[Ruchama]

Hi! I told Jade I'd make this new topic where someone posts a genre or book, and whoever knows a book or books in that genre or knows a book(s) that is similar to that book, they will post that book(s) I hope you aren't too mad about this, Gord. I hope to be suggesting books real soon!

I have some: Paper Things

Out Of My Mind

 Chance To Fly

I hope to get suggestions real soon!

Ruchama

[Jade]

The Whispers by Greg Howard

 

This book made me cry so hard.

[Gordon Korman]

On the contrary, Ruchama, I'm really pleased that some of my readers have gotten together on my site to share ideas and talk about writing. I hope you guys can keep this up over the summer.                            -----GK-----

[Jade]

Heck yeah! I'm glad you like it (even though I'm not Ruchama.) Anyway I have more books.

Percy Jackson and the Olympian by Rick Riordan

Wish by Barbara O'Connor

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Insert Coin to Continue by John David Anderson

The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks

[Gordon Korman]

THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams.

[Ruchama]

Thanks Gord!

To Jade: Brotherband and Ranger's Apprentice by Rick Riordan

And, since the books you posted seem mostly mysteries: The Goldfish Boy I think by Lisa Thompson and Super Puzzletastic Mysteries by Chris Grabenstein and The Westing Game

To Gord: I have never read A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, so I'm sorry, but I don't have any suggestions for you

Ruchama

[Sarah]

Okay, so for PERCY JACKSON, I suggest either FLOAT by Laura Martin or BOUNDERS by Monica Tesler; for INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE, I suggest any of John David Anderson’s other books—there’s so many and they’re all SO good; and for HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE, I recommend CHRONICLE OF THE DARK STAR by Kevin Emerson (it honestly feels like HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE for a middle grade audience.)

[Logan]

Hi! Gord, I have never read The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy YET but I will be going on a book shopping spree soon so...

Artemis Fowl: Love the book and amazing! If you like stuff like this you might like Mysterious Benedict Society. It has all the great depths of mystery just no fantasy.

I recommend Wings of Fire. I have only read the first 5 but have enjoyed them so much.

The Land of Stories. Oh my gosh was this a great fantasy adventure! It has a mix of the hilarious humor (Almost kind of like Gord writes) and tells so much

I have not gone on a book spree in a while but I will soon get some. 

OH MY GOSH! I have almost forgot about Amari and the Night Brothers. This is less for an older audience, but made for pre-teens and great for kids about to enter middle school. It is mostly made for girls, but I think anyone can enjoy it. It deals with some serious stuff but it is the fantasy of Harry Potter mixed with the fantasy of Percy Jackson. 

Those are a few books, but I don't want to suggest Harry Potter because most people like this or know about it.

Have a good day/night,

Logan

[Ruchama]

If you're reading Harry Potter and/or Wings of Fire, and Percy Jackson, you should read The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Ruchama

[Josey]

So B. It is a great book! It is by Sarah Weeks!

Josey

 

[Ruchama]

Tell Me is also very good

Ruchama

[Jade]

These are all of the book recommendations from my friend.

 

 

Revenge of Magic

Story Thieves

Iron Trial

Magisterum 

Lost in the Sun

The Storm Runner

Aru Shah

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

The Last Fallen Star

The Maze Runner 

Unwind

Scythe

Paper Girl

Challenger Deeper

Wednesday Wars

Keeper of the Lost Cities 

The Accidental Hero

The Cloak Society

The Outsiders

The Blackwell Pages

The Zodiac Legacy

Spy School

(Any books by Roald Dahl.)

The Five Kingdoms

Half Upon a Time

Alex Rider

The Last Musketeers

The Seven Wonders

(All Haddix books.)

The Invisible Tower

The Eighth Day

The Unwanteds

The Forbidden Library

Theodore Boone

Simon Thorne

Adventures' Guild

Snared

(All Gratz books.)

(All Jennifer A. Nelson books.)

The Books of the Beginning

Gregor and the Overlanders

Hunger Games

Daniel X

Maximum Ride

Blackthorn Key

Jinxed

Eragon

Joshua Dread

The Hadley Academy of the Improbably Gifted

[Ruchama]

I have a suggestion by the author of Lost in The Sun, which is by Lisa Graff: The Treehouse War. It's a little childish, but still very good.

Ruchama

[Ruchama]

and Esperanza Rising, which is historical fiction. The Diary of Anne Frank, the uncensored one. Out of My Mind and its sequel, Out of My Heart

Ruchama

[Ruchama]

Joan Bauer and Barbara Dee are both awesome authors

Ruchama

[Ruchama]

The thing about jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin is now my favorite book of all time. the Nevermoor series is also amazing and Ban This Book, Property of the Rebel Librarian

Ruchama

[Jade]

Reformed by Justin Weinburger

[Gordon Korman]

I have a suggestion:

                         THE FORT by Gordon Korman. Available June 23rd. Don't miss it!                                -----GK-----

[A Reticent Reader]

Are you absolutely certain it's available on June 23rd, Mr. Korman?

