The Clique

I (Chloe) have read almost every Clique book that Lisi Harrison has come out with. They are really good, and easy to read. I can finish one in like, a day. It's about this clique of girls who are the head of the school and all the drama they go through. I highly suggest this series.Enjoy!

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Before I (Chloe) summarize this for you, I have to say, it is one of the best books I have ever read! It is hilarious and well written.

Frankie Landau-Banks, AKA Bunny Rabbit to her family, is a mildly geeky girl who is attending a very competitive charter school (high school). The first year she attended her older sister, Zada, was there to help her get around. Starting her second year, her sister has graduated and Frankie has gained 20 pounds "in all the right places." As the year takes off, she gets a senior boyfriend who Frankie has adored since she met him. Matthew invites Frankie to a golf course party, which becomes the start of their relationship. Matthew plans many dates with Frankie, but right before he takes her he usually has to leave and meet with he best friend, Alpha. One night Frankie follows him, because she has gotten so annoyed with his leaving. Matthew turns out to be in a secret club called The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. The club had been around since 1950, and her father, who was a member when he attended the school had told her a little bit about it, but just enough so she was curious but didn't know anything. Because Frankie gets upset that her boyfriend is lying to her and ditching her on their dates, she decides to take advantage of the club when one of the "kings," Alpha, leaves. Frankie creates a fake email address and tells the club to carry out a different plan for Halloween. The day after Halloween, the paintings hanging in the halls of the charter school's previous headmasters were wearing bras. The club thought it was a great idea and when Alpha came back, he took all the credit for it, even though he didn't know what had happened. Frankie performed a few more pranks this way until finally, Alpha was cornered and was about to get expelled for his vandalism. Frankie finally comes forward and confesses that the pranks were hers and both Alpha and Frankie were kept at the school. Frankie ended up breaking up with Matthew because he thought she was lying to him once he found out, but really he was the one lying about the club. When Frankie went home for Thanksgiving, her family didn't know what to think of her because, obviously, she was no longer their "Bunny Rabbit." PLEASE READ THE BOOK EVEN IF YOU HAVE READ THIS SUMMARY (I suggest that kids no younger than 11 read this book because of certain contents)! IT IS A GREAT BOOK AND I LEFT OUT MANY PARTS! If you do read it, enjoy!

The Midwife's Apprentice

The Midwife's Apprentice is a book about a girl who only knows herself as brat, dung beetle, or beetle and tries to find a place in the world. She travels to different villages trading work for food and a place to sleep for the night. One day she uses a dung pile in one village to sleep in. When the village's midwife finds her, "dung beetle" asks if she can work in return for little food and a modest place to sleep. The midwife realizes that she can have this girl do most of her errands for barely any cost, so she accepts. When the midwife injures herself, Beetle is sent to go to a fair and buy certain items for canning and medicinal purposes. On the way home from the fair, beetle decides she needs a real name. Deeming herself Alyce, she travels home to the midwife. One day when the midwife goes to birth a child, she was asked to birth another child at the manor. Being her greedy self, Jane takes the job with more money involved and leaves Alyce to watch over the mother, but says not to do anything. Seeing the mother in such pain, Alyce births the baby, only to the anger of the midwife. When Alyce is asked to birth another baby and she fails, she runs away to an inn where she works in return for food and a bed. One day when Jane, the midwife, goes to the inn, she talks to a man there and implies that she doesn't want an apprentice that fails and runs away. She wants one that isn't afraid to fail and try and fail and try again. When Alyce hears this she goes back to Jane, but is not accepted. After thought she returns a second time saying, "Here I am, ready to try and fail and try again." Alyce is accepted and finally has a place and purpose in the world. I think this is a good book that includes a good moral. I hope you will read and enjoy it.

The Client

I (Chloe) just finished The Client by John Grisham. It is SUCH a good book! It is about a boy named Mark who experiences a bizzar suicide. His brother witnesses the suicide also but hadn't talked to the man who commited suicide before he died. Because Mark's brother, Ricky, was so little, he went into shock leaving Mark to go through all the trials himself because his mother was with his brother. Mark lies to the police saying he wasn't told anything related to another case where a mafia member murdered a US Senator. When Mark realizes he is in trouble and needs help, he hires a lawyer. Mark ends up in jail because he refused to answer the questions of the juvinile court. Just before Mark is forced to talk he escapes jail and plans with his lawyer how he is going to find out if the body of Boyd Boyette, the senator, is where he was told and go into the witness protection program. When Mark gets to the body's location other mafia members are trying to dig it up. Mark causes a comotion around the neighborhood forcing the mafia members to leave the site. When Mark sees the body is where he thought it was he goes with his lawyer and the FBI and enters the witness protection program with his mother and brother. As soon as Mark and his family were lifted into the air to fly to a good hospital for Ricky the lawyer tells the FBI the location of the senators body. I would highly suggest this book because it is interesting and suspenceful. I wouldn't recommend this book for someone under 12 years of age because it has adult themes and a suicide not suitable for younger children. I hope you decide to read The Client and enjoy it as much as I did.

I'm Back!!

Alright!! I am now back to the world of blogging and am ready to post at least 1 every week or two! I hope that now you guys will enjoy my blog, cause im gonna work really hard on it!! Please, please, please share this link with your friends so that the word of my blog will be spread. I hope you enjoy!