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Reviews

we look for kid appeal.

the ratings

 
Books are not judged so much on literary merit, as on appeal to today's middle grader. The scale is 1 to 5 smiley faces. Here's how it was explained to Boy Reader:

☻                       Had trouble finishing it
☻
☻                 Didn’t dig it, but someone else might!
☻☻☻            So-so
☻☻☻☻       I’d read a sequel
☻☻☻☻☻  More! Can we download the sequel right now?



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the reviews

Best bets for middle grade readers

Ella Enchanted
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​​Frindle
​Nocturnals
The One and Only Ivan
The Quirks: Welcome to Normal
Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
Spy X -- The Code
​There's Treasure Everywhere
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Upside-Down Magic
The Whisperer
The Worst Class Trip Ever​
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More mature content

Grandmaster
Gregor the Overlander
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The Martian
Pay It Forward - Young Readers Edition
​Peak
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan
The Red Pyramid
Wings of Fire


Non-fiction

​Every Falling Star
​Phineas Gage
Prisoner B-3087​
Classics

The Black Pearl
Half Magic
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Boyz Readz by Kelly Mroz

  • Home
  • About
  • Reviews
    • The BFG
    • The Black Pearl
    • Ella Enchanted
    • Every Falling Star
    • Frindle
    • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
    • Grandmaster
    • Gregor the Overlander
    • Half Magic
    • The Martian
    • Nocturnals
    • The One and Only Ivan
    • Pay It Forward
    • Peak
    • Phineas Gage
    • Prisoner B-3087
    • The Quirks: Welcome to Normal
    • Ranger's Apprentice
    • The Red Pyramid
    • Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
    • Spy X -- The Code
    • There's Treasure Everywhere
    • Upside-Down Magic
    • The Whisperer
    • Wings of Fire
    • The Worst Class Trip Ever
  • Contact
  • Top Lists