On her way to Spain, 5th grader Alicia checks in...

So far I have read several books but there are 2 that I would like to recommend. When You Reach Me which has won an award and Niagara Falls or Does it? from the Hank Zipzer series. In the book When You Reach Me, Miranda is walking home with her best friend Sal when a boy steps out and punches Sal. After that for some reason Sal has stopped hanging out with her and sometimes she has to walk home by herself past who everyone calls the laughing man. Miranda starts getting notes saying mysterious things like I am coming to save your friend's life. One day Sal is walking home and the boy who punched him starts chasing him into the street. Does Sal get hurt? Is anywhere there to save him? Read the book to find out.

Hank Zipzer is a book about a boy who is bad in school but is very creative. His assignment is to write about his summer vacation. He went to Niagara Falls so instead of writing the essay, he builds Niagara Falls.

Now I'm reading a non-fiction about a famous Spanish doctor, Ramon y Cajal.