Long title, I know. But it is true!!!

Dionne, Erin. Notes from an Accidental Band Geek. Dial Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-8037- 3564-4
Frost, Helen. Hidden. Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2011. ISBN 978-0-374-38221-6 Gibbs, Stuart. Belly Up. Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN 978-1-41698-731-4
Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm. Dutton’s Children’s Books, 2010. ISBN 978-0-525- 42334-8 Audio: Recorded Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-44984-124-9
Gier, Kerstin. Ruby Red. Henry Holt, 2011. ISBN 978-0-8050-9252-3 Hobbs, Will. Take Me to the River. Harper, 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-074145-7
Audio: Recorded Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-44982-667-3
Lane, Andrew. Death Cloud. Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2010. ISBN 978-0-374-38767-9 Audio: Macmillan Audio, 2010. ISBN 978-1-42721-122-4
Maberry, Jonathan. Rot & Ruin. Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN 978-1-44240-232-4 Audio: Recorded Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-44983-355-8
Monninger, Joseph. Wish. Delacorte Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-385-90788-0 Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls: A Novel. Candlewick Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7636-5559-4
Audio: Brilliance Audio, 2011. ISBN 978-1-45582-249-2
Oppel, Kenneth. This Dark Endeavor. Simon & Schuster, 2011. ISBN 978-1-44240-315-4 Audio: Brilliance Audio, 2011. ISBN 978-1-45580-291-3
Paulsen, Gary. Paintings from the Cave: Three Novellas. Wendy Lamb Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-385-90921-1 Audio: Brilliance Audio, 2011. ISBN 978-1-45582-490-8
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. Katherine Tegen Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-202402-2 Rylander, Chris. The Fourth Stall. Walden Pond Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-199496-8
Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now. Clarion Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-547-15260-8 Audio: Listening Library, 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-91589-4
Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray. Philomel Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-399-25412-3 Audio: Penguin Audio, 2011. ISBN 978-0-14-242897-9
Stephens, John. The Emerald Atlas. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. ISBN 978-0-375-96870-9 Audio: Listening Library, 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-87976-9

The highest reading level (As determine by Accelerated Reader) is something like 6.3!! (The way the level works is the first digit is the grade, then the second digit is the month of that grade) And the average is something like 4.8!! And we are going into a MIDDLE SCHOOL!!! I expect BETTER BOOKS!!!! Like the Inheritance series! (That is only the first 3 books in one.) I am on the last book, witch it’s reading level is 7.5 and it is still not hard to read! They give us EASY books and expect them to be challenging:

5. Vocabulary: Identify and define ten (10) words or terms that were puzzling or unfamiliar to you. Give the word, page number, and definition for these words. Be sure the definition properly defines the word as it is used in your book. If you can’t locate ten words that you find puzzling, then find a more difficult book.

 !!!It is ANNOYING!!!

Now I can guess why scores might be so low on TAKS so they had to switch to STAAR (And they don’t even know how to spell, Hmmm..)

If you didn’t get the H1 text up above, here it is again:

 !!!It is ANNOYING!!!

Btw, this whole post won’t be a rant on

HOW ANNOYING IT IS!!

For, I have a life. Now, I have been redesigning this site (Of witch I think I am done.) I have used a new theme (Scroll to the bottom) and made a custom header from a tutorial. (Same one for the image below) and the background. Both I used Gimp (Gnu Image Manipulation (YES I CAN SPELL) Program) for. If you are interested, leave a comment and I will (maybe) write in more detail abut.