Tween Girls' 2 PAWS UP Book List

AllyKatzz girls are blogging about these books THIS WEEK...

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. A Gotta Read!!! Marcy Lewis hates school,her father is a tyrant,and she despairs of ever being thin. Then along comes Ms.Finney,an English teacher who's willing to try anything in the classroom and who treats the kids like human beings.Marcy has never met anyone like her. Suddenly,life has a new meaning…" (Reviewer: age 11)

Diary of a teenage Girl. O/k if you are looking for a Christian, but teen life story you need to check out The diary of a teenage girl. By Melody Carlson. I recently found out it is a series. I bought the second book for my bff. I read it then my bff read it then my other friend read it. i think we payed an overdue charge at the library.It is a must read. i promise. (Reviewer: age 12)

Angels and Demons... its soooo good. Only thing is you its about religion vs. science so if you r very religious i suggest not reading it. (Reviewer: age 14)

The Clique. It's such a good book. It's about four girls. Massie, Alicia, Dylan, and Kristen. Massie is the alpha. She has a perfect life, until Claire Lyons moves in. She's totally screwing up Massie and her friends. In the 3rd book, Claire is finally "in." Then in the 5th book, Massie, Alicia, and Claire go to Hollywood. Claire gets the part of a loser. Well, why am I telling you this...go read the book yourself! (Reviewer: age 13)

the BEST SERIES I HAVE EVER READ (and i read a lot) is the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series by Meg Cabot. there r 5 books and they r sooooooooo good. its about a girl named jess who gets struck by lightning and gets physcic powers 2 find missing ppl. its really cool. it may sound child-ish and stupid, but its not. i would suggest not reading it if ur under 12 years old or dont like books that r a little scary. they r soooooo amazing i read each 1 in like 4 days!!!! i even passed them on to 2 of my friends who also LUVED them. (Reviewer: age 12)

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy is a really good book!!! ...it's about a Boy named Turner Buckminster who becomes friends with a girl named Lizzie...though they are forbbidden 2 see each other. I give this book 2 paws up!!! (Reviewer: age 10)

Posted by Denise Restauri

Tween Girls Do Love To Read!

NEWS: Tween Girls Do Love to Read! We have polls to support that claim. But better than polls and cold stats, I read tween girls’ blogs every day - they're saying that they love to read. In fact, The AllyKatzz Book Club is one of the top clubs on the site.

Tween girls do hate reading boring books aka “gotta read for school" books. But, they love reading GREAT books. It’s really that simple. So let’s help them get GREAT books to read.

Starting today, I’ll post weekly book reviews from the AllyKatzz girls… books tween girls are talking about now. So when you’re at the bookstore this weekend, instead of staring at all those books, now you’ll have a clue what to look for based on what other tween girls are saying. Note: 2 Paws UP is the ultimate ranking in the AllyKatzz review system.

“The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson. I give this series 2 paws up! It's a young adult fiction and it's sooooooooo cool! Me and my mom are reading the series right now! i'm on the second book, The Lake House and she's on the third book, The Angel Project.” Age 13.

“Elsewhere... Okay, so we had to read this book in school for this thing called a "Literature Circle". Of course, I thought I was going to get a terrible book and be so booooooored. But instead, I got this book assigned called "Elsewhere". It's by Gabrielle Zevin and it RULES! 'Tis about this girl named Liz. She dies and goes to a place called Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin's version of Heaven, I guess). At first, she's all freaked out because she doesn't know where she is! But she meets many people along the way, like Owen Welles (whom she falls in love with), Thandi (a girl who died from gunshot), Curtis Jest (an English rocker), and her Grandma Betty, who died before Liz was born. This book has a teeny weeny bit of mature content, so I rate it P-G for the content and 5 out of 5 stars for the overall book!” Age 12

“If yal want to know a good teen aged based book series check out the Mates, Dates series by Kathy Hopkins. they are totally awesome.” Age 12

“The City of Ember. The city of ember is the best book ever! I love it! it is an awesome cliff hanger! you have got to read it. My class is reading it and they are only on chapter 11 and i finished it and theres 20 chapters. now im on the second one and after this one there is a prequal which tells about what it was like before the main characters of the first one were born! i would tell u about the book but i would get to carried away and tell the ending. i will say that Ember is a poor city and is running out of everything because the builders left "Just enough"! it is an awesome book and u have got to read it!” Age 12

“ Out of the Dust is an amazing book. I'm going to write down the review of it from the back of the book. A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better-playing the piano-is impossible with her wounded hands. To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma-and the surprising landscape of her heart. This is an amazing book. It won the Newberry Medal too. You really should read this story of hardship, hope and love.” Age 11

"Manga is my life. I love Fruit Baskets." Age 12

Thanks to Random House for sending us books to give way to AllyKatzz girls. Ally, my 14-year-old daughter read 2 of these books: Life As It Comes by Anne-Laure Bondoux and The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde. She gave them both 2 Paws UP and she’s not easily impressed.

If you’re a publisher or author and want to send us books for the AllyKatzz girls to review, please send me an email: denise@allykatzz.com. The girls will be forever grateful!

Posted by Denise Restauri