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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Rating: 5/5 Summary: The Logan family, African-American farmers in Mississippi in the 1930s, is the subject of the film Roll of Thunder,...
Qasaid Mohammed Alharbi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Rating: 5/5 Summary: This historic fiction novel tells the story of World War 2 Navajo code talkers. Specifically, the tale facilities on...
Shaimaa Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Rating: 3/5 Summary: Death personified narrates this book set throughout the Holocaust. He tells the story of a girl named Liesel...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Martian by Andy Weir
Rating: 4/5 Summary: I’m not a science person and this book had plenty of that, thus some elements were a touch boring. However, I can...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Rating: 4/5 Summary: This is a tale of perseverance and optimism. The year is 1943, and Copenhagen, Denmark is the setting. Hitler's army...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Rating: 4/5 Summary: One of the major characters is Ponyboy Curtis. He is a member of the Greasers, a band of teens. He is targeted by a...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Rating: 2/5 Summary: Scientists discover a secret that has existed since the dawn of time. Now it's up to two people to keep this secret...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
Rating: 5/5 Summary: Mieko's story is an intense one. Mieko is a gifted calligrapher and musician (handwriting artist). During the...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Martian by Andy Weir
Rating: 4/5 Summary: An astronaut becomes the first person to land on Mars, but things quickly go wrong. The astronaut must use his...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Rating: 3/5 Summary: One day, a young boy notices that the family down the road seems a little different. This doesn't deter him from...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Rating: 4/5 Summary: A young girl has unique abilities, but they do not bring her joy. Instead, she's studied and handled like a test...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Silent Scream by Angela Marsons
Rating: 5/5 Summary: Someone is murdering kids. Detective Kim Stone is about to discover that they've been murdering for even longer...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Rating: 3/5 Summary: Hundreds of desperate unemployed people line up in the frigid pre-dawn hours of a troubled Midwestern city for a...
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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1st to Die by James Patterson
Rating: 5/5 Summary: Four women, four sisters, are united in their desire to avoid a serial killer stalking newlyweds in San Francisco....
Hessa Yousef Almarzooqi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Rating: 5/5 Summary: Moxie is a story about women coming together as one and defending each other, to correct the mistake that society...
Mahra Humaid Mohamed Alqayedi
May 11, 20212 min read
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Matilda by Roald Dahl
Rating: 4/5 Summary: This story is about a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude father and mother. The evil principal at Matilda's...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Little Women by Lousia May Alcott
Rating: 4/5 Summary: The story took the events of the four March sisters as they grow from childhood to womanhood. The novel describes...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Audacity by Melanie Crowder
Rating: 3/5 Summary: This novel is inspired by the true story of Clara Lemlich. She came to NY via Russia at the flip of the 20th century...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Rating: 4/5 Summary: At the peak of world war II, refugees were loaded onto the ship, the Wilhelm Gustloff, for transport. Soviet ships...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Rating: 4/5 Summary: The novel tells the story of a young boy, Ender Wiggin, he is distributed to a coaching academy named Battle...
Haneen Eisa Alzaabi
May 11, 20211 min read
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