Be Careful What You Wish for... (Goosebumps #12) by R.L. Stine

 Be Careful What You Wish for... (Goosebumps #12) by R.L. Stine-121 pages

Samantha "Sam" Byrd is a clumsy 12 year old who is the tallest girl in her class. Judith and Anne and most of her classmates laugh at her and bully her for her clumsiness. One day, she runs into a gypsy named Clarissa and shows her kindness. In exchange for Sam's kindness, Clarissa offers to grant her three wishes. Sam could never have predicted the results of her wishes, however! The ending is somewhat unexpected. I enjoyed reading this. 

 

Sooley by John Grisham-355 pages

Driven by a love of the game and wanting to bring his family to America from the war ravaged Sudan, Samuel Sooleyman catches a break with being given a scholarship to come and play basketball for North Carolina Central.  He was planning on sitting out his first year, but when circumstances arise Sooley is put in the game.  He astonishes everyone with his skills. But more than all the fame and glory, his biggest desire is to bring his mom and brothers to America getting them out of a refugee camp. I read everything that John Grisham writes, but this one was out of my comfort zone and very sad.  

The Good Food Revolution by Will Allen

The Good Food Revolution by Will Allen  256 pages

I read this for school and it was pretty boring.  He also got a lot of facts about how to grow things which seems weird for a book about growing things.

The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Allen cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot a half mile away from Milwaukee’s largest public housing project. The area was a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of local residents.

In the face of financial challenges and daunting odds, Allen built the country’s preeminent urban farm—a food and educational center that now produces enough vegetables and fish year-round to feed thousands of people. Employing young people from the neighboring housing project and community, Growing Power has sought to prove that local food systems can help troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and improve public health. Today, Allen’s organization helps develop community food systems across the country.