It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

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Genre: Adventure

AR level: 5.2

Grade appropriate: 4th and up

RATING BREAKDOWN:

Overall: 5/5-- Gordon Korman is a genius! Who wouldn't want to live in a town like Serenity? But what does it take to have the perfect town? Kind of scary to think about. How do you keep everybody in line? This is my genre and Gordon Korman has mastered the adventure story!

Creativity: 5/5-- Completely creative! So close to reality. This story could totally happen! But who would think to do this?

Subtle differences from the real world. The pledge ends "One nation under God, indivisible, with unity and gladness for all."

Characters: 5/5-- Loved them!

Engrossing: 5/5

Writing: 5/5

Appeal to kids: 5/5-- They’ll love it! It’s already checked out of my library.

Appropriate length to tell the story: 5/5

CONTENT:

Language: none

Sexuality: none

Violence: mild-- The kids knock out guards to escape.

Drugs/Alcohol: none

Genre: historical

AR level: 5.3

Grade appropriate: 3rd grade & up

RATING BREAKDOWN:

Overall: 4/5-- Beautiful. No hate or anger, just a little girl's observation.

Creativity: 5/5-- Written in free verse. Very well done.

Characters: 5/5

Engrossing: 3/5-- This is where the breakdown for me was. I enjoyed the book, but I was never drawn back to it. I wasn’t dying to pick it back up every time.

Writing: 5/5

Appeal to kids: 3/5-- I’m not sure the kids are going to be drawn to this one… It’s not exciting or emotion evoking.

Appropriate length to tell the story: 5/5

CONTENT:

Language: none

Sexuality: none

Violence: none

Drugs/Alcohol: none