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BOOK NAME: The Book of One Hundred Truths
AUTHOR: Julie Schumacher

 

Thea spends six weeks every year at her Grandma's beach house, but this year is different. She spends most of the time there either babysitting her nosy 7-year-old cousin, or writing in the Book of Truths that her mom gave to her. The thing about Theadora Grumman is that she is a liar. Because she's such a liar, Thea's mom is making her write a book with 100 true things, like the story that when she was at Three-Mile Creek and her friend almost fell through the ice and died, and the truth that she doesn't even have very many friends. 

Thea's cousin is always trying to find out what Thea's writing in her book. She is bugging Thea like crazy, but what is also bugging her is that something is going on with her aunts.  They're acting very secretive and suspicious and they won't tell anyone what they are up to so it's up to Thea to find out why.
       This was definitely a book I would read over again! I like how the author really made it a fictional mystery and exciting all at the same time. I could never put it down!   really hope that the author has other books of hers that I can read. I hope you find it somewhere because you don't want to miss out on a great read.
 

BOOK NAME: Ramona Forever
AUTHOR: Beverly Cleary

This is one of the books of the Ramona series. These books follow a girl named Ramona Quimby.  She is a third grader who gets into trouble a lot. Not serious trouble, but the fun kind of trouble

This is a story about big changes for Ramona, her family and the Kemps, their neighbors. Ramona's mom is going to have a baby, she no longer has to go to the babysitter after school and there is going to be a wedding, only no one knows it yet.

Ramona's mom is going to have another baby and is feeling really tired and needs a little extra help. Her sister, Ramona's Aunt Bea, is coming to help out. At around the same bout the same time, a new visitor comes to the Ramona's neighbor's house. It is their Uncle Hobart. Howie, Ramona's neighbor, had told her that her Uncle Hobart had a lot of money.  But when he drives up in a muddy van, wearing old jeans and a faded T-shirt, Ramona was surprised because she thought Uncle Hobart would arrive in a limousine and be dressed in nice clothes. Anyway, a very strange thing happens. Aunt Bea and Uncle Hobart actually know each other. While they are both living in the same neighborhood, they decide to get married.  

On the wedding day, the ring that Aunt Bea is giving Hobart gets lost. Everybody goes crazy looking for it because the wedding can't go on without it. It's a lot of fun to follow Ramona as she looks for it.  This was the best Ramona book because it has a lot of action and excitement.