[Gordon Korman]

Ouch! Typo. Or slip of the typing fingers. It should read June 28th. Sorry.      -----Gordon Korman-----

[Jade]

I couldn't help it! Sorry, Gord. (I have a problem for correcting everyone--including adults. And I promise it actually is a problem, because people think I respect them less. Which I don't. But still, it's rather rude, so I'll stop. Maybe.) That's a very long slip, but I do wish I could get the book (I pre-ordered it on the 16th, I think, and that was a long while ago) on June 23rd. But the 28th is in two days, and it turns out not only is it released then, but it is also going to be delivered then, to my own house, hardcover and all! That's one of the pros of living five minutes away from an Amazon factory. It's a countdown! Last time, I missed it when Operation Do-Over came out. I also see why you say your books in all caps. Apparently, agents like that. Also, I just learned that you only do all caps for the books you write. I love the internet. It makes me avoid embarrassing myself, but then again, I don't get embarrassed, because it's overrated... so... but still. Thanks, random published author! 

Gord, have you read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader? You too, Ruchama, if you see this. But you probably haven't, since it's a literary novel and it's only required to be read when you're in high school, but maybe you like C.S. Lewis books. I know I do.

 

Be blessed,

Jade

 

(P.S.) I think it's really cool how my icon is always a pink wheel. It shows how smart I am because it's a mechanism that's always turning like wheels in your brain which work together to make one another move and thus big machines, like clocks. Oh, and it's pink, because pink is the best color. I love pink.

[Jade]

"Also, I just learned that you only do all caps for the books you write. I love the internet. It makes me avoid embarrassing myself, but then again, I don't get embarrassed, because it's overrated... so... but still. Thanks, random published author!"

Correction. That was just an opinion; another author said nobody actually cares. Thus, I will have my own opinion, and only write books in italics because that's what you're supposed to do in essays, which is also the only time a book title's state of font (I made that up) matters. So! Also, I probably wouldn't look as cool as Gord when he writes books in all caps. By the way, Gord, it looks really cool when you do that. I'll be that cool one day. You also just reminded me I need to hurry up and do my English homework so I can hurry up and write some books so I can beat you, because I am totally going to beat you at how many books you write, because since you are going to write books until the very moment you die I think, I am too, but I am going to do it slightly faster so if you have 514 books when you die, I will have 514 books and an author's note. So, ha. I am not going to be your rival. Even if you don't know it! But now you know it... so... but I also might have Ruchama as competition. And Logan. And everyone in my writing group. But I will trump you all! Muahahaha!

[Gordon Korman]

You can't possibly know how much it pleases me that this group has come together on my website! You're all so diverse and so nice and so into books and writing that I enjoy eavesdropping on your posts. It won't be easy to keep it up during the summer, but I hope you'll have some input on a regular basis.                                   -----Gordon Korman-----

[Jade]

That's great! Your website is the perfect place for readers (and writers) our age to come along and chat! I agree with you. No, its not very easy to keep it up in the summer, but I am going to continue to! I'm hoping for Logan, Aiden, and Josey to make an appearance. For now it's just Ruchama and me, but I guess you count too. Also, I really shouldn't be asking for book recommendations because I just pulled out all the books I bought and haven't read and THIS is the pile(s).

https://imgur.com/a/Ph8rMzl

None of them are owned by you. I've read all the books of yours that I own!

Have some blessings (always)

[Logan]

Hey everyone!

As soon as the fort comes out I am going to try to buy it. It sounds very good.

I am kind of stepping out of my comfort zone with my books a bit more. Usually, I get recommended books or books I have been wanting to read. My library had only 2 Gordon Korman books that I have already read. The other books I wanted were not on shelves either. Turns out, I got 3 awesome books and they are very interesting.

Have a good day or night, 

Logan

[Jade]

Hi Logan! Buy it ASAP! The Fort comes out TODAY! I am excited. 

Also, stepping out of your comfort zone is really good. I'm happy you got some more cool books!

Have you had your writing camp yet?

Be blessed,

Jade

[Aiden Finken]

Hi!

Wow, those are a lot of suggestions! And, to be honest, I only know about/have read about half of these. On the other hand, that other half is plenty of books to keep me occupied this summer. 

Some Suggestions:

Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordian(He's made other series but those are his best)

Ranger's Apprentice, Brotherband Chronicles, The Early Years and The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan 

Hatchet and it's sequels, Woods Runner, and any other books made by Gary Paulsen (RIP)

Seven Wonders by Peter Lerangis 

The 39 clues  (Its a huge series with 27 books made by multiple authors like Gordon Korman, Rick Riordian, ETC).

The Ascendance Series by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamilo

    Those are my favorite modern children novels, now for some classics:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

The Jungle Book and Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

The Wizard of Oz and It's Sequels by L. Frank Baum

All the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

My brother Sam is dead by the Collier Brothers

Rascal by Sterling North

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Lord of the Rings Series by JRR Tolkien (A personal favorite)

Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, King Henry IV part 1,2 and 3 and Romeo &Juliet by William Shakespeare.

