ttyl

by Lauren Myracle (yes, that is really her name)
age group: 13+
rating: **** (4 stars)
(By the way, in case you didn't know, ttyl means talk to you later. There is a lot of texting abbreviations in this book.)

This book is written in an all texting  way so instead of actual dialogue and descriptive language it is all texting language.
This book is about 3 best friends, tough Maddie, fun Angela, and responsible Zoe. They have just started middle school and are going to stay best friends FOREVER!!! But suddenly Maddie befriends the Queen Bee Jana. She's actually ditching Angela and Zoe for Jana! Angela and Zoe are not so happy about this and soon Maddie isn't talking to them. Meanwhile, Zoe's English teacher seems like he wants to do more with Zoe than just teach her, and Zoe gets herself invited to go hot-tubbing with him. Zoe and Angela need Maddie's help, but she STILL isn't speaking to them. What will they do???
This book is actually very interesting. The texting format is interesting too. I think it is a pretty realistic account of friends and their relationships. 4 stars!

PARENTAL SECTION
Sexual parts: kind of. Not actually sex. There's a porn website where you can go hot-tubbing with a guy pretending to be Jesus.
Violence: kind of.
Fighting: oh, yes. But not physically.
Kissing/romance: yes
Pregnancy: no!!!!!
Stealing: no.
Vandalizing: no

*SPOILER ALERT!!!!!*

There is one part where a bunch of teenagers get in cars on the highway and start going the speed limit and everybody behind them is going much faster so they block up everybody and people start getting angry at them. 

There is another part where somebody gets drunk and removes her shirt and bra. 

THIS BOOK IS HIGHLY ADVISABLE

Millicent Min, Girl Genius

 by Lisa Yee
Age group: 10+
Rating: **** (4 stars)

Millicent Min is a genius. Literally! She is only 11 and already taking college level courses! But she doesn't really have any friends. Her mother signs her up for volleyball and she meets another 11 year old, Emily Ebers. Millicent and Emily become friends. But Emily doesn't know Millicent is a genius--and Millicent doesn't plan to tell. Also, Millicent is tutoring a boy, Stanford Wong, but has sworn not to tell anyone. Only, Emily finds out somebody is tutoring somebody. So... Stanford says he's tutoring Millicent! Now Millicent is, apparently, a homeschooled kid who is failing English. Can Millicent manage this relationship without anyone finding out the truth?
This book is good. It's kind of funny. Also it is very interesting looking at the mind of a genius.

PARENTAL SECTION
Sexual parts: no
Violence: no
Fighting: not physically
Kissing/romance: not really but one of Millicent's supposed friends has a boyfriend and...well... interacts with him. This only takes up about 1   1/2 pages.
Pregnancy: yes, at the end. But not in a bad way!
Stealing: no
Vandalizing: no

Pirate Penguin vs. Ninja Chicken

by Ray Friesen

Rating: ***** (5 stars)
Age group: Anyone who can read
Type: Humor/Graphic novel

This a great book!!!!!!!!!
It is really funny. It is about two frenemies, Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken. They are friends AND enemies. That is what frenemies means.
This book has 3 parts: Part 1 is a collection of short stories about the kind of trouble Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken  get into. Part 2 is a big story that actually has chapters. Part 3 is activities and the epilogue and the outroduction. 
In Part 1 the stories are short but funny, like in one of them Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken go into a sword shop and look at the swords and they have a pretend fight with the swords before buying them and then one of them breaks and you know... they would have to pay for it so they run away. 
In another one they order smoothies and Pirate Penguin drinks out of both and Ninja Chicken gets really mad at him and they fight. 
In Part 2, Ninja Chicken is going to a Ninja Convention so Astronaut Armadillo takes Pirate Penguin to space. Also, at the Convention, Kung Fu Koala releases a huge monster from another dimension!!!! Now Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken have to save the world from a huge monster!!!!
Part 3 just has funny activities like how to make nunchucks, a pirate hat, and Ninja Chicken SUPER-HARD SuDontKu. The Outroduction is really funny too!!! It is kind of like the About the Authors that people put in the backs of books. 
This book is SUPER FUNNY!!!! It is also a graphic novel! I strongly urge everybody to read this book!!!!!!!!!
PARENTAL SECTION 
Sexual parts: no
Violence: yes, but only cartoon violence
Fighting: yes, but only cartoon fighting.
Pregnancy: definitely not.
Kissing/romance: no
Stealing: no
Vandalizing: not really.
*There is one comic where Pirate Penguin thinks Ninja Chicken is a woman chicken and makes fun of him for it. But don't worry, it is not meant to be insulting to women.
*Also in a comic Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken break a sword and don't pay for it. That could be considered as vandalizing I guess.