F-V Kid Picks (formerly FUQ Kid Picks)


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Book cover for "Allie, first at last"
Star rating for Allie, first at last
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
"I believe this book is a fantastic read for younger readers who would love a good old fashioned competition read." - Madison, 5/5 stars
Description:
Born into a family of over-achievers, fifth-grader Allie Velasco has never finished first in anything, and lately things have been going badly: her science project is ruined by a well-meaning student, her former best friend is hanging out with another girl--but now she is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with a photographic presentation about her great grandfather, the first Congressional Medal of Honor winner from their town.
Book cover for "By the shores of Silver Lake"
Star rating for By the shores of Silver Lake
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
"It's really long and it reaches my heart." -Hayley, 5/5 stars
Description:
Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
Book cover for "Clementine"
Star rating for Clementine
Series:
Clementine volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
"It's hilarious." - Lucy, 5/5 stars
Description:
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

4. Ghosts

Book cover for "Ghosts"
Star rating for Ghosts
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
"I also have CF. It is so funny." - Sophie, 5/5 stars
Description:
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Book cover for "The long winter"
Star rating for The long winter
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
"Life on the plains that's real." - 5/5 stars
Description:
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Book cover for "A night divided"
Star rating for A night divided
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
"I am a historical fiction geek and this book is amazing and suspenseful and you would have NEVER guessed the ending. #README!" - Layla, 8/5 stars
Description:
When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz are trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.
Book cover for "Race to the sun"
Star rating for Race to the sun
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
"I like this book because it has adventure and excitement and even some sad parts." -Koen, 5/5 stars
Description:
Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
Book cover for "Ramona Quimby, age 8"
Star rating for Ramona Quimby, age 8
Series:
Ramona Quimby volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
"It's funny and you'd never get bored." - Lucy, 5/5 stars
Description:
The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.
Book cover for "The ugly truth"
Star rating for The ugly truth
Author:
Series:
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Notes:
"It has humor." - Eva, 4/5 stars
Description:
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Book cover for "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street"
Star rating for The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Series:
Vanderbeekers volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
"I like this book because it is so fun." - Lily, 6/5 stars; "It is so fun and sweet!" - Lily, 6/5 stars
Description:
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.