The Top Shelf

Ok so I haven't been on in FOREVER so I finally pulled myself over to the computer to start working on this website.  I have been reading a lot of great things lately and I thought that it would be nice to share them with you guys.  Now that I am thirteen, some of the books that I will be posting might be a little bit older from what I used to post, so the age group for the website might shift a little.  Hopefully you will check by weekly to see what I have posted and go on out there and read some of the books!  Posts are to come!!

- Sara

**One extra thing: I've heard some rumors that the Crafty Corner might be getting up and running again!! Check my page for a link to the website!!**

Water Balloon is about this girl named Marley who's parents are divorced. She is staying at her dad's house for the summer and isn't that happy about it. She has a babysitting job with twins who are brats and her friends don't want to be her friend anymore. Marley is about as streched out as a full water balloon. Will a boy with light blue eyes turn it around? Read this amazing book to find out!!!!

This series of ten books are all about a girl named Mia Thermopolis who starts the first book being a freshman in high school and by the tenth is a senior. All of the writing that tells the story is done in diary entries that she writes. Throughout the series she is face with normal (and not so normal) problems that an average teenager faces. From her mom marrying her Algebra teacher to her dad telling her that she is the princess of Genovia, join Mia in this hilarious series that you will never forget. READ IT!!!!!!!!:D8):D

In this book, it all happens during the holidays. This year, they are reading the Betsy-Tacy series and are determined to finish the books by New Year's Eve. Since the girls are splitting up over Christmas break they all recieve their Secret Santa gifts, but they aren't happy with what's inside. With Megan and Becca running into boy troubles on their cruise, Jess and Emma in New Hampshire with Jess's aunt, uncle, and her snotty cousin, and Cassidy's family second-guessing on what state to call home, the book club is trying to gather their holiday cheer before it's too late!!

Now in 9th grade, the girls enter Alcott High as freshmen, only one thing is missing. Emma unexpectedly moves to England for a year!!! Thanks to video chatting, the book club still meets to discuss the book that they are reading now, Pride and Predjudice, but things still aren't the same. When the girls hatch a plan to somehow get Emma home, they think that they have it in the bag. When it falls short, the girls are left wondering if they will ever see her again!!!!!

In the 3rd book of The Mother Daughter Book Club, the girls are all in 8th grade. When Jess gets a scholarship to an all girl boarding school, Colonial Academy, the whole book club is left wondering if their book club will ever be together again. Join them as they navigate through their 8th grade year and try to find a solution that will bring the book club back together again.

Calling all writers!!!!!!! Girls Life Magazine is having a writing contest. Go on to www.girlslife.com and search fab fiction contest for the deets. Deadline: July 17, 2012

Good Luck!

In this sequal to The Mother Daughter Book Club the girls are in 7th grade and the are reading Anne of Green Gables. They go through the year with the normal middle school drama plus Becca Chadwick is invited to the book club. Can the girls all get along well or will the book club turn into a catastrophe????? Read this hilarious book to find out!!  

On the Line is about this girl named Piper who isn't a normal teenager. She loves to fish more than shopping or gossiping with friends and is trying out for a fishing competition. When her best friend and fishing partner, Benny, starts drifting away from her, she starts feeling hopeless. It is only until she meets this boy named Logan that she starts to feel better. She only has one big decision to make. Should she spill all of her secrets to Logan or keep them all to herself?? This is one of the best books I have ever read and is great for outside by the pool.