Harper's Book Club

  In the last book in the Penderwick series the whole family returns to Arundel for Rosalind and Tommy’s wedding. Lydia is the main character in this book. She and Batty ( who is now 19) go to Arundel two weeks before the wedding and Lydia meets her new best friend Alice. Alice is Cagney's daughter. Together, Lydia and Alice have a bunch of adventures involving dancing, sheep, and aliens during the time leading up to the wedding.  All of the Penderwick books have a different sister narrating the book. In my opinion, I think that this was the best book in the series because I like Lydia. I like Lydia the most because she is closest in age to me and I think it would be fun to do some of the things she does. It is also very interesting that they go back to Arundel which is where the first book took place and have to talk with mean Mrs. Tiffton.  I think that the lesson in this book is that you should not be afraid to make new friends. I would recommend this book to peo...

  The Friendship Wa r by Andrew Clements Characters: Grace, Ellie, and Hank Summary, Grace goes on a trip to Boston to see her Grandpa that just recently bought an old mill. Grace and her grandpa go into the mill. Over the years the mill has produced many things. Grace goes up the stairs that used to be a sewing warehouse and in a closet she finds a box of buttons! When she gets back home she asks her grandpa to send her the buttons and then Ellie, her best friend at school wants everyone to bring buttons to lunch so they can share and swap. Grace brings a lot of buttons but only shares one bag. The next day a lot of people are trading buttons and collecting them. At first it is fun but then it starts testing friendships. Grace is in the middle of it and has to figure out if Ellie is really her friend. This is a very good book and I think I read it in about a weekend, but overall I would recommend this book. This is a more challenging book and it would be better for older kids but ...