Sticks And Stones, by Abby Cooper, is about a girl named Elyse who has a rare disorder. This makes people’s thoughts about her appear on her body. It was first starting off by good words, and then it slowly started becoming worse as she got older. It would also itch the bigger the words. It was difficult for her, and she became insecure about it, and wore things to cover her body. Some people thought it was cool and others thought it was weird, scary, or disgusting. How will this, ‘power’, affect her life as she gets older? Read Sticks And Stones, by Abby Cooper to find out what happens.
If you liked, Sticks And Stones, by Abby cooper, you will also like, Bubbles, by the same amazing author Sophie can see what people are thinking above their heads, in a bubble. It could be bad, good, or anything. She thought she was hallucinating when it first happened. She told her mom and of course, she didn’t believe her but then something happened and she took her to the doctor. Sophie’s doctor suggests her going to a Therapist. She ends up hating it. An unexpected twist happens – will it be good or bad? Make sure to read Bubbles after Sticks And Stones to find out Elyse’s and Sophie’s fate.
In the book, WishTree, by Katherine Applegate, is about a 200 year old Oak tree named Red telling his perspective on life and how everything goes for it. Red doesn’t go by any gender. The reason why people call Red, “Wish Tree,” is because on every May 1st, people write their wishes on a ribbon or a piece of paper and tie it around his branches. Red or any other animal is not allowed to talk to humans “for their own safety.” WishTree takes the job very seriously. Red hears people talking about their hard times. Red is sometimes is desperate to talk but it’s difficult for him not to. The problem is that Red might get cut down, but then something unexpected happens at the end of this book. Do you think Red gets cut down, or is saved? Read, WishTree, by Katherine Applegate to find out what happens next in WishTree. (more…)
Bubbles is about a girl named Sophie who can see what people are thinking. When she discovered this “power” she thought she was hallucinating, but then she saw it again at school. She saw bubbles form over people’s heads, and at first she thought it was cool but then the bubbles started letting her actually know what people were feeling: sad, stressed, and doubtful of themselves. When her mom heard about Sophie’s “power”, she started to worry and took her to the doctor. While she was at the doctors, Sophie saw a bubble form on top of her mom’s head… After that, something happened that Sophie hated. Read the book Bubbles to know what happened next.
This book changed my head because it taught me how to deal with drama by always looking on the bright side of things. I feel this way because in the book there was a lot of drama, between family, friends, and Sophies drama. I would really recommend this book because it was really funny and it got serious sometimes in the book. When I was reading this book, it went by really fast and I was kinda sad when I finished it because it was that good that I thought there was more to the book.
Sticks And Stones by Abby Cooper is about a girl named Elyse. She has a weird “disease”, and whenever someone thinks something about her, it will pop up on her arms and legs. For example, if someone says shes pretty, the word ‘pretty’ will pop up on her arms or legs. Elyse hates what she has because she gets bullied about it. Some people think it’s cool and some people think it’s weird. She also gets embarrassed about it, and hides it even if she is inside or outside. No matter how high the temperature, she wears long sleeves and pants. When rude or mean words come up, it itches “like a thousand mosquito bites.”
I would really recommend this book, because when I read it, I just couldn’t stop reading it. This book left me on a cliffhanger, but if you like books that make you want to skip to the end of the book, then this is the book for you. Also, this is one of my favorite Abby Cooper books so far. This book made me laugh and made me a little sad when people would call her ugly and dumb, but at the end of the book there is a twist. Read Sticks And Stones to see what the twist is.
By: Karina Garcia
The book Rain Reign is about a girl named Rose, and she has high functional autism. She is always talking about homonyms, prime numbers, and rules. Whenever Rose gets frustrated, she thinks of a homonym or prime number. One night Rose’s dad found a stray dog in the rain, in the middle of the night and he gave the dog to Rose. She then named her dog “Rain,” or Reign, which is a homonym and she loved that name. A horrible flood came and Rain got lost when Rose’s dad let her out, and Rose did everything she could to find her dog.
I loved this book so, so much because it makes you want to keep reading on and I had a hard time putting this book down. There was some mystery parts that would make you excited to know what was going to happen next. didn’t think I would like this book, but I was totally wrong. Meeting Rose and Reign changed my heart because some parts in the book would make me tear up sometimes because she would do the sweetest things and would warm up my heart.
Mockingbird is a book about a girl named Caitlin who has Asperger’s Syndrome and has a hard time understanding feelings, and doesn’t like using colors, but she wants the world in black and white. Caitlin’s brother Devon, would help Caitlin and protect her from loud noises, but he died and she was left to do these things on her own.. Caitlin’s dad is maintaining the household and trying to help Caitlin which becomes a struggle. Meanwhile, at school, it’s difficult for her to make friends so Mrs. Brook, the school counselor, tries to help her but Caitlin thought it was pointless.
The book changed my heart because if I were Caitlin, I would not like to be confused at telling feelings. I would get frustrated because I wouldn’t be able to tell what anyone is feeling. One of the many things that changed my heart was her trying again and never giving up on making friends and telling feelings. When people who loved Caitlin tried to help her, it made my heart feel warm and fuzzy. This novel has changed me as a person because now I better understand people that are different than me, so now I want to be nice to no matter who it is.