Blood is Thicker

Blood is Thicker
by Paul Langan

Hakeem and his family go to stay with his aunt, uncle, and younger cousin. They live in Detroit, Hakeem was coming from California . But when Hakeem and Savon (his cousin) were little they were the best of friends until Hakeem moved away. So Hakeem notices when he gets there that Savon was acting like he was against him. He was taunting him calling him “Cali Boy”. He was wondering why he was acting this way. Then he notices that Savon had all this jewelry and money and all these cd’s. Hakeem is under a lot of pressure right now plus his dad is sick with cancer. And he is thinking about telling his aunt and uncle about Savon. Read this book to find out what happens.

-A. Caldwell

Lost in the Shadows

Lost in the shadows
By Anne Scharff

This kid named Roylin Bailey goes to school one day and sees this pretty girl. Her name is Corie and Roylin really wanted her to be his girl. So during lunch he took her outside by this big tree. They ate lunch together under the tree. But he kind of lied to her by telling her he had lots of money and basically telling her that she can have whatever she would like. But he and his family were caught up with bills all the time. After school, he took Corie to the jewelry store because she wanted to show him this necklace that hopefully one day she could get. Once they got to the necklace the price was three-hundred dollars. Even though it was very expensive he had to find a way to get it to her. So he decided he would take it from a friend. But his friend disappears. If you want to know what happened to the friend, go get this book from your local library.

-A. Caldwell