Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Raina is a normal 6th grader. Well that's what she wants to be. While racing back to her house from Girl Scouts, with her friends, Raina takes a very bad fall. A fall so bad that it knocks out her two front teeth.  She has to go through braces (a few times), surgery, headgear, and a retainer with fake teeth! Her friends are making fun of her while going through all this. They tell her to lighten up and chill when she gets mad, but they're not being very friendly. And then there are boys. While going through all this Raina realizes her true self and what she loves.

Smile was a great book. When I first got this book I was really surprised when I opened it up. It's a graphic novel! I don't really read graphic novels so this was a change for me. I really liked it!! I liked how this book is like a timeline, it starts when Raina is in 6th grade and ends when she's in high school. I also liked how this book was a true story. I could really connect with the book because I knew this really happened in real life. This was a great book!! If you are looking for something different to read, this is the book for you!!

The 39 Clues- The Emperor's Code by Gordon Korman

Amy and Dan know they are good. Even though they are in the worst Cahill branch, they know they are good. They make a shocking discovery about their parents, that doesn't go along with what they think about themselves. When Amy tells Dan something she thinks about their parents he runs away. In China, by himself. This makes Amy go crazy. How will she find Dan in China??? She has to find him...but she also has to find the next clue. Which one will she choose?

The Emperors Code was a great book. This book was different from many of the other 39 Clues books. In most of this book Amy and Dan were separated. Every chapter or so it would go back and forth from what Dan was doing to Amy. One of Amy and Dan's family members were in a lot of this book. In the other books he wasn't there a lot so it was nice to learn about a new character. Like all the other books, there was a lot of details and I learned a lot about history. This is a great book!

The 39 Clues - In Too Deep by Jude Watson

Amy and Dan head to the Land Down Under to figure out what their parents knew about the 39 Clues. Following their parents brings up more and more memories for Amy. Some are so bad she can't share them with anyone...not even Dan. Amy and Dan know they can't trust anyone, and right now they they don't know who is a enemy and who is a friend. They don't even know if they can trust each other. This leads them to a terrible mistake and the death of someone who they once thought was a enemy.

I thought The 39 Clues - In Too Deep was a good book. There was a lot of drama in this book because Amy and Dan don't know who they can trust and someone helps them, and dies helping them. I felt bad for Amy in this book because she kept having these flashbacks about different things that happened before her parents died in a fire.  She knew they would scare Dan but she wanted to tell him. She was stuck in a uncomfortable  position. I also felt bad for Dan because he is still a kid and taking this all in was hard for him. He was always trying to act fine and tough but really he was just really scared at some points. This book was really good, you should read it!