 | Zinger's Booklist for Best of 2007 Intermediate Grades |
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Iris, Messenger
Sarah Deming (2007) , 200+ pages
Audience: Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category: Fantasy
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Have you ever felt like you were
different from everyone else? Iris
Greenwold has felt that way her whole
life--in fact, she likes the people she
makes up in her imagination best of all-
-at least they're better than the
strange and slightly evil people who go
to Iris's school, Erebus Middle
School. No matter what she imagines,
school only gets worse for Iris. But
when a mysterious package arrives on
her twelth birthday, Iris begins to
meet the strangest people of all, Greek
gods and goddesses! Is she going crazy
or is there more to her life than Iris
had even begun to imagine?
Reviewed by: Amanda / Sugar Creek
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Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff
Jennifer Holm (2007) , 40-80 pages
Illustrated by Elicia Castaldi
Audience: Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category: Humor, Realistic Fiction
(This book has outstanding illustrations)
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Come along with Ginny as she
experiences a year in middle school.
As a seventh-grader, Ginny has many
wishes and hopes for this year. She
longs to be chosen for the role of the
Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker,
wants to visit Grandpa Joe on spring
break, and hopes to get a new Dad.
Ginny documents her trials and
tribulations, successes and failures
through diary entries, notes, report
cards, newspaper clippings, and other
interesting stuff. Reading this novel
is like taking a peek into someone's
life with photographs and drawings to
guide you through.
Reviewed by: Susan / South County Regional Library
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Comments from Readers
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Maya, age 10 from North Carolina
I think this is a really funny book.If you love funny books, you will really like this book.
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No Talking
Andrew Clements (2007) , 120-160 pages
Illustrated by Mark Elliott
Audience: Primary (k-3rd grade), Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category: Realistic Fiction
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Fifth grader Dave Packer is quite a
talker. In fact, all the fifth graders
at his school are. The fifth graders
also have another problem: the boys
and girls don't get along with each
other. So when the boys and girls
start a contest to see who can talk the
least, you'd think the teachers and
principal would be happy they are
finally quiet. But it's not that
simple. This great book is filled with
moments that will make you laugh and
make you think. Could you go two days
with no talking?
Reviewed by: Erin / Independence Regional Library
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Comments from Readers
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Abby, age 12 from Virginia
This is a GREAT book. at my school we had a reading competion and that was one of the books.
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Sydney, age 10 from North Carolina
I love the vocabulary in this book. The message Andrew Clements sends the reader is sooo cool. I love the ending when the girl magically comes up with the right amount of words to make the contest a tie. If yoi could eat books,this one would taste sweet!!!
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Maki, age 9 from Illinois
No Talking is a great book .If you are looking for a good book you get No Talking.
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