Saturday, November 18, 2023

Restart - book review #iLoveMG

Welcome to #iLoveMG where I share middle grade books that my fifth graders recommend. (Please note that my fifth graders read a wide variety of books across a wide variety of genres, levels, and topics. Do not think that these books are "only" for fifth graders.) Or check out #3rdfor3rd for recommendations from when I taught third grade.

Restart

Recommended by Maitreyee



Restart is a book by Gordon Korman and it is Realistic fiction. The book is about a kid named Chase who fell off a roof, but he doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't remember anything really. He doesn't even remember his name and when you don't know who you are and some people hate you and call you a bully and other people treat you like you're famous. Who do you believe? How do you get back your old life or do you start a new life? 

Restart is a beautiful book about a kid who has to find his place and when things get ten times harder when Chase finds out a secret he doesn't want to know about himself, he will have to find who he can really trust. If you like Sweep you will love Restart. I rate this book 4 stars. It is amazing and is definitely a must read!

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Saturday, November 4, 2023

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda - book review #iLoveMG

Welcome to #iLoveMG where I share middle grade books that my fifth graders recommend. (Please note that my fifth graders read a wide variety of books across a wide variety of genres, levels, and topics. Do not think that these books are "only" for fifth graders.) Or check out #3rdfor3rd for recommendations from when I taught third grade.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Recommended by Eleanor



I liked The Strange Case of Origami Yoda because it had multiple perspectives. This book is about figuring out if origami Yoda is just paper or for real. This kid named Tommy puts together a bunch of stories about origami Yoda. Origami Yoda is a finger puppet on this kid named Dwight he talks like Yoda who gives everyone advice. Which most of the time is really helpful. 

I would recommend this book to anyone that likes books in multiple perspectives and a little middle school drama and if you want a new series to read. This is a really great book.

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