Eager Readers Smackdown Round 4 brackets

Round 4 Smackdown

The two books moving forward in the Eager Readers Mighty Smackdown are: 

and...

We will be meeting on June 21st to decide the winner of this year's Eager Readers Smackdown. 

Round 4 Smackdown - which 2 books will go forward?

Today we are meeting to find out which of the following 4 books will be moving on to the next round of smackdown. Stay tuned to find out which 2 books will be competing for top spot in the Eager Readers' Smackdown.

Round 3 of Smackdown

Forever Or A Long Long Time vs. Lemons

We read Forever Or A Long Long Time by Caela Carter and Lemons by Melissa Savage.  While there were things that we enjoyed about both the books, we unanimously chose Forever Or A Long Long Time. We all agreed that this was a hard book to put down. Once we started reading it we were sucked into the story and really wanted to discover with the main characters, Flora and Julian, where they had come from and what had happened to them. It was so interesting that Flora and Julian didn't believe that they were born and how they would come up with all sorts of theories about where they came from. Even though none of us could personally relate to Flora & Julian's experiences with being in Foster Care and all that had happened to them, we really empathized with the characters. Flora behaves and thinks differently than most people and we thought is was interesting how she had different names for people in her head. Julian was a bit easier to relate to because he can express himself more easily. He has an unusual way of comforting himself but we can all relate to needing to find comfort.
This book really kept us wanting to read and made us feel all kinds of emotions. We give this book a 10/10 and would definitely recommend it to everyone!

Second Round Brackets

The Warden's Daughter VS. Forever Or A Long Long Time

Forever or a long long time by Caela Carter about a girl who has a hard time beleiving she will not be given away again after finally being adopted after years in foster care. She is on a search to discover who she is and learn about why she was given up while also trying to make her Brother, Mom, Dad and Teacher as happy as possible. Flora works hard at overcoming her trauma which has left it difficult for her to speak her mind and remember her life events. Throughout the book some of our favourite moments were when they yell "elephant" when they need to escape an awkward situation and all the theories on life in the book. Most of all we enjoyed the journey she takes to connect the small memories she has of her previous life in order to gain an understanding of who she is and where she came from. 10/10


Wardens daughter by Jerry Spinelli: This is a book about a girl who lives in the apartment attached to a prison. Her father is the warden, her mother died when she was young and she has an inmate taking care of her during the summer. She has some anger issues and doesn't trust people very easily. Her deepest desire is to have a mother, a job she wishes her babysitter would take on. There are many events that will make you cry, laugh and cringe including fun girly sleepovers, epic baseball games and an untimely death in the prison. A very enjoyable read. 9/10