Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question of the Week:

What book are you reading right now?

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This Week's Features:

Mary-Kate & Ashley: Sweet Sixteen
June 13th was Mary-Kate & Ashley's 16th birthday! What better way to celebrate this loveable pair than to have a feature on the duo and their books? We have reviews of their latest series, Sweet Sixteen, among other series and non-series books that feature the twins. Complete with a bio, trivia, fast facts, a word scramble, and a contest, we are sure that Mary-Kate and Ashley fans will enjoy our way of celebrating the twins sweet sixteen!


Sweet Sixteen Contest!
Want to win the latest in Mary-Kate & Ashley's Sweet Sixteen series, The Perfect Summer: Sweet Sixteen #3? Come up with a really creative theme for a sixteenth birthday party, and you could be the one to win 16 copies to share with your friends! Read all the contest details here.


Scooby-Doo!
Scooby-Doo hits theaters today! Are you ready? We here at KidsReads.com are!
We've put together a special Scooby-Doo book feature with reviews on some of the Scooby Readers, some fast facts, a list of all the Scooby-Doo titles, and a character list. A trivia and word scramble game are included, as well as reviews of books based on the new Scooby movie.


Cool New Books For June
We have an excellent roundup of Cool New Books for you this month. Choose from 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE, a book of poems from the Middle East inspired by the events of September 11, to THE SECRET LIFE OF FOOD, a book that has creative ways of making meals, to books based on Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron, and many more. Fill your month with this great selection of newly released books.


Poll
This week's poll questions ask Does your school have a summer reading list? And Do you like the books on the list, or would you prefer to pick your own?

To vote in this week's Poll, click here now. Do NOT send responses to the poll to BookerTWorm@aol.com or your vote will not be counted.

Last Week's Poll Results
Click here to see all the results of our end of school and summer reading poll.


Book Review:

MISS HAPPINESS AND MISS FLOWER by Rumer Godden
Eight-year-old Nona is from India, but is living in England with her aunt and cousins. Nona is lonely, and longs to feel a part of the family. One day a box containing Miss Happiness and Miss Flower arrives from a great-aunt in America and changes everything for Nona.


SOMEDAY by Jackie French Koller
In 1938, 14-year-old Celie, her grandmother (Grann), and her mother are living in Enfield, a town in western Massachusetts. Four towns, including Enfield, are to be flooded so that the people of Boston will have a water resevoir. Celie and her Grann don't want to leave their home, which has been Grann's home since her wedding day. Although Someday is a fictional story about Celie and her family's struggle not to leave their home, the Quabbin Resevoir exists today, and the land was really flooded to create it.


We Asked, You Said
Click here to see all of the answers to last week's Question of the Week, What book or book series are you most looking forward to reading?

Quote of the Week
No one can make me feel inferior without my consent.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

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Poems from fellow Bookworms

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Can you?
Can you sing?
Can you dance?
Can you prance?
Through the clouds of dew?

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Little Eagle Is Free
Person: Fly away
Fly high
Flap your wings hard
Fly away

Little Eagle: I'm trying said the little eagle
Trying to fly away
Trying to fly high
Trying to flap my wings hard
Trying to fly away

Little Eagle: I flew
Flew away
Person: Little Eagle flew
Flew away
Little Eagle: I'm out in the world
Person: Little Eagle is out in the world

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Jokes from fellow Bookworms

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What subject did the witch pass in school?
Spelling

How do billboards talk?
Sign language

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Mail from fellow Bookworms

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I love horse books! I am reading a series called Heartland. I think it would make a great girls-or horse lovers books.

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I love to read books and I am a bookworm. I truly reccomend The Baby-sitters little sister # 6 Karens little sister it's about Karen Brewer whos almost 7 and her little sister adopted sister Emily has ear infections and has to have Tubes put in her ears and Karen feels not loved b/c everyone at her Daddy's house are paying attention to Emily only and Karens parents are divorced and Karen also wishes for a pet of her own Anyway please put this on your next newsletter b/c I want tons of kids to buy this book so Bye P.S. Your newsletters are the bomb!!!!

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To the person who said that ella enchanted is going to be made into a move, HHHHUUURRRAAAYYY!!!! i love that book! If you liked that, then i truelly suggest the Two Princesses Of Bammare! It's soooo great! There are sooooo many books i want to reccomend! I just don't have the time now! But, THANKS!!!

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Hi! I read a lot of the books that you guys suggested before and here is some of my favorites: the lemony snicket series, the Harry potter series, tuck everlasting, anything by Madeline L' Engle, the avolon books, Is underground, the unicorns of balinor,where the lilies bloom, books by T.A. Barron,the little house on the prairie books, Star Girl, Dealing with Dragons, The Crazy Lady, and The Little Princess + a whole lot more that I can't think of right now. From the book bird!

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To the girl who recommended the Unicorns of Balinor series: I read all the books 1-8 are there any more out? I didn't see any.

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I am going into sixth grade and I am 10 years old. Reading is my favorite hobby. I also like making poetry. Fly Away Eagle was one of my poems. Did you like it? I hope you did. I need more poetry topics. Do you have any? Thanks!

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Hi booker. I love to read books. i have about 300 books and I've read about every one. I also love to write books of my own in my spare time and i really want to become a writer.maybe i could send you one of my storys too , but i want to tell you about some of the coolest summer books ive ever read. here they are:
Avalon series
Love you forever
Verdi, short for green
Harry potter series
Rainbow fish series
My fathers dragon
Sideways stories from Wayside School
My secret Valentine
Mandy
Regular guy
Guy Time
Franklin Series
I Spy Spooky Mansion
Dragon wings too

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Does anyone like reading babysitters club? I have the whole colletion i read all of them.

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I have read a book called The Pigman's Legacy by Paul Zindel. It was published a long time ago, in 1980, so no one has probably read or heard of it here. It is an extremely good book. It was better the the Harry Potter books (and I am the #1 Harry Potter fan), it was better than The Lottie Project..it's the best book I have ever read. It's changed my perspective on life. It has touched me in a way no other book could ever do so. It's about a boy and a girl who find an old man in a deserted house of their old friend who died-and find some secrets (big ones). It is sad, but it is also happy. I reccomend this book for people 12-13, because of affairs that people as young as me should not be reading about. I don't care though, because this book has become my #1 favorite. If you read this book, you'll understand why. You'll treasure this book forever.

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To the 12 year olds who said they'd run out of good books; I know these sound really dorky, but a good series is the royal diaries.
Anastaisia
Marie Antoinette
Elizabeth 1
Isabel
Cleopatra
There's also an African queen, but I don't remember her name. Another good one is the silver crown.

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You should put Katherine Roberts on your authors list. Katherine wrote 3 different books (that I know about). She wrote The Echorium Sequence, and Spellfall. The Echorium Secguence has 2 different books (so fair!) they are Song Guest and Crystal Mask. These books are breathtaking and sometimes moved me to tears. Spellfall is equally as good. I recommend this book to anybody who likes Harry Potter, this books helped me over come my addiction to Harry Potter.

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Two great books!:
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
They are amazing books and I enjoyed reading them so much! They are both written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I hope you will read them too, you could get some ideas out of it......

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Ive told my whole class this: the 5th Harry Potter book is coming out this year! and that harry potter websites are closing down. i could not believe it and neither could they. (i was just letting you know)

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Whoever said that they are not going to do the 4th book is wrong the book is out.

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If you like horse books you should read Eagle's Wings and Home is Where Your Horse Is. They are abnout how God helps two two girls from different stories get through hard times. You should read them!

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