That's all the books I can recall for now, tell me if you like them!

-Aiden

[Ruchama]

did anyonme here read and finish the mysterious benedict society? blended by sharon m draper is pretty good

ruchama

[Ruchama]

I don't think anyone suggested The Thief Lord yet, so I'm going to suggest that 

Ruchama 

[Jade]

I've read a bit of those books before.

[Ruchama]

Hey guys. The Mr. Lemoncello series is AWESOME and Tornado Brain and it's sequel, Paper Heart. Also, the series How Unladylike of you, I think it is called. I don't know the official name, but the 1st 2 books in the series are 

Murder Is Bad Manners and Poison Is Not Polite. As you can tell, they are murder mysteries. Has anyone here read the TOAST series.  I got it out of the library a few months ago and put it down after the first 5 pages , but my friend convinced me to read it again, so I'll see how that goes. Also, no one here has mentioned Wonder, R.J Palacio, a book I have read a few times and am sad when it finishes and the sequels, Auggie and Me and 365 Days of Wonder. I think that my cousin is crazy for not liking Wonder. My mom was bawling for like half the movie. I need more realistic fiction suggestions, so please post them on here

Ruchama 

[Sab]

Ruchama—

It’s been a minute since you posted, but here’s some realistic fiction recs,

13 - Jason Robert Brown & Dan Eilish

AfterMath - Emily Barth Isler

After Zero - Christina Collins

The Astonishing Maybe - Shaunta Grimes

Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea

Blackbird Fly - Erin Entrada Kelly

A Blind Guide to Stinkville - Beth Vrabel

Bringing Me Back - Beth Vrabel

Caleb & Kit - Beth Vrabel

Center of Gravity - Shaunta Grimes

Clues to the Universe - Christina Li

Countdown - Deborah Wiles

Crash - Jerry Spinelli

The Decomposition of Jack - Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie - Jordan Sonnenblick

Egghead - Caroline Pignat

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora - Pablo Cartaya

The Ethan I Was Before - Ali Standish

Everything I Know About You - Bárbara Dee

Finding Orion - John David Anderson

Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen

Forget Me Not - Ellie Terry

Ghost - Jason Reynolds

Invisible - Christina Diaz Gonzalez

It Wasn’t Me - Dana Alison Levy

It’s the End of the World as I Know It - Matthew Landis

The Invisible Boy - Alyssa Hollingsworth

Karthik Delivers - Sheela Chari

A Kind of Paradise - Amy Rebecca Tan

The King of Jam Sandwiches - Eric Walters

Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened - Emily Blejwas

Loser - Jerry Spinelli

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish - Pablo Cartaya

Mary Underwater - Shannon Doleski

Mascot - Antony John

Mayday - Karen Harrington

Ms. Bixby’s Last Day - John David Anderson

My Life in the Fish Tank - Barbara Dee

The Not-So Boring Letters of Private Nobody - Matthew Landis

OCDaniel - Wesley King

One Kid’s Trash - Jamie Sumner

One Last Shot - John David Anderson

Operation Frog Effect - Sarah Scheerger

Pack of Dorks - Beth Vrabel

Pay Attention, Carter Jones - Gary D. Schmidt

The Perfect Score - Rob Buyea

Playing Through the Turnaround - Mylisa Larsen

Posted - John David Anderson

The Prince of Steel Pier - Stacy Nockowitz

Rachel Spinelli Punched Me in the Face - Paul Acampora

Real - Carol Cujec

The Reckless Club - Beth Vrabel

The Right Hook of Devin Velma - Jake Burt

The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade - Jordan Sonnenblick

Seven Clues to Home - Gae Polisner & Nora Raleigh Baskin

Shine - Chris Grabenstein

Sidetracked - Diana Harmon Asher

Smiles to Go - Jerry Spinelli

Speechless - Adam P. Schmitt

Squint - Chad Morris & Shelly Brown

Stu Truly - Dan Richards

Things You Can’t Say - Jenn Bishop

Those Kids from Fawn Creek - Erin Entrada Kelly

Tune It Out - Jamie Sumner

Turtle Boy - M. Evan Wolkenstein

We Dream of Space - Erin Entrada Kelly

Wink - Rob Harrell

The World Ends in April - Stacy McAnulty

You Go First - Erin Entrada Kelly

[Jade]

Just in time for Christmas! I love Realistic Fiction, thanks dude!

 

Be blessed!!!

[Gordon Korman]

Well, while we're talking about new books ...

                THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT by Gordon Korman

Look for it in January!                                                                                                                     ---GK---

[Lucille]

I also suggest the book Menacing Angels: That Night by Carolyn S Tanner. It is an exciting thriller book. The plot, and characters were well-developed and the storyline kept me hooked until the end. You must check it out.