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We started Book Book Who’s There because the only people who read as much as we do, are all adults... and their recommendations are not quite what we are looking for! Book Book Who’s There is a place for kids to get recommendations from other kids, so you can find books that make you actually want to read!

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Cover of Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Fantasy

Ages 9–16

Keeper of the Lost Cities

by Shannon Messenger

4.8

Reviewed by Jae Melwani

12 year old Sophie Foster can read minds and it sucks. Everything is too loud. She's also a genius. Naturally, she's always felt out of place. Then everything changes. She meets another boy with the same powers, and leaves the human world behind to enter the Lost Cities, a fully hidden world on Earth full of magical beings and creatures. As she learns more and more she discovers she is in grave danger...

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Cover of The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

Fantasy

Adventure

Ages 8–12

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

by Chris Colfer

4.0

Reviewed by Zara Melwani

12-year-old twins Alex and Conner Bailey are total opposites. Alex is very clever and takes her schoolwork seriously. Conner, on the other hand, takes pride in being the class clown and often falls asleep in class. The twins recently lost their father, and they both lost a little bit of their spark. When their grandma gifts them the old storybook that she and their dad used to read to them, the twins find themselves in a world where all of their favorite characters are real. The only problem is that the villains are real too. The twins need to get home as fast as possible. But how?

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Cover of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Adventure

Ages 12–15

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

4.0

Reviewed by Zara Melwani

Katniss Everdeen is 16 years old when she enters the Hunger Games. She lives in the country of Panem, where the all-powerful, controlling Capitol rules the twelve districts. Every year, the Capitol forces each district to send a boy and a girl tribute, or competitor into the Games. The tributes compete in a fight to the death, just for the Capitol's entertainment. Katniss meets Peeta Mellark, the boy tribute from her district, and they take a different approach than many of the other tribute pairs. Katniss and Peeta must decide who to trust and in the end, are faced with an impossible decision.

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Cover of Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

Fiction

Adventure

Ages 8–15

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flanagan

5.0

Reviewed by Jae Melwani

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan leads you on a wild ride through medieval times with Will and Halt. Will is an orphan who cannot find his place during choosing day, when he and his friends are meant to decide their trades, the jobs they will perform, for the rest of their lives. Will never saw what was coming, and soon finds himself as a Ranger's Apprentice. A job more interesting, exciting, and adventurous than expected.

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Fiction

Ages 7–13

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

4.0

Reviewed by Zara Melwani

Matilda is a young girl who loves to get lost in books. Matilda's family, however, believes that books are a waste of time and is always making fun of her. When Matilda starts school, she is excited and thinks that things will be different. Instead, her headmistress, Ms. Trunchbull, is even worse. But Matilda isn't just a little girl. She is a genius, and she finds out that she may just have a way to defeat the Trunchbull.

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Cover of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Fantasy

Ages 9–100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

5.0

Reviewed by Zara Melwani

11-year-old Harry Potter, who is living with his aunt and uncle, discovers that he is not who he thinks he is. Harry is not just a normal boy. He is a wizard! Harry enters a new world and finds out that he is not just any wizard. The name Harry Potter is one that everyone knows. He is brought to his new school called Hogwarts, where he makes new friends (and a few enemies), and he learns how to use magic. As Harry learns more about who he really is, he and his friends uncover dangerous secrets and must face something no 11-year-olds should have to face in order to protect everyone in the castle.

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Zara Melwani

Age 12

Hello! My name is Zara and I am 12 years old. I am a gymnast and while I love staying active and running around, I also love to cozy up on the couch or in my bed with a good book.

FantasyRealistic Fiction

📖 Currently reading: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Jae Melwani

Age 15

My name is Jae Melwani. I am a fifteen year-old boy who spends his time playing sports, eating food, hanging with friends, eating food, reading, and did I mention…eating food?

MysteryFantasy

📖 Currently reading: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel - The Alchemyst

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