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  About Book Title: A Wrinkle in Time Author: Madeleine L'Engle Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction Major Book Awards: 1963 Newbery Medal Recommended Age Range: 10-14 and up Appropriate Grade Levels: 5th to 9th grade and up Summary This book tells the adventure of 3 kids, Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and friend Calvin O'Keefe traveling through time to rescue her father Alex Murry, who'd suddenly disappeared. With the help of 3 celestial beings, the kids are tessered to different planets to find him. During the search, they discovered that these planets, including Earth are being under attacked by an evil dark cloud called The Black Thing. Once they get to planet Camazotz, where their father is trapped on, they learn that life on this planet is under control of IT, an evil energy, that traps their minds to behave a certain way. Their father is stuck there as a prisoner, because he would not allow himself to be controlled by IT. Not too long after, Charles was ...

  About Book Title: Shiloh Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Genre: Realistic Fiction Major Book Awards: 1992 Newbery Medal Recommended Age Range: 10   to 12 Appropriate Grade Levels: 5th to 7th grade Summary This book talks about the relationship between a boy named Marty and the great lengths he is willing to take for a dog. One day a beagle followed him home and he ends up naming him Shiloh. Finding out that the owner of the dog was Judd, an alcoholic who abuses his hunting dogs, his father tells him to return Shiloh back. Marty was then able to witness Judd abusing the dog. Not long, Shiloh ends up escaping going back to Marty and that's when he decides to hide him. He builds Shiloh a pen behind his house and is sure to feed and take good care of him. Unfortunately, one day his mother finds out about Shiloh, and he ends up being attacked by a big dog that night. Eventually, Marty's family found out about Shiloh and takes him to get treated and plans to return him to Judd aft...

About Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Cover Artist: Cliff Nielson Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Utopian Fiction Major Book Awards: 1994 Newbery Medal Recommended Age Range: 13+ Appropriate Grade Levels: 8th grade and up Summary This book is written in the pov of Jonas, a boy who later on finds out that he is living in a dystopian society. Everyone within this community is seen as the same. No one experiences prejudice, discrimination, pain, hunger, color, or have strong emotions like love. They all know how to behave & work as their assigned role, either as a nurturer, engineer, etc. Their careers are chosen for them once they turn 12. Jonas was chosen last and was given a respected role as the Receiver of Memory. A person who takes on the responsibility to remember life before sameness. The purpose for him to remember these abandoned memories is to help keep the community within the bubble of sameness and that these "mistakes" are avoided. As Jonas ...

  About Book Title:  The War That Saved My Life Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley  Genre: Historical Fiction  Major Book Award: 2016   Newbery Medal, 2018 Golden Kite Award for Middle Grade Fiction Recommended Age Range: 9 to 12 Appropriate Grade Levels: 5th to 8th grade Summary This book written by Kimberly Bradley talks about the life of Ada and Jamie Smith during WW2 between Germany and Europe. They lived in an abusive home with their mother, so they took this chance to evacuate London for safety from the war and their mother. Once they've arrived to Kent, a woman named Susan Smith were forced to take them in. She never wanted them, or kids in general. But she did things far more than their "mother" back in London ever had. Throughout the story Ada, Jamie, and Susan created a special bond, like a real family. The three were soon then separated after a year together, because their mother forcefully took them back, due to financial issues. Susan realized t...

About Book Title: New Kid  Author & Illustrator: Jerry Craft Genre: Realistic Fiction Format:  Graphic novel Major Book Awards: John Newbery Medal & Coretta Scott King Award 2020 Recommended Age Range: 8 to 12 Appropriate Grade Levels:  3rd to 7th grade Summary This graphic novel follows the school life of a seventh grader named Jordan Banks. Jordan loves to draw, but instead of attending art school as he wishes, his parents decided that it would be best for him to be enrolled in Riverdale Academy Day [RAD] school, one of most prestigious and finest private school in the area. Here, Jordan experiences and witnesses, discrimination, stereotypes, assumptions, and bullying, as he is one of the few African-American student in a predominantly white student body. As he continues to adapt to this new culture, Jordan also faces other problems, such as learning how to balance life in school and outside of school, as well as juggling his social life with friends who come f...