"Main Street- Welcome to Camden Falls" by Ann M. Martin

I don't know how many books I have read about kids who have lost a parent or two the last month. There sure are a lot of books like that! In this book you can read about these two sisters, Flora and Ruby. Their parents die in a car accident and now the girls need to go to Camden Falls, which is quite far away from their old house and friends and school, to live with their grandmother. There they meet new friends. Olivia lives next door, she likes to organize stuff. Nikki lives on the wrong side of town. She doesn't want to be friends at first, but soon their secrets are shared and then friendship becomes easier. Camden Falls becomes their new home.

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Ps. If it's not good, I would not put it on Miss Twinkle!

"Eggs" by Jerry Spinelli

This is an awesome book! I started reading it, and I was so shocked. How can Jerry Spinelli be so good at writing!? Read this book, I really enjoyed it, and I'm sure you will too! You can also visit Jerry's website http://www.jerryspinelli.com/.

Here's what the book is about.

David is 9 years old. His mother is dead, and his father is working in Connecticut, which is over 200 miles away. The boy lives with his grandmother, and his dad comes home on the weekends. But, David has lost his mother, and no one can take her place.

13 year-old Primrose is very different. She has a mother, but a unnormal one. She doesn't know who her dad is, but likes to think and talk about him.

David and Primrose meet and they become friends. Though, their friendship is very tumultuous, it's tight, too. However, they need to help each other deal with what's missing in their lives.


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Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech

Mary Lou Finney's teacher assighned homework over the summer, to keep a journal. Boring!

Then her cousin Carl Ray comes to stay with her family. It all starts out as the dull dog days of the summer but quickly turns around to the wildest ride ever.

How was Mary Lou supposed to know what was up ahead? Such as Carl Ray and the ring, or with her best friend becoming boy crazy? And..(sigh) Alex Cheevey?

Suddenly the boring school assignment turns out to be one of the most exciting, unbelievable, wonderful summers of Mary Lou's life.

Lets just hope her teacher doesn't actually read her journal.

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Minerva Clark Gets a Clue by Karen Karbo

Minerva Clark is a typical 13 year-old girl. Typical meaning; she hates her hair, she hates her legs, her gigantor bootie. Minerva Clark is being raised by 3 older brothers, none of whom really get her. But one day everything changes. A fateful encounter with a lightning storm rewires her sense of self. That's the end of her old life, Minerva Clark becomes anything but a typical teen. The now unashamed Minerva with a nose for trouble soon finds herself drawn inexplicably to the scene of a murder. The new Minerva Clark is now determined to track down the killer. But the killer just might be someone she knows...

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