The Books

Okay, I told you about the battle, now I will tell you about the books. The first one we read was the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It is about Percy Jackson, who finds out that the Greek gods are real, and one of them is his father. Percy goes through a huge adventure with his new friends, Annabeth Chase, Athena's intelligent daughter, and Grover, a satyr with big dreams. This is probably the best Battle book.
The next one we read was The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. This book is about a odd little mouse, a kind princess, a misunderstood rat, and a unwanted girl who all come together in a story that lightens the heart and warms the soul. Another really good book.
Next was Dairy Queen, a book about cows, romance and football.
The next book is Birdwing, about Ardwin who has remnants of a curse and blessing leaving him with one goose wing. Pretty good.
Next was Drums, Girl, and Dangerous Pie which is about Steven's little (and annoying) brother suddenly getting cancer. It is a really good book. The author, Jordan Sonnenblick, seemed to want to tell the readers how horrible and sad cancer is, but didn't want his book to be a tearjerker. In fact it could be downright funny at times. Sonnenblick still manages to get his point across.
The final book is called Here Lies the Librarian, which mostly has to do with cars. It was okay, but not my favorite.
The books (in order from my favorite to least) are again The Lightning Thief; Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie; The Tale of Despereaux; BIrdwing; Here Lies the Librarian; and Dairy Queen.
I hope this has given you good summer reading books. Join the Battle next year! It is nine days until Harry's birthday!
*Alissa