Ni-Ni Simone's If I was Your Girl: A Review by Didi!

The protagonist is Toi.  She is a young girl finishing up her last year in high school.  She and her twin sister Seven are applying to Stanford University.  The main college for Tori is who is going to take care of her kid and who will she be with: the father of her son or a boy she recently met but really liked.  The theme of this book is you shouldn't have a baby at a young age because it messes up your future.  One thing I liked this book was when the two "baby mamas" fighting over the same boy.  You might like this book if you enjoy teen stuff, drama, sadness and excitement.

Jacqueline Woodson's Behind You: A Review by Didi!

The main character is Jeremiah.  He died and all his friends have memories of him.   He was walking in the park at night time with his hood on and two white cops shot him in an identity mix-up.  All the chapters are about all the stuff he and his friends did.  The main challenge is when everyone has to try to get over his death.  The theme of this book is when someone dies and leaves you, they're really not gone--they're still in your heart.  One thing I liked about this book was that it kept me wanting more and that all the chatacers were telling from the heart about Jeremiah.  You might like this book if you enjoy drama and sadness.

Douglas Rees's Vampire High: A Review by Didi!

The main character is a gadje (human) named Cody Elliot.  He failed all his classes at his old school Cotton Mather, but that all changed when he became a student at Vlad Dracul Magnet School.  He was looking for a totally "different" school.  The main challenge in this book is for Cody to get good grades and play water polo.  The theme of this book is don't judge a book by it's cover.  One thing I liked about this book was when the girl Illean put the mark on Cody's face to keep the vampires from eating him.  You might like this book if you enjoy Twilight and if you love mysterious books.  You might enjoy this book if you like the book leaving you with more.

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Review by Lucas!

In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare there are six main characters: Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Puck and Oberon.  The main challenge faced is love and the theme is that love can be challenging.  First, everyone love each other and is happy except for Demetrius and Helena.  Demtrius isn't loved by Hermia and Helena isn't loved by Demetrius.  Then Lysander and Hermia go out into the night to live happily away from  Athenian law.  Finally Puck messes around with Lysander, Hermia, Helena and Demetrius (who followed Hermia and Lysander into the wood).  Puck makes everyone love everybody that hate eachother and the battle of love rages on.  One thing I liked about this book was that it had very challenging words and it was fun to figure out what those words mean.  You might like this book if you enjoy acting, Shakespeare, and hard, hard words.