some parts were interesting but overall the book sometimes went into too much detail. I didn't really expect this book to be like this, but you can't judge a book by its cover. The book is very short, I feel like if it was longer it would have been more interesting, and the ending is fairly abrupt. It has no mature topics or language at all, and I think this book was an overall easy read.

TBR
 Ready Player One- Andrew
Everlost- Sofie and Briahn
The Promise of a Pencil
Out of the Easy

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

This is a REALLY book about a 15 year old girl named Lina, who gets deported by the Soviets along with the rest of her family, her mom, her dad, and her younger brother Jonas. They are forced to work at a labor camp, and her father is separated from them, and they are forced to work all day and then they have to move to Siberia, and are freezing cold.

This book is fairly violent, about World War II and its a REALLY good book, like I said before. I don't really like books about war and that sort of thing, but I really like this book. It says a lot about history, and has a lot with friendship, trust, and robbery. I recommend it for anyone who would like some violence, not too much, and a sad, touching book.


TBR

This One Summer
If I Stay
Leviathan-Sarah
To Kill A Mocking Bird- Talia

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
This book is about a girl named Lily who's whole life has been formed around her mother's death. She lives with a mother that basically "is a adoption mother" who is African American I believe. I can't say too much without giving the book away, but it has a lot to do with bees. It isn't the best book in my opinion, and it talks about racism and stuff, so I don't really like that book. The description is really cool though, but it is kind of boring.

TBR

Cloaked
The Promise of a Pencil
Hungry- Sofie
A Wrinkle in Time

My Mother the Cheerleader

My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow

This book is about a girl named Loise, who lives in a house that is similar to a hostel, and she must take care of people who live there, but her mom also helps out. This book takes place in the 1960's in New Orleans, which is pretty cool.Anyways, Loise's mom and a group of women stand outside a local elementary school called William Frantz in the mornings, and bully the first African American to go to the school who is a six year old named Ruby Bridges.

This is a really good book, very well written, and a quick read. I would say this is a sort of sad, mysterious book, and it has a lot of mature topics, like racism. Also, this book is somewhat strange/boring at first, but after about 20 pages its interesting and you want to read more.

TBR:

Between Shades of Grey- Haley
The Giver: Grace
Touching the Void: Kenny