What I've read this summer . . .
Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen

One of the things I've decided to do this summer to help my kids reading (and my blogging) is to do some summer reading and then review it. I'm hoping to read a book a week so next Monday I'll have another installment.

Now I read all kinds of books, but I have to admit most of what I'll be reading are children's lit (call it my own form of market research).

So this week's book is Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. It's a Middle Grade novel that good for 5th graders and up. I borrowed the copy I read from Kid #1's teacher and she has used it in her 6th grade literature groups.

In a nutshell . . . I LOVE THIS BOOK! The chapters go back and forth in a he said/she said fashion so the book it told through the point of view of both main characters. I first read it a couple of years ago. I got so caught up in it I blew off my in-laws (who I had invited to dinner) and sat on the couch to finish it. I hadn't felt that excited about a book since I had stayed up until midnight to finish Harriet The Spy when I was 10!

A few months ago I had lent my copy to a friend of mine and that's why I had to borrow the copy I read. Since it's such an easy read, I decided to start the summer with it.

I've already started on my next book . . . if you've read this book, let me know! If you haven't and decide to, ENJOY!!! :)