Adding things to the book list (editing the top text and new books)! Should I post it?


SRC April '23 Book List:


Hello SRCers, and welcome to our book lists! For every book you read that’s included in this list AND summarize in the main cabin, your cabin will gain an additional 100 points. To receive the points, say which book you read in the main cabin (note that if it is a part of a series, you need to specify which book you read) and also include a short summary of what happened in the book. Make sure to add a spoiler warning to your comment when writing your comment! The books below on the age range of 8-15, but either way, please look at the common sense media rating before reading the book! You can read book from any genre. If you started one of these books before camp started and have finished during camp, you can still write a summary to gain 50 points! However, if you have read a book before you must read it again to gain points for summarizing.

Real-fi:
Front Desk* (Kelly Yang)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington* (Janae Marks)
A Soft Place To Land (Janae Marks)
The One and Only Ivan* (Katherine Applegate)
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
The Call of The Wild (Jack London)
Wonder ( R.J. Palacio)
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)


Mystery:
Premeditated Myrtle** (Elizabeth C. Bunce)
Enola Holmes* (Nancy Springer)
Sherlock Holmes* (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
much victorian england mystery
Murder Most Unladylike/Murder is Bad Manners* (Robin Stevens)
Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered In A Quaint English Village (Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper)
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Murder on Cape Cod (Maddie Day)
So much murder… perhaps some other mystery books?
Summerlost (Ally Condie)
Finally, Something Mysterious* (Doug Cornett)
Under the Egg (Laura Marx Fitzgerald)
All the Greys on Greene Street (Laura Tucker)
The Parker Inheritance (Varian Johnson)
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance (Lisa Yee)

Horror:
Ghost Hunter's Daughter (Dan Poblocki)
A Series of Unfortunate Events* (Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler)
Bleeding (Violet Dia Reeves)
The Girl in the Locked Room (Mary Downing Hahn)
Darkroom (K.R. Alexander)
Small Spaces* (Katherine Arden)
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
The House with a Clock in its Walls* (John Bellairs)
Doll Bones (Holly Black)
The Thirteenth Cat (Mary Downing Hahn)
Small Spaces* (Katherine Arden)


Fantasy:
The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe* (C.S. Lewis)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Nevereding Story (Michael Ende)
Breadcrumbs (Anne Ursu)
Keeper of the Lost Cities** (Shannon Messenger)
Time Castaways* (Liesl Shurtliff)
Harry Potter* (J.K. Rowling)
Alice In Wonderland* (Lewis Carroll)
Gilded (Marissa Meyer)

Adventure:
The Lunar Chronicles (Marissa Meyer)
The Silver Arrow (Lev Grossman)
Alex Rider* (Anthony Horowitz)
Maze Runner* (James Dashner)
Ranger's Apprentice* (John Flanagan)
The 39 Clues* (Author Collab)
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
Choose Your Own Adventure Books** (Multiple Authors)
Stranded* (Chris Tebetts)

Graphic Novels:
Carmen Sandiego* (Clarion Books)
Lore Olympus (Rachel Smythe)
The Secret Garden (Mariah Marsden)
Rabbit Harvey* (Steve Sheinkin)
Measuring Up (Lily LaMotte)


Non-fi:
King Louis XVI vs. The French Revolution (Alison Johnson)
Which Way to The Wild West? (Steve Sheinkin)
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers (Steve Sheinkin)
The Notorious Benedict Arnold (Steve Sheinkin)
The Story of the World* (Susan Wise Bauer)
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba)
Lost In The Jungle (Yossi Ghinsberg)
Who Was?** (Multiple Authors)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
- The 57 Bus (Dashka Slater)
- Brown Girl Dreaming (Jaqueline Woodson)
- Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)

*series name/book in series
**Series not complete

Thank you to all the hosts for adding some wonderful books!

What are some of your favorite books in this list?

Um technically not part of this camp but i signed up for a backup so maybe this is legal but um anything up there by Marissa Meyer sobs she is amazing and also I LOVE Louis XVI vs the French Revolution?? I had NO IDEA anyone had ever heard of it thank you

BEWARE, THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS SPOILERS

Summaries of Wires and Nerve, Volumes 1 and 2, and Cinder's Adventure, all by Marissa Meyer

















+300 points for Fantasy


This graphic novel takes place in the universe of the Lunar Chronicles, after the events of Winter. After the war between Earth and Luna ended, Cinder enlisted her android friend Iko to help hunt down rogue wolf soldiers that remained on Earth, and bring them back to Luna so they could be rehabilitated and once again join normal society. During her efforts, Iko comes across a plot among a certain group of soldiers to take revenge on the Lunar crown, and, with the help of Lunar guard Liam Kinney, embarks on a journey to stop them.

Meanwhile, Cinder prepares for the annual ball in New Beijing, and for her planned abdication of the Lunar throne following the establishment of a prime leader elected by the people. On Earth, Iko also confronts the fact that although she had a vital role in saving Earth and Luna from Queen Levana's tyranny, she nevertheless is seen as less important than her human companions. Iko struggles with her human-like feelings and emotions, raising the fundamental question of whether humanity is only present in living beings.

The book ends on a cliffhanger as the rogue soldiers attack a party honoring Thorne, during which Iko attempts to capture the soldiers, but they get away.


In the sequel to Wires and Nerve, Iko's efforts continue as the annual ball draws closer and Cinder returns to New Beijing. Confronted with the fact that there is no undoing the modifications made to the wolf soldiers, they change their goals from restitution to revenge. They enlist the help of Wolf, aka Ze'ev Kesley, raising questions of the hero's true loyalty.

In the election on Luna, one of the prime candidates is former princess (now ambassador) Winter Hale Blackburn, who is targeted by the wolf soldiers during a television conference on Earth. Winter, Jacin, and Tressa are kidnapped, and Alpha Steele, leader of the rogue soldiers, promises to release them only if Cinder gives herself up in exchange.

Iko, Cinder, and the other heroes come up with a plan to rescue them, and, by tricking the wolves with android copies, they manage to rescue the prisoners. Iko proves her humanity to Liam Kinney, and the ball and election proceed as planned, drawing the book to a close.


This choose-your-own-adventure story has readers choose a path for Cinder as she navigates dream-like challenges full of characters and events from other books by Marissa Meyer, all in an attempt to get to her wedding on time. Possible paths take Cinder into the land of Hearts, where Scarlet has curiously replaced the Queen of Hearts, Wolf has become her executioner, Iko is the White Rabbit, Winter is the Cheshire cat, and Jacin refuses to be a caterpillar. Alternatively, Cinder ventures into the lair of the Erlking and either escapes or is doomed to join his soldiers, or she falls through a portal into the post-war world of Renegades. The book requires careful planning and re-reading to reach all possible paths, and there are 10 different endings through 53 chapters.

I recommend drawing a plot map or using a spreadsheet ;)

Raya's summarizations:

Wonder by RJ Palacio |||
August (Auggie) Pullman is a ten-year-old homeschooler with a facial difference. He happily lives with his mom, dad, sister named Via, and their beloved dog, Daisy. Auggie most enjoys reading, playing, and especially Star Wars. But his life changes when he must go to a public school for his middle years. He meets many kids, a few loyal and friendly, but many who dislike Auggie. He makes his way through the hurdles of middle school. Making friends, losing them, being betrayed, caught in the middle, and developing a tolerance for bullies. Daisy passes away. Meanwhile, his sister is also going through struggles of her own - and in high school. Friend, no friend, boyfriend, her own friend, she wades across the river near away from the easy bridge she cannot cross. When the school year comes to a close, the triumphs for both siblings outweigh the losses. And they live as happily as they can be.

A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks |||
A middle school girl named Joy Taylor endures a move from her roomy house into an apartment in the city. Moving means losing piano lessons because of her family's financial situation, so she tries to make money on her own. Joy makes friends and starts a dog-walking business with one of them. Soon learns about a secret kids-only place in the building: The Hideout. There she starts writing letters to a mysterious kid only to find that it's her the friend she spends the most time with. But one morning, she breaks the one rule of the Hideout: kids-only. Her parents find out about it when Joy sleeps in it for a whole night. There are repercussions, also for the other kids. For a while it seems like her friends won't talk to her forever. But Joy comes up with a new idea, a new hideout. It would work out for everyone, even the adults. Together with her family and friends (the ones she gained back) they work on the new hideout. Doing so, they make an even greater space to be around, and Joy gets all her friends back. Overall I didn't like the story hehe

Reading list!

Summaries…

Murder most unladylike

At a typical English country boarding school, Deapdean School for Girls, a mystery happens. This book follows Daisy and Hazel as the only two members of their detective club, solving a murder. At the start, all of the mistress and masters are suspects. Throughout the story we see names crossed off the suspect list, then put back on, and then crossed off again. It also gives an introduction to Daisy and Hazel especially as well as other members of the school and how life at boarding school runs. And then, right as they think they have caught the criminal Spoiler alert another mystery murder emerges.
I liked this book more than I thought I would. The only thing is, I had a suspicion on who the culprit was from the beginning, which turned out to be true!
+100 for Bizzaro

Morning Star by Pierce Brown, the third book in the Red Rising series. An excellent follow up to the second and a great end to the original trilogy.

Despite book 6 releasing later this year, I won't read book 4 onwards until book 7, titled Red God, releases next year so I can finish the book 4-7 story arc in one shot.

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)
Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
Alice In Wonderland* (Lewis Carroll)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)

*REMINDER FOR MYSELF TO READ AND SUMMARIZE *

Despite book 6 releasing later this year, I won't read book 4 onwards until book 7, titled Red God, releases next year so I can finish the book 4-7 story arc in one shot.
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