Allison Wonderland

The One and Only Ivan Author: Katherine Applegate Illustrator: Patricia Castelao Genre: Fiction Award: Texas Bluebonnet Award, John Newbery Medal Grade: 3rd grade and up Ivan is a gorilla who lives in a stationary circus. He is so used to his life in the circus that he does not care anymore when humans watch him. He does not miss his life in the jungle anymore because he grows accustomed of the life in the mall. Most of the time, Ivan thinks of art, such as the banana peel, the leaves color and etc. Ivan is closed friends with bob the stray dog and an elephant name Stella. One day he meets a baby elephant name Ruby. Ruby was taken from her family and she showed her art works to Ivan. When Stella passed away due to infection, Ivan promised to her that he will take care of Ruby and he will not let Ruby live in that captivity. One day, Ivan got a hold of paint given by Julia and painted a drawing of Ruby and it went famous and in the billboards. The claw-stick appea...

Wonder Author: R.J. Palacio Genre: Realistic Fiction Award: Bluebonnet Award  Age: 10 and up  Wonder is one of the books that will forever stick in your life. It is a book that gives you a whole different perspective on life and the people around you. The book is about a boy named August, nicknamed Auggie, who has a deformed face due to countless surgeries and his birth defect. He had been homeschooled in his early years but his parents, especially his mom, decided to let him experience and go to an actual school where he will have classmates and a variety of teachers. Auggies journey, of course, has a lot of downs but throughout the book, his ups through his journey in 5 th grade's the greatest. He struggled to make friends at first but throughout the book, real true friends come along his life. His relationship with his parents and especially his sister also developed a strong bond. He struggled with bullies but his true friends ...