We are all Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen

This book is from the perspectives of 2 people, a 14 year old girl named Ashley and a 13 year old boy named Stewart. Ashley was pretty much the most popular girl in school, and out of school she didn't really like her life. Her mom and dad were divorced, and even though Ashley lives with her mom, her dad visits sometimes because her mom and dad are friends. Ashley has a big secret she is hiding from all her friends, knowing it will effect how popular she is. Her life is 'ok' until Stewart and his dad move in. Ashley's mom and Stewarts dad were planning on getting married, so they decided to live together. Stewart is considered a genius and is so smart he starts to go to Ashley's high school, which Ashley doesn't like. Because Ashley is so popular, she is pretty mean too, which effects Stewart a lot. Many different events occur throughout the book, but I don't want to give them away. This was a really good book, so I highly recommend it. It covers some mature topics though, and a little bit of language, but I think that it wasn't too bad. This was a really quick read even though it is around 256 pages. This is a realistic fiction book.

I think for genres for book groups it would be cool to have realistic fiction books.

Poem about Candy

There once was a piece of candy,
Eating it would be very dandy.
But since we were a group of four,
And candy there was no more,
Having one piece of candy wasn't handy.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

This book is about a boy named Will Grayson, who is going through a lot of stuff in life. His best friend, Tiny, is making a musical of his life, forcing Will to be in it. One weird evening, Will Grayson meets another Will Grayson, and they become good friends. At 16, Will goes through a lot of changes. This was a really confusing book, because there are two Will Graysons and other people, but I was confused about who was who. This book talks a lot about being gay, and a lot of cussing, but I think it was a pretty good book, besides it being confusing. I think that this book could be for anyone who is okay with the mature topics in this book, and not making sense at some parts.
My reading goals for 2016 are to read more genres of books, like more non-fiction, sic-fi, and others.

Stand Tall by Joan Bauer

This book is about a boy named Tree, who is 6 foot 3 inches and a seventh grader. He always gets made fun of, and is having a hard time after his parents' recent divorce. His grandfather, has served in the Vietnam War has lost his foot and is learning how to walk without it, and he fails being an athlete. This book is kind of touching, and has a lot to do with friendship, and helping people. I didn't think this book was very good, but it is a quick read for anyone who wants to read a short book. It is a really easy read as well and doesn't really have any mature topics or language.
I think I will read a book called Sarah's Key over break but I don't really know what it is about, and I would also like to read Wintergirls. 

SOL- Snow Day

I wake up to my dog barking. I look at my alarm, which reads 7:00 AM. My eyes widen thinking my alarm didn't go off, but then I see a note on my nightstand from my mom. 'SNOW DAY!!!' the note says. Glancing over at my window, I see a white sky, and I run up to my window, where there is a bunch of snow, and a blizzard is going on. The trees, and the ground, and bushes are covered in snow. It's beautiful. I love winter, when it's snowing and I love being inside when it snows a lot. It's only November, and this is a bunch of snow for the month. I go outside, and enjoy the fresh air, knowing when I go inside warm hot chocolate will greet me.

Anne Frank- The Diary of a Young Girl

This book was the diary of Anne Frank, where she wrote about her feelings and what was happening in her life. It starts off on her thirteenth birthday, and she talk about what happened. Toward the beginning of the book, Anne Frank and her family must move into there hiding place, which is in Amsterdam, to escape the war and Holocaust. Anne Frank was a Jewish girl, who had at age 15 been put into a concentration camp where she died, but Anne does not mention anything about concentration camps in this book. 

This book was a pretty good book, I was very interested, although some parts weren't at interesting as others, and I was a little confused sometimes. I think that everyone should read this book, because it is a very important book, although I wasn't exactly the person to really enjoy it. It doesn't have many mature topics or language, but it is sad at some parts, and reflects a lot on who Anne Frank and her family were.

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl is a sequel to the book Stargirl. It's about a girl named Stargirl who moved to Pennsylvania from Arizona because of her dad's job. She is a very unique 16 year old, and she is homeschooled. She then meets a little girl named Dootsie who becomes a pretty important character in the book. Stargirl and her friends who she meets along the way go on many adventures throughout the book, which become important in this book. This book is written as if she was writing letters to her previous boyfriend from Arizona, and will he ever receive these so called letters? I really liked this book, it is a fairly quick and easy book, with some funny and touching parts. There are no mature topics or language, and I think that anyone could read this and enjoy it. I would first recommend reading the first Stargirl because there are some characters that are from that book that she mentions in this book.
I would like to be in a realistic fiction book group next because it would be very interesting to discuss.