Absolutely love this author, and all of her books! So far, this is the third book of hers that I read (since it is a series) and I can't wait to read the rest! I simply cannot put the book down once I start and get into the plot (literally, I stayed up a night just because I simply couldn't resist the cliffhanger). Would 100% recommend to everyone out there :)

I give Hour Of The Bees 3 stars. It was an okay book. The reason I didn't really like it was because it felt like nothing was moving. It felt like we were stuck at the same point in the plot. Nothing exciting was happening. The characters would get up, do their chores, talk about moving, and talk about the Grandpa and how crazy he is. It was like the same thing happened every day! The ending was pretty good though. It was very eventful, dramatic, and heartwarming (that is why it earned 3 stars). Not sure if I would recommend this.

A total joy - Sukie the dog overcomes her fears at the Lake Michigan Beach in Chicago. Great characters, wonderful setting.

Push Girl is a great book about a girl in a wheelchair. Before the accident she loved to dance, and she was always moving around. After the accident she couldn't move her legs at all. She got really sad about it and started to feel down, but her friends helped her. She even ran for homecoming queen! She didn't win, but she was able to raise money for a charity that helped with pinal cord injures and rasing awareness for drunk driving.

Silhouetted By The Blue is a great book. The main character Serena has to take care of herself and her younger brother because her father is depressed and he doesn't do anything. Then she gets the lead in her school play. Everything becomes too much for Serena, so she has to figure out how to "fix" her father. It's a wonderful book that I recommend.

I liked being underwater. I liked how they were doing teamwork to catch the mermaid. The mermaid was too quick!

Echo Mountain was a nice historical fiction book. Ellie (main character) and her family had to move to the mountains after the deppresion hit and they lost all their money. Then an accident causes Ellie's dad to go into a coma. In the book Ellie deals with/fixes all the problems in her life. The one complaint I have about this book is that things move really fast. Other than that it was great.

This book is about 3 children after their mom dies and their dad is nowhere to be seen so they have to figure out a way to take care of the family buisness all by themselves. The reason why I took those two stars away is because the book didn't feel exciting. There wasn't anything exciting happening that kept me turning the pages. It was a good book, just not to my liking.

I loved this book because it show what happened after the 7 book of harry potter.

An amazing book! The main character has two identities (sort of). At home she is Jamilah and at school and other public places she is Jamie. This is because her family is from Lebanon, and she doesn't like how other people are treated for it. It's not that she doesn't like her culture, she said herself that she loves the food, music, etc. So, she pretends to be Jamie to avoid people treating her badly. In the end, she finds the courage to be Jamilah, and to be proud of her culture. A 5-star, must